Community service message from Mass Audubon

I did a story on this a couple of years ago, for the Current. People have found some really neat stuff on the beach while helping out. Plus, the kids love it.

The COASTSWEEP 2008 cleanup for Plum Island, including the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and Sandy Point Reservation, will be held on Saturday, September 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We are looking for 100+ volunteers willing to spend a little time to help clean up trash and debris from the beaches, roads, and trails. Bring your friends, family, teachers, students, or your whole community.

Volunteers do not need to pre-register, and may show up at any time during the day. Supplies will be provided by Mass Audubon staff stationed at the visitors’ center at Refuge parking lot #1, however, people are advised to bring their own work gloves. Data collected by the volunteers on cards provided at the cleanup are entered into a database by the Center for Marine Conservation in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of tracking the sources of waste.

Cleanup will be held rain or shine. For more information, please call David Larson, Education Coordinator, Joppa Flats Education Center, Mass Audubon, Newburyport, 978-462-9998.
Background information on COASTSWEEP is at: http://www.coastsweep.umb.edu/