319 lbs by 25 volunteers
Aug 6th Barely beat the heat at 8:00 am
26 volunteers (thanks to Navy Recruiting Class NORU-22-290-2) collected 256 lbs @ Naval Live Oaks and Bob Sikes Bridge. A further 14 lbs by Joe & Rebecca at Our Lady of Assumption church area and 97 lbs by seven volunteers along Hwy 90 - Simpson River
July 30th Thirty volunteers braved the hot sun to..
pickup 257 lbs of trash @ Gulf Is. Nat’l Seashore - Ft. Pickens! Thanks to “HOBY” South leadership group to bring the monthly total to 2,333 lbs.
Please note a map of the sites for the up coming week will be the background photo on the Home page, the first photo on the gallery page and hopefully on the NEWS on Thursday.
Jul 16. How can we change the mind set of people
that are too lazy to put trash in a nearby garbage can?
Two sites today - Ft Walton Beach Landing and Wayside Park/Graffiti Bridge. 43 volunteers picked up a total of 818 lbs of litter
Come on Federal Government, step up! MAY limit single use ...
plastic read further HERE. The National Parks have set a goal of 2032 to eliminate plastic bottles - seems like a long time but there are 400+ parks and service contracts to update. This year the City of Pensacola stopped the purchase of styrofoam food containers and cups
Jul 9th. Two cleanups on an extremely hot Saturday..
at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Park. Seventeen volunteers picked up 295 lbs of trash - a lot of fireworks debris at Bay Bluffs.
Jun 25th Volunteers scratched the surface of trash...
pickup along Hwy 90 from Pensacola to Pace! 983 lbs from beside the road was collected. A further 54 lbs was picked up at Bruce Beach by 10 volunteers. Thanks to Myrna & Sabine’s individual pickups, 2,602 lbs for the month of June
Jun 11th Reusable cups anyone?
There were 5 Polar Pop styrofoam cups within six feet of trash bags at Chimney Park. When will Florida join the 21st century (Yes the 2000’s) to recall the various preemption laws that prevent the elimination of single use containers? Styrofoam, plastic water bottles & grocery bags…
At Chimney Park 11 volunteers picked up 109 lbs and at Bay Bluffs Park fourteen volunteers collected 172 lbs of trash
Jun 6th Thank you for your generosity in....
purchasing the “SURFN” license plate and “Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation” donation to Ocean HourFL! We are a partner of SURFN and encourage you to visit their website for all they do for our beaches. Click here Surfn
Jun 4th. Education is so important to improve...
the world around us! The only way to minimize one use plastics
Two main cleanups at Naval Live Oaks and Bob Sikes Bridge. Eight volunteers at each location collected a total of 263 lbs of trash. Thanks to Lisa in Okaloosa Cty contribution of 18 more lbs.
At 22,630 lbs there is only one year in the past six more lbs were collected than year-to-date in 2022. That was 38,400 last year Good work volunteers. Only way to lower is through education and commitment