Lake Lanier Association Annual Shore Sweep

Lake Lanier Association Annual Shore Sweep
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Join the Barefoot Sailing Club team for our 7th year cleaning up the lake!

Shore Sweep 2025 was record breaking!

On a sunny September morning, the 37th annual Shore Sweep cleanup event on Lake Lanier set a new record. At the hands of over 1,200 volunteers, 128 tons of trash and debris was removed from Lake Lanier, breaking the previous Shore Sweep record of 90 tons.

This year, for the first time ever, larger pieces of trash were removed with ease, thanks to the marine contractors that showed their support with barges and flotillas. Some of these bigger pieces included a sunken sail boat, a burned out hull of a boat, an abandoned piece of a dock and hundreds of black encapsulated dock floats.

Throughout the past 37 years of Shore Sweep cleanups, a total of 2.58 million pounds of trash has been removed from Lake Lanier. This community wide event is not only a labor of love – it is essential to keeping Lanier clean for all to enjoy.

Save the date for the 38th Annual Shore Sweep on Saturday, September 19th 2026!

Registration coming soon.

-Lake Lanier Association

Lake Lanier Association Annual Shore Sweep
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Join the Barefoot Sailing Club team for our 7th year cleaning up the lake!

IMPORTANT: Be sure to sign up with BOTH Barefoot and LLA.
LLA will need your shirt size and waiver of liability.

Volunteer w/Barefoot

AND, Signup at LLA

ANNUAL SHORELINE CLEANUP

Throughout the past 36 years of Shore Sweep cleanups, a total of 2.33 million pounds of trash have been removed from Lake Lanier.

Last year, at the 2024 event, 85 tons of trash and debris was removed at the hands of over 1,200 volunteers.

This community wide event is not only a labor of love – it is essential to keeping Lanier clean for all to enjoy.

-Lake Lanier Association