Hiroshima Floating Lanterns Clean Up on Green Lake
Pancake Paddle Special Edition -- Hiroshima Floating Lanterns Clean Up on Green Lake. CANOES AND/OR ROWBOATS NEEDED!! In addition to kayaks and SUPs, we are also in need of a few canoes and/or rowboats to receive and transport the many lanterns back to shore. Be sure to stop by the volunteer check-in table to get your free "Hiroshima to Hope" T-shirt. Every Aug. 6th at dusk the Hiroshima to Hope organization sponsors a lantern float on Green Lake to commemorate Hiroshima. At the conclusion of this event the Pancake Paddle always lends a helping hand with picking up all the floating lanterns on the lake so that they can be used the following year. Here are some pics from past years: https://www.meetup.com/the-lake-union-pancake-paddle/photos/32650400/ https://www.meetup.com/the-lake-union-pancake-paddle/photos/33809189/ Again this year we will be assisting in cleaning up the lanterns at the conclusion of the evening. Let's meet in the middle of Green Lake at 9PM. Bring a beverage or a snack if you like. We will watch the float until the clean up starts around 9:30 PM. Then we will scurry and scuttle about the lake picking up lanterns and handing them off to the row boats. We are usually done by 11PM. But you can quit any time you like. Your efforts are greatly appreciated HERE'S THE PLAN Park and put in at any convenient location along the Green Lake shoreline then paddle to the middle of the lake by 9PM. You can't miss us. This paddle will conclude after dark. So be sure to bring a light. Motorboats are prohibited on Green Lake. And there is a free "From Hiroshima to Hope" T-shirt in it for all participants. Be sure to stop by the volunteer check-in table to get your free T-shirt. Unfortunately there is no onsite rental availability for this paddle. See you then! If you are interested in attending/volunteering for the entire Hiroshima program, here is the official schedule along with other volunteering opportunities from the Hiroshima to Hope organizers: "It takes many volunteers doing all sorts of tasks to put this event on. Please go to our website at www.fromhiroshimatohope.org and click on the Volunteer tab at the right to sign-up. Please also invite your friends and relatives to volunteer and/or attend. We need each and every one of you! Site location: South of the Bathhouse Theater at West Green Lake Drive North and Stone Ave North Free and Open to the Public We are a non-profit organization Sincerely with Hope for Peace, Suzanne Volunteer Coordinator-From Hiroshima to Hope" ABOUT THE LAKE UNION PANCAKE PADDLE Eat Swedish pancakes. Then paddle. Beginners are most welcome. If you don't own a kayak, SUP or canoe, they can be rented by the hour at the dock we launch from. This group is open to all paddle craft (kayaks, SUPs, canoes, inflatables, dragon boats, etc.) and gathers regularly on the first Sunday of every month in the lobby of the Swedish Club which is open to the public for their monthly Swedish pancake breakfasts. We enjoy the ten million dollar view and have a Swedish pancake breakfast together to the accompaniment of live Scandinavian folk music. Then we take the short walk down to the dock and leisurely paddle for an hour or so on the placid urban waters of Lake Union, the most unique lake in the world--home to Academy award winning movie shoots, famous art studios, amazing houseboats, float plane airports, historic vessels & sunken battleships, storied Olympic champions, Native American history, magnificent cityscapes, stupendous infrastructure, a surprising amount of wildlife and the birthplace of the Boeing Airplane Co. We also do "Special Edition" paddles on the lakes and rivers of Western & Central Washington and on Puget's Sound, the Pacific Coast and the San Juans. Special Edition paddles often have no onsite rental availability.
