Street To Beach Cleanups & Butt Blitz August Update
Over 10,000 filters already recycled for the Butt Blitz and over 710 cleanups done since Memorial Day.
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199 Volunteers For Our Post 4th of July Cleanup
Great job this weekend team Street to Beach! We hope that you all had a wonderful and sustainable 4th of July weekend. On our side, we had a “Star Spangled” 5th of July cleanup at all of our beach districts. 199 volunteers as well as the people selling the firework helped us clean all of the districts/parking lots near their sites […]
Read more45 Volunteers at Miramar Beach & Bluff Cleanup
Yay! The first Miramar beach cleanup is in the books! We were so happy to have 45 volunteers coming from Half Moon Bay and from over the hill to help us remove trash from Miramar beach and bluff. The volunteers found trash in between the rocks, on the bluff near the coastal trail and the little creek as well as […]
Read more117 Volunteers For Harbor Beach 6 Years Anniversary
We had a pretty incredible beach cleanup last Saturday despite the wind and a chilly breeze. 117 volunteers came to the coast to help remove marine litter from the beaches, jetty and shoreline. Julie, our naturalist, educated everyone about fishing line and the dangers of marine litter. Within 2 hours our volunteers picked up over 232 lbs of trash and […]
Read more2000 Cigarette Butts & 61 Volunteers at the Pacifica Pier Cleanup
Wow! What a fantastic pier clean up we had yesterday thanks to all of your help. Here are some fun facts:61 volunteers not including PBC helpers. – 69 pounds of trash – 2000 cigarette butts (Helen was our smoking ambassador but for once no one was smoking on the pier!)Frank and Gail surveyed 109 visitors on the pier to find out […]
Read moreMussel Rock Cleanup Celebrates its Founding Anniversary Every February!
We had a lot to celebrate today: So many faithful Mussel Rockstars, (a growing group of 15), who come out in rain or shine to beautify this area. I used funds from recycling to give out some fun gifts my husband found that were not made of plastic. Imagine! Some 5 years ago, it was just me! Now, there were […]
Read more54 Volunteers, 603 Butts at Manhattan Beach
What a wonderful day we had at Manhattan/OC/Ocean Course/3 Rocks/Pelican* beach today. The sun was out, also was the wind but it mostly helped cool the air. Our 54 volunteers, including our Green Team from Gunn High School, came to pick up trash and helped us lead the cleanup. Together we collected 17.5 lbs of trash, 7 lbs of recycling, […]
Read moreA Somber Day at Montara Beach
41 amazing volunteers gathered on a cool sunny day to clean Montara Beach. Together, we removed 48 pounds of trash, 8 pounds of recyclables, 1.5 pounds of compost and 113 cigarette butts from the beach and the cliffs. Sadly and shockingly, two of our volunteers also found a body at the far northern portion of the beach. Our hearts go […]
Read more74.5 Pounds Picked up on Montara Beach Jan 11th!
It was a gorgeous day at Montara beach Jan 11th, when 28 Earth Hero’s from all over the Bay Area picked up 60 pounds of trash, 14.5 pounds of recycling, 91 cigarette butts and 6 plastic straws. Special thank you this month to our junior site captain Ben, our naturalist Julie, and PBC’s Lynn Adam’s who stepped in at the […]
Read moreMLK Day of Service 2020 Results Are Here!
All the Trash Got Picked Up. All the Plants Got Planted! Thank you so much to all the volunteers and site captains for making this incredible day possible. We had enough Earth Heroes to picked up all the trash at Linda Mar and plant all the native plants we have been nursing for a couple years. 127 Volunteers for Linda […]
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