Once a year, the Lake Lanier Association rallies concerned citizens to help clean the shores of the lake by picking up trash and removing Styrofoam.  Each year, hundreds of volunteers participate in Shore Sweep.  Since its inception, civic groups, youth groups, individuals and businesses removed from twenty five to fifty-five tons of trash annually from Lake Lanier.

2008 was the association's 20th Annual Shore Sweep. Volunteers work for several days and remove trash from the shoreline around Lake Lanier. People on the shore are helped by boaters and barges in removing heavy debris. After trash collecting, volunteers relax for a volunteer appreciation party.