Hundreds of volunteers are expected to take to the banks of the Missouri River and clear thousands of pounds of trash.

Forecasters predict the river will crest at 21 feet on Saturday, that’s 5 feet above flood stage and about a foot shy of the record high we saw in 2008 when high water led to multiple levee breaches.

River Region says it will become the largest credit union in mid-Missouri, and the third-largest in the state.