Possible Japanese tsunami debris removed from rip rap
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July 5 fireworks cleanup @ Rockaway
41 people from the fireworks booths showed up at 7:30 AM to help clean up debris from the previous evening’s fireworks at Rockaway Beach. Public Works handled most of the sign ins and sign outs for the fireworks people. 8 volunteers for the PBC also helped. General consensus is that there was less debris than last year. Thanks to […]
Read moreJune 27, 2015 Mussel Rock Cleanup
We were blessed with sightings of whales and new out-of-town volunteers, comprising a party of 8 deaf adolescents visiting with their church pastor and 2 chaperone interpreters from Texas. The day was warm and sunny. We welcomed new volunteers who were very enthusiastic about their task to clean up the Mussel Rock area. Most of them wanted to swim in […]
Read moreGenentech Give Back team brightens Linda Mar Beach!
After what seems like months of cold overcast weather, the sun shined today and an awesome Genentech Give Back team soaked it up while cleaning the beach and parking lots from the Pedro Point Shopping center to the Rockaway bluff. We did it! And oh how about Pedro Point! Finding lots of Velella Velella, a chunk of […]
Read moreGenentech Interns Give Back, Have Fun, Make a Difference!
Team Two of the Genentech Give Back crew started their internships by taking a trip to Pacifica, cleaning the Rockaway beaches and waterfront and removing weeds along the bike path descending to Linda Mar State Beach. Fun was the first order of business, oh and meeting each other! But then this team got down to business collecting 14 pounds of plastic […]
Read moreGenentech Gives Back, Sharp Park & Rockaway benefit
Was that recovered buoy from the Tsunami? Where did the other buoy and styrofoam piece come from? Genentech Giveback Team One took time out of their week to come to Pacifica and help Sharp Park. Along the way, they recovered some suspect pieces, thousands of pieces of plastic trash, and 725 cigarette butts, 14 bottle caps, 10 straws, a broken […]
Read moreJune Cleanup at Rockaway Beach
Glorious day at Rockaway. Sunshine! Great temperature! Sea Breeze! Thanks to all who participated today (9 hearty volunteers). A total of 5 pounds of trash and 3 pounds of recycles were picked up. Might be an all time low – hopefully because people are 1) littering less and 2) picking up as they go. Cigarette butts, however tend to be […]
Read moreGenentech Safety Assessment Team Rocks Rockaway and Sharp Park!
Sunshine from start to finish …bagels and juice to kick off the day and pizza, tacos, and lots of refreshments at the Surf spot to finish the day… what a great day of work! And a GREAT day for Sharp Park Beach and Rockaway bluff as well! Forty two pounds of trash doesn’t seem like much but when you add the […]
Read moreThermo Fisher brings lots of LOVE to Linda Mar State Beach
Forty five Thermo Fisher Earth Heroes came to Linda Mar State Beach on Monday, June 1st and showed her lots of love! Sixty pounds of trash, 16 pounds of recycles was collected from the beach, walkway, and 3 parking areas (So lot, Taco Bell, and Main Lot) and an estimated 1000 pounds of weeds were collected and sent to their […]
Read moreMemorial Day Weekend Cleanup at Mussel Rock with Bumble Bees Watching Us
We were fortunate to have a nice mix of seasoned volunteer Mussel Rockstars and newbie Mussel Rockstars, who all seemed to arrive at the same time, at 9am, with everyone keen to get going. Everyone chipped in to help set up and get all volunteers registered (or check that they had already signed online waivers) and equipped them with gloves, […]
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