56 volunteers were spread out over four sites. They collected 828 lbs! at NLO, Dr Payne Bridge and 2 locations at Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore.
We stopped counting at 42 tennis balls at Payne Bridge!
Jan 23rd Debris from Skanska?
Found along Bayfront Pkwy. Two scheduled pickups at Veterans Park and Navarre Beach for 552 lbs. One volunteer @ NLO gathered 12 lbs and another person 15 lbs along Hwy 98. GBHS Marine Science Club contributed 82 more lbs to a total of 661 lbs for the day
24 masks along Veterans Park and Bayfront Pkwy
Jan 16th Three sites for 28 volunteers to collect ...
691 lbs of trash from area of N & S ends of Bob Sikes and Graffiti Bridge. Thanks to GBMSC for their assistance
Good exercise in crisp morning air - 4120 steps at Graffiti Bridge cleanup
Jan 11th. OceanHour FL received a donation of....
$1,000 from Navy federal Credit Union Dollars for Doers! Thanks for the efforts of Lia Cavallo in receiving the grant(Navyfederal.org)
Jan 9th Volunteers braved colder temperatures at....
three sites (NLO, Chimney and Bay Bluffs Parks) to pick up 735 lbs of trash. Thanks to Cub Pack 106 from GBMSC for helping out
Encouraging site - on my drive on Spanish Trail to Chimney Park, a man walking a dog was picking up trash!
Jan 2nd. For the first Saturday of a New Year.....
ten volunteers gathered 131 lbs of trash at various sites at Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore - Ft. Pickens.
Also, one volunteer collected 22 lbs of trash over 588 steps on Scenic Hwy near Scenic Court today. It took only a couple steps to find a water bottle and a Whataburger wrapper (most found fast food wrapper)
Over the course of 2020, on average a volunteer picked up 12.5 lbs of trash. A good number to use if no weigh scale is available.
Dec 26th. On a cold Saturday morning in Florida...
three groups of volunteers picked up 219 lbs of trash at NLO, Gulf Breeze @ Shoreline and Bruce Beach
Be patient, month and year end numbers will be at the end of the month
This past week, the Santa Rosa Woman's Club...
made a donation of supplies and money. Cheque was delivered by Karen and Rose. Thank you!
Dec 19th. How does a 135 lb airplane tire end up...
Hobo Beach near Graffiti Bridge Also the usual debris from “artists” at the bridge. 607 lbs by 12 volunteers.
In Gulf Breeze (Bob Sykes Bridge), 11 people collected 69 lbs - day Toal of 676 lbs
Dec 12th Twenty one Cub Scouts from Pac 410 and
19 volunteers collected 462 lbs of trash along the beach at Chimney Park.
A further 93 lbs was gathered by 14 volunteers at Navarre Beach - daily total of 555 lbs!
Like Bruce Beach, parts of a boat are now showing up on the shoreline