Nearly 1,200 volunteers spent Saturday, April 6 wading, paddling or walking along the Chattahoochee River, picking up massive amounts of trash during the ninth-annual Sweep the Hooch event.
Why nearly 1,200 people spent their Saturday cleaning the Chattahoochee River
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