International Coastal Cleanup - Surf Club

The event is part of the Ocean Conservancy’s 2011 International Coastal Cleanup, a global effort to protect the world’s waterways. Volunteers will gather to catalog and remove debris, making Connecticut ’s shoreline and waterways safer for visitors and wildlife.  Biodegradable trash bags, gloves, data cards, pencils and educational information will be provided. 

Over the past 25 years, Ocean Conservancy’s ICC has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean health.  Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers, and the ocean on just one day each year.  In 2010, Save the Sound volunteers picked up nearly 19,000 pounds of trash from 64 miles of Connecticut shoreline.   

After the beach has been cleaned, nets will be provided for participants to collect and learn about some of the marine life they helped to protect.