Inspiring youth at Rockaway beach
Site Captains Wendolyn and Michael and Naturalist Nancy were joined by 40 fabulous volunteers who got hard to work on cleaning the beach.
Read moreSite Captains Wendolyn and Michael and Naturalist Nancy were joined by 40 fabulous volunteers who got hard to work on cleaning the beach.
Read moreIt was a smaller team at Rockaway Beach this month, about 40 Volunteers on a very cold and windy day. We are starting to get quite a few regular high school students who travel from East and South Bay, and bring their own supplies! In total this group collected 48lbs of trash and approximately 1215 cigarette butts! Amazing work team. A news camera […]
Read moreSaturday, February 5th, our Rockaway beach cleanup had 120 volunteers and collected a total 145 pounds of trash! When we saw how many volunteers had registered, a few Junior Site Captains from other beaches thankfully stepped up to help out. A new member of the newly renamed Mission Blue Crew, formerly the Junior Albatross Team, was there to learn about […]
Read moreWe had 92 volunteers, with the various fireworks booths and the regular cleanup. We picked up 45 lbs of trash and 10 lbs of recycle and a whopping 1821 cigarette butts. The naturalist Marie, joined us today and it was really informative. There were quite a few people going over to the table to talk about kelp and the different […]
Read moreMicheal and his Habitat Restoration’s team have been working hard for years to get to this this stage. Months after months, volunteers have been removing over 228,329 lbs of green waste since 2007, needless to say that this has been a work of love and hard labor. And last September, for Coastal Cleanup Day, Michael and the Harker School were […]
Read moreFreidel’s comments about the pictures from above. 1- 3 of 5 person weeding team, Rockaway Switchbacks from May-12-2017 2- Part of BLUE plastic crate, and other plastics and trash picked up in a short walk along surf and beach at Linda Mar beach, early May-2017. Next time need to bring a bigger bag! There was quite a […]
Read moreIt was chilly and blustery, but 13 brave volunteers did a great job of cleaning Rockaway Beach and environs. Notably, 4 high school students from Irvington High School were there for the 2nd consecutive month to work on a class project. They still have 2 months to go. They put in 3 hours of hard work and were fun to […]
Read moreWOW! We had 41 volunteers on Saturday. December 5 at Rockaway Beach. Students from Terra Nova High School showed up in force as well as students from Richmond High School. We also had several people who were walking by and stopped to help out. One family from San Diego who were staying at the hotel pitched in, too. It was […]
Read moreSaturday, November 7, we had 40 volunteers commandeer Rockaway Beach and environs for the monthly cleanup. We had a large contingent from Stanford University and some great kids from Central Middle School, as well as several PBC members who pitched in prior to our annual planning meeting. In one hour, we collected 36 pounds of trash and 12 pounds of […]
Read moreFifty-five fifth-graders from The Nueva School in Hillsborough enthusiastically cleaned up the Rockaway Beach area, learned about the causes and effects of litter, and then worked at habitat restoration for two hours! Earth heroes making a difference!
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