The second-annual “Frio River Trash Bash” hosted by the Texas Hill Country River Region on Sept. 14 raised $9,180 for local non-profits, more than doubling the $3,825 raised during the first event in 2023.
THCRR director Hailey Hart Conrad said 204 volunteers spent hours collecting collecting 1,306 pounds of trash from the Frio River in Concan, nearly triple the 500 pounds of trash removed at the event last year.
Read more from Julye Keeble with Uvalde Leader-News here.