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Andrew Russell is a Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup Champion and RBC Olympian. Here on Lake Banook in Darmouth, Nova Scotia (his favorite body of water in Canada), Andrew tells us why he’s committed to keeping Canada’s water clean and healthy.

Canada’s Andrew Russell of Dartmouth, N.S., right, and Gabreil Beauchesne-Sevigny of Trois-Rivières, Que. paddle to a 3rd place finish in the canoe double (C2) 500 meter semifinal at the Beijing Olympics in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

*A special thanks to Jarrett Corke for filming and editing this video.
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Sign up at ShorelineCleanup.ca to participate in one of Canada’s largest direct action cleanup efforts from September 15-23, 2012 – right in your own community. Adopt a local shoreline as a site coordinator, or volunteer with an existing cleanup. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup is as joint initiative between the Vancouver Aquarium and WWF.
Andrew is part of the RBC Olympian program, which hires Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes as community ambassadors to bring messages of leadership and excellence to Canadian communities. The program provides Olympians with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience to prepare for life after sport, while also receiving much-needed funding to realize their dreams. RBC has become a proud supporter of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup through a recent grant of $100,000 from the RBC Blue Water Project.