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2016
MarchVictor Nelson hired as DumpBuster Crew Member 
JuneACW and launches the traveling art installation "Recycle Right" with PA Resources Council, through a grant from PULSE JulyDumpBusters featured on WPXI's "Proud to be from Pittsburgh" - View the segment here!
AugustDave Yake hired as Tireless Project Coordinator |
JuneSewickley Montessori students adopt the public boat launch near their school- which included river cleanups on the Rachel Carson. 
JuneDumpBusters turn 6! 
SeptemberACW co-hosts the second Wild and Scenic Film Festivalwith Pennsylvania Resources Council, this year as part of the re:NEW Festival
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OctoberACW starts an illegal dumpsite reassessment of the entire county, to update the last assessment performed by Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful in 2005 
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NovemberThe Tireless Project holds it's 200th cleanup and finished the 2016 season with a bang- removing an abandoned boat by the Mon Wharf! 
NovemberAfter more than a decade in the South Side, ACW moves to new offices in the Pittsburgh Project on the North Side |
2015
MarchJanée Romesberg hired as Programs Director |
JulyMyrna and Evan interviewed about the Tireless Project on Comcast Newsmakers |
AugustLiz Ruzycki begins working as Environmental Education Consultant 
SeptemberAl Chernov hired as DumpBuster Crew Leader 
OctoberACW co-hosts the Wild and Scenic Film Festival with the Pennsylvania Resources Council 
NovemberEvan successfully completes Captain's License course |
SeptemberACW purchases second dumpster box 
SeptemberSamantha Weaver hired through PULSE as Northside Project Coordinator 
NovemberRichard (Dee Dee) Grace named ACW Volunteer of the Year 
DecemberACW becomes a Keep America Beautiful affiliate |
2014
February
Evan Clark is hired as Tireless Project Crew Leader and Boat Pilot
MayDumpBusters featured on WPXI 
SeptemberLindsey Waugaman hired through PULSE as Tireless Project Coordinator |
MayTireless Project assists the 2014 River Rally cleanup 
NovemberChad Stewart and Eli Thomas named ACW Volunteers of the Year |
2013
MayACW partners with Pittsburgh Health Corps JulyParticipated in the "Don't Trash My Turf" campaign 
NovemberHannah Grace named ACW Volunteer of the Year |
JulyAllegheny CleanWays receives proclamation from City of Pittsburgh recognizing the work of the DumpBusters 
SeptemberHannah Geiser hired through PULSE as Education and Tireless Project Coordinator DecemberJoe Divack interviewed by Unsung: The Nonprofit News Show. Uncut version. |
DecemberJohn Cokely interviewed by Unsung. Uncut version. DecemberJohn Erickson interviewed by Unsung. Uncut version. |
DecemberHannah Geiser interviewed by Unsung. Uncut version. DecemberFull Unsung: The Nonprofit News Show episode, featuring DumpBusters and The Tireless Project. |
2012
FebruaryJoe Divack hired as DumpBuster Coordinator 
JulyACW purchases Dump Truck 
NovemberThe Tireless Project receives the "Clean It!" award from Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful DecemberFeatured in Christine Holtz and Lauren S. Zadikow's photography project, 50 Greenspace Dumpsites. 
SeptemberLeah Thill hired through PULSE as Project Coordinator |
AprilThe Rachel Carson takes her maiden voyage. Look at how nice and clean her deck was! 
Did You Know?Our clean up boat is named after Rachel Carson, the marine biologist, conservationist, and author of Silent Spring. Carson was instrumental in helping spur the global environmental movement and grew up in Springdale, a town northeast of Pittsburgh up the Allegheny River. 
NovemberJohn Cokely named ACW Volunteer of the Year |
2011
JuneAllegheny CleanWays becomes affiliate of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 
AugustJoe Divack wins the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service 
SeptemberAmy Valenty hired as Bookkeeper 
November
The DumpBusters program was presented with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's first-ever "Clean It!" award for its outstanding contribution to cleaning Pennsylvania 
DecemberACW purchases pickup truck |
JulyMyrna Newman hired as Executive Director 
SeptemberKyle Yeversky hired through Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience (PULSE) as Project Coordinator 
November
Dave Limbacher named ACW Volunteer of the Year |
2010
JuneDumpBusters launched! 
NovemberJoe Divack named ACW Volunteer of the Year |
Did you know?Our DumpBusters have cleaned up over 924 TONS of illegally dumped material from 2010-2015... including over 13,000 tires! DecemberDumpBusters featured on WTAE |
2009
JuneBob McKinley hired as Exectutive Director OctoberPartnered with Friends of the Riverfront, Allegheny Land Trust, and Steel City Rowing for a Tireless Project cleanup of Sycamore Island |
JulyPA CleanWays publishes City of Pittsburgh Illegal Dump Site Survey 
NovemberMike Sturges named ACW Volunteer of the Year |
2008
November
Geneva Jackson named ACW Volunteer of the Year
2007
Myrna Newman hired as part-time consultant in the position of Project Coordinator 
SeptemberFlowFest held to benefit the Tireless Project |
JuneEvan Clark starts piloting the boat for The Tireless Project 
NovemberAllegheny CleanWays is registered as our fictitious name |
2000-2006
June 2000
Allegheny County chapter of PA CleanWays is formed.
June 2003The Tireless Project is launched! 
December 2003Danielle Crumine is hired as Executive Director 
August 2006Mary Wilson hired as Executive Director |
Did you know?The Tireless Project was first a program of Three Rivers Rowing Association? June 2005Incorporated as an independent 501(c)(3) August 2005Became an affiliate of PA CleanWays |
