26th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEAN-UP ANNOUNCED
SAINT AUGUSTINE – Keepers of the Coast, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting coastal stewardship and the conservation of coastal habitat, is recruiting volunteers to participate in the 26th Annual International Coastal Clean-Up on Saturday, September 17th. This event is spearheaded by the global non-profit Ocean Conservancy.
This community-wide effort will be held the morning of Saturday, September 17th, from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Frank Butler Park West beach park located at 399 Riverside Boulevard, St. Augustine, FL 32080. Volunteers are encouraged to wear cool clothing, and lots of sunscreen. Plan to spend the morning cleaning up the beach area, or bring your kayak or paddle board, and help clean-up waterways and intercoastal areas. Keepers of the Coast will provide trash bags, data cards, gloves and bottled water. No pre-registration is required.
Keepers of the Coast volunteers have successfully prevented over 90,000 cigarette butts from entering our oceans since 2007. According to Ocean Conservancy, “cigarette butts account for 32% of trash collected during this one-day effort. Since the International Clean-Up Day efforts began in 1986, almost nine million volunteers have picked up some 144 million pounds of trash worldwide.”
“We are very excited about this clean-up. There’s something very special about not only gathering in our community to help keep trash out of the ocean and waterways, but knowing that volunteers around the globe are doing the same thing at the same time,” Outreach Coordinator for Keepers of the Coast, Aubrey Mulligan said.
For more information on how you can be involved and to learn more, please visit: www.oceanconservancy.org or call 904.687.7694.
