Mar 22, 2025 Quite a weekend - 310 lbs on Saturday from our "normal" sites and 111 lbs from an empty lot on Bayfront Pkwy.
Thanks to the groups that came out - Naval Aviation Schools Command (11 vols), Salon San Carlos (16) and students from UWF
Recent recognition of Ocean Hour's efforts for a cleaner environment
Escambia County Proclamation
Shout out to CEJCO gas stat station in Milton!
Taking the idea “Clean to the Curb” in effect! Impact of clean parking lot on customer experience?
A latte donation one from EMR Junkyard Metal Recycling and a grant from Volunteercleanup.org.
Four cleanups in Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and FWB yielded 548 lbs of trash
Ascend employees and Kitty picked up 37 lbs of litter on the beach this week.
For the week two independent cleanups by Portofino & Kitty along with our regular sites collected 476 lbs
Thanks to UWF Student Ambassadors for your help
So far, the fill station has replaced 4,886 water bottles!
Blake Doyle Skatepark - no counter
Exchange - 2,197
Maritime - 1,696
Bayview - 782
Roger Scott- 211
Jan 25th. We dodged the cold to pick up 825 lbs at three parks
Lexington Terrace & Lisa Jackson Parks and Northcliffe Dr in Gulf Breeze.
Nothing like cigarette butts wherever there is a parking lot!
Jan 18th On a morning cleanup cancelled on threat of rain, 15 students in the PHS Junior Air Force ROTC showed up at Graffiti Bridge
213 lbs was collected. The fence put up by the EPA for the dredging of Bayou Tear has been breached
Jan 18th OH - Okaloosa and Keep Okaloosa Beautiful attacked the mess at Shoal River Wayside Park in Crestview
27+ volunteers picked up untold amount of trash
A New Year! 2025!
Jan 10th - Thanks to an Impact 100 grant, Ocean Hour projects around the city continue! Fourth water bottle fill station (cold water) was installed/activated at Roger Scott Athletic Complex. The station is located at the concession stand next to Field 1. Since the refrigeration was activated over the holidays, 95 water bottles have been filled. I will report on totals in the coming months
After two Saturdays in 2025, 862 lbs of litter have been picked up at water side parks in Okaloosa, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola
Dec 21st Quite a week!!
Received a large donation from Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation.
Mryna reached her goal of 5,000+ lbs of litter collected.
Thru the efforts of OH, Gulf Breeze & Oriole Beach Elementary Schools, Bayview Park and Gulf Coast Turtle Watch are collecting aluminum cans. Total to be announced at a later date
13 people braved the cold to pick up 77 lbs of litter at 3 parks - Mahler, Wayside and Veterans