National Nonprofit Rallying Locals to Clean Up Delaware River | CNBNewsnet

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PHILADELPHIA — Chad Pregracke of Living Lands & Waters is bringing crews all the way from Illinois to help the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary clean up the Delaware River. This will be the nonprofit’s only East Coast stop in its quest to remove 1 million pounds of litter from waterways.

Pregracke leapt to fame in 2010 following Discovery’s pilot television show entitled \”River Warriors.\” He has since received a Jefferson Award for Public Service, CNN’s Hero of the Year award, and Mitchum Deodorant’s Hardest Working Person in America award.