New Canaan High School Junior, Paul Gelhaus, recently reached out to the Maritime Aquarium and said: "I have been rowing on the Norwalk River for six years and I know I speak for many of my fellow rowers when I say I appreciate having such a wonderful waterway in my backyard and I feel a certain responsibility to maintain it. With this in mind, I was thinking of rallying members of our rowing club to pick up litter along the river's edge."
On Saturday, May 30th, Paul recruited fellow Rowing Club members, and other friends and conducted that clean up. The Aquarium has limited resources, and although it works to keep the riverbank clean and maintained, the Norwalk River is a tidal river which constantly replenishes the riverbank with litter. Needless to say they were thrilled that Paul and his friends offered to do this.