"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
On a very cold February Saturday, we put on gloves and went to work to clean this ancient and beautiful site. Children read the Dolphin Earth Hero pledge from our 2017 PBC bookmarks. Skyline College joined us for the second time this year, making them an official Adopt a Beach group. There were over 30 volunteers who managed to find […]
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Thanks to everyone who ventured out to join us today, even though temperatures were in the 40s when we began our Mussel Rock cleanup. Myrna and Chris greeted a large crowd of teenage volunteers (see photo) from St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Daly City and the Young Dreamers Network. These very enthusiastic volunteers met my new dog, Jordan, shown in […]
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Today, a week earlier than usual, we held our monthly Mussel Rock Cleanup for November. Fortunately, it was a dry day, very crisp but sunny. 19 volunteers helped clean up the area. We were able to watch humpback whales spouting, birds flying in formation and coyotes hanging out. All of these creatures remind us how thankful we are to live […]
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A whale was breaching out at sea while three of us quietly set up our cleanup site. Little did we know how many people were about to suddenly arrive. Thus, my thanks to Joe Recto and Chris Burr who helped me get everyone registered. Pretty soon, we read the Dolphin pledge together and got to work in teams in record time. Our […]
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Partnering with Terracycle Several regular Mussel Rock stars came out to cleanup at the car park, along the roads and in the wilderness: Joe, Terri, Jeff, Paxton, Chris, Julie, Nick and Jane. Newbies, including a mom and her two sons visiting the area also spontaneously helped us; the mom wanted her children to learn why we pick up trash. A […]
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Back from my vacation in Europe, I want to sincerely thank Chris Burr, Julie Walters & Joe Recto for running the June Mussel Rock Cleanup in my absence. Volunteers, today in July, enjoyed the new vista point including 2 picnic tables, information boards and 5 large granite blocks. This was where we displayed our refreshments, buckets and gloves. As the […]
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At 9am on the 4th Saturday cleanup at Mussel Rock on 27 May 2017, there was only 1 volunteer who signed in. Henry Barrack attends Hillsdale School and is due to graduate this week. It was quite cool, but not foggy, while Henry and I put out all the buckets, gloves and pick up sticks. Soon, the sun began to […]
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Thank you all volunteers, who are now official Mussel Rockstars! Volunteers from the Pacifica Church of Latter Day Saints cleaned up as early as 7.30am on a bright Saturday. They adopted Mussel Rock as one of their many volunteer projects. This means they will be back 2 more times to conduct a beach cleanup in 2017. Their member, Christine Burr, provided drinks and […]
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On Saturday 25 March, as I was attending the American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting in San Francisco, Joe Recto stood in admirably as Site Captain and was assisted by many of the site’s Rock Stars who are regular supporters of this cleanup plus new volunteers. See photos below. Good weather and a 35-strong group of volunteers cleaned up 147 lb trash and 800 cigarette butts. […]
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Having counted only 5 volunteers at the last cleanup, I was very surprised to greet a big group from Fremont as early as 8.45 am when I pulled up at my site to unload my car. From then on, even more volunteers arrived. We counted a total of 48 volunteers including groups from UCSF, Rakuten, Davita, and Skyline College. We picked up 137 […]
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