2013 Coastal Cleanup
Lorraine Sheldon, Community Service Chair
Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 21st. That's the day this year for our club's favorite Community Service Project, Coastal Cleanup. It's the day when people all around the country spend the day picking up thousands of pounds of trash from the coastlines all around the USA.
Our appointed spot is Matheson Hammock Park. We meet there at 8:30 a.m. to get our trash location, our garbage bags and the very important reporting list that catalogs and itemizes all the different kinds of trash that we find. And boy do we find stuff! Whole households of utensils, dozens of pairs of shoes, more plastic bags than you can ever imagine. Bottle tops and clothes. Fishing lines and gear. And sometimes things that you would never expect. It's a weird kind of "treasure hunt".
If you have a kayak, bring it down. The kayaks are great for picking up the trash on the outside perimeter of the bay. The places where even the most hardy Rotarians can't go on foot.
So wear your crummy clothes. Bring your mosquito repellant, your sun screen, gloves and a "picker" and meet us all down at Matheson on Saturday the 21st. It's a great day for accomplishing something good for our community. It's also a great way to get to know your fellow Rotarians. We have a lot of fun, do a lot of good and all go out for lunch afterwards.
Sign up at the meeting or email terryclong@bellsouth.net to register. BE THERE!
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