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Feb 2024
40m 20s

42. Basura Bash: River Aid takes the lea...

Bob Rivard
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This week’s guest is Charles Blank, co-founder of the local nonprofit River Aid San Antonio (RASA), the volunteer organization that leads monthly cleanups of litter and dumped materials that perpetually clog and deface San Antonio’s watershed, its network of creeks and the San Antonio River. Saturday, Feb. 17 will mark the 29th anniversary of Basura Bash, t ... Show More
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