Love Your River

Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to COVID. We thank all of our sponsors, partners, and volunteers for their support and understanding.

 

Overall Sponsor

  • Sentara Albemarle Hospital

Dolphin Sponsor

  • Avangrid

Rockfish Sponsors

  • Albemarle Home Care and Hospice

  • Biggs Auto

  • First Citizens Bank

  • Hall/MileOne Auto Group

  • Nestlerode Orthopedic Rehabilitation

  • Nucor Steele

  • Pasquotank County

  • Thompson & Pureza

  • Virginia Oncology

  • Wilbanks, Smith, & Thomas

Largemouth Bass Sponsors

  • Albemarle Nephrology

  • B&M Contractors

  • Brady Outdoor Equipment

  • Donahue Law

  • Eastern Dermatology & Pathology

  • Elizabeth City Elks

  • Hornthal, Riley, Ellis, and Maland

  • O’Neal Law

  • Perry Auto Group

  • Regulator Marine, Inc.

  • Southern Bank

  • Towne Bank

Grantors

  • Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation

  • Elizabeth City Foundation

White Perch Sponsors

  • Camden Tourism Development

  • Chesapeake Regional Healthcare

  • Dental Transformations

  • Robert Gillam, DDS

  • Hockmeyer Equipment Corp

  • Hoppin Johnz

  • JW Jones Lumber Co.

  • Muddy Waters/Soho

  • William R. Nixon CPA PC

  • Pasquotank/Camden EMS

  • Michael P. Sanders, PC

  • State Farm Insurance/Billie Reid

  • State Farm Insurance/Dawn Covington

  • Twiford Law Firm

  • Vidant Chowan Hospital

Blue Crab Sponsors

  • Albemarle Audiology

  • Albemarle Eye Care

  • Colony Tire Services

  • EC Mailbox Center

  • Fairfield by Marriot

  • Farm Bureau Insurance/Luke Smith

  • First National Bank

  • Hiner Law, PLLC

  • Lannon’s Animal Hospital

  • Motion Sensors Inc.

  • No Limit Fitness

  • Sykes and Company

  • Todd’s Pharmacy

In Kind Sponsors

  • Albemarle Pamlico National Estuary Partnership

  • Albemarle RC&D

  • Handzon Graphics

  • F&H Print Sign Design

  • Visit Elizabeth City

Friends of the Pasquotank River

  • A&A Insurance

  • Art and Patti Bergman

  • Phyllis Bosomworth

  • Carolina Research Specialists

  • Children’s Environmental Health Network

  • Philip and Kathy Donahue

  • John and Beth Childers

  • Jane and David Harris

  • David and Mary Ann Keys

  • Hall & Nixon Real Estate

  • John and Lee Leidy

    MMT Printing

  • Bobby and Jane Plough

  • J. Fred and Jan C. Riley

  • Sanders Company

  • Bea and Al Southworth

  • Tim Tolson

  • Twiford Funeral Home

  • Stephen R. Van Geisen

Friends of the Little River

  • Nita Coleman & Karl Brandspigel

  • Sharon Burtner

  • Bill and Mary Crutchfiled

  • Tom and Lynn Nash

  • James and Dixie Sakolosky

  • Curtis and Sheila Wrenn

Friends of the Perquimans River

  • Gary Filarecki

  • Sierra Club, Cypress Group

Friends of ECSU

  • Katherine B. and Walter E. Evans

  • Marlene Greer

  • John J. and Paul M. McLaughlin

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A FREE, fun and educational day on the river!

Date and Time: Saturday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Location: Museum of the Albemarle,  501 S. Water St., Elizabeth City, NC & Elizabeth City's Waterfront, Coast Guard, Charles Creek and Dog Corner Parks

Family Fun Activities

• Pontoon Boat Rides • Canoeing • Kayaking • Sailing • Kids Learn to Cast & Fish • Environmental Exhibits • Interactive Displays • ECSU Mobile Planetarium • Wind Farm Tours • Discovery Nature Walk • Live Music • Food Trucks • Prizes

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Learn about our environment and waterways

  • Benefits of native plants

  • Citizen scientists work to protect river water quality

  • EC Tree Beautification Program

  • Energy efficiency at home helps the environment

  • Hydro restoration project in the Dismal Swamp

  • Importance of estuaries

  • Living shorelines

  • Oyster restoration projects

  • Reducing stormwater runoff with rain gardens and native plants

  • Robotics using renewable resources of energy

  • Role of forests in keeping water sources clean

  • Recycling  

  • Viable tourism requires healthy waterways

  • Ways to prevent water pollution …and lots more

A Word of Thanks

Thank you to our business and individual sponsors, whose generous donations have made this free community event possible!

Just for Kids

  • Follow the journey of a water droplet

  • Discover micro-plastics in sand

  • Build a boat that floats

  • Learn how long it takes different materials to degrade in water

  • Match the pelts, shells and skulls to the pictures

  • Children's play area with Giant Jenga, fossil kits, ring toss, and more

Win a Prize! 

Stihl Battery-powered garden tools • Family fun package • Sailing lessons • Custom fishing rod • OBX kayak rentals • Dick’s Sporting Goods gift certificates 

Grand prize - a new kayak! 

Stop by the Green Saves Green booth under the green tent on the lawn in front of the Museum of the Albemarle for your prize drawing tickets.

Visit Elizabeth City

Check out what else you can do while you are in Elizabeth City, and the great places to dine and stay.