Treasures for Trash Beach Clean up - Sunday June 19th.

Our friend and neighbor Erik Baldwin from Nirvana Surfboards is co-hosting a beach clean up at moonlight beach tomorrow (Sunday - June 19th). There will be a raffle, BBQ and bonfire. Sounds pretty amazing. Thank you Erik for doing such a good job in our community and for all your hard work that goes into a community effort like this. 

9th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup April 30th, 2011 from 9am to Noon

It's that time of year again when our beaches get a spring cleaning. Jan and Bob Rogers, our beach clean up gurus, will be hosting the Beacon's Creek to Bay clean up again this year.

Those of you who plan on helping out please pre-register at the link below. Each year we get an amazing turnout and it is a lot of fun and a good learning experience for those younger beach lovers.

See you there!

http://www.creektobay.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=2

Beacons Beach Clean Up

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Beacons beach clean up yesterday. Yet again it was a success.  A total of 58 people showed up to clean and were able to pull 42 pounds of trash and 5 pounds of recycling off the beach. (That's a lot of Styrofoam, cigarette butts and water bottle caps!)

One of the great things I saw was that families showed up in force and took the opportunity to teach their kids about recycling, keeping their beaches clean and working together. A lesson that will help insure our beaches stay clean.

If you happen to notice today how sparkly clean Beacons is this morning give a special thanks to our friends Jan and Bob Rogers for all the hard work they put into organizing these clean ups.  They have been at this for 12 years and started with a total of 7 people showing up at their first event. (That includes them!) They model for all of us how to put the community first even when the surf is good! (Bob, you get points my friend!) 

Also, these events are a couple times a year and yet our beaches are still some of the cleanest in the county. Why? Because we have a lot of dedicated locals who care and pick up trash that is not their own every single day of the week as they come back from surfing and walking. These individuals are mostly responsible for the regular maintenance of our beaches and it shows. Good work to all, I thank you for your hard work.

See you at the next event. 

Beach Clean Up a Success

Lots of families showed up for the cleanup.

Mom showing the next generation how it's done.

Greg, a Coop Ct. resident and Beacons local taking time out of his surf day to pitch in.

Brad Hanson pitching in to help out.

Rodney McCoubrey local Environmental Artist and founder of Fish for Thought.

Troop 1177 brought in a bunch of trash and had the pleasure of watching Rodney build a fish in front of them.

This fish was made by Rodney and later given to Bob and Jan Rogers for their effort in organizing the beach clean up. Every bit of the trash came from that day. The Smash Ball paddle was brought up in one batch and the ball (used for the eye) was brought up in another.

This fish was made by trash brought up by Browny Troop 1177.

Stats:

187 lbs of trash.

66 Volunteers

29 lbs of Recycling

Most unusual find... Rodney

All and all a great day.  We all pitched in, cleaned up and surfed afterwards. Thanks to those who showed up and thanks to those of you who pick up every day on your way back from surfing. Every bit counts and I'd have to say it shows that our locals care about their beaches. We are blessed with some of the cleanest beaches in the county.