"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
We decided to have our 4th Saturday monthly cleanup just 7 days after the big California Coastal Cleanup at Mussel Rock. Unexpectedly, we had over 50 volunteers and 4 co-captains, Joe R, Chris B, Julie W and Helen N. Julie set up her naturalist table. Terri B and Myrna F were there, too. They collected 230 lb of trash for […]
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Today, we met 3 new Mussel Rock Stars: Eric J, Milo J and Cole R. What do you do to become a Mussel Rock Star? Either attend 3 monthly cleanups in a row or go above and beyond the volunteer role. A father and his son, and his son’s teenager friend, from Linda Mar, all found a homeless person’s camp […]
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Big kudos to the 20 volunteers, who collected 70 lbs trash, 1500 cigarette butts, and 1 lb recyclables!
Read moreLast Saturday, 26 June, we held the first of our regular 4th Saturday cleanups in 2021 since we were shut down last year due to COVID-19. Over 10 musicians played ukulele and sang songs from the 50s and 60s for over an hour during set up and clean up. One of the musicians even helped with cleanup, thank you Ana […]
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We had a lot to celebrate today: So many faithful Mussel Rockstars, (a growing group of 15), who come out in rain or shine to beautify this area. I used funds from recycling to give out some fun gifts my husband found that were not made of plastic. Imagine! Some 5 years ago, it was just me! Now, there were […]
Read moreDuring the first weeks in January, I researched areas at Mussel Rock and beach to create my introductory speech. I found several homeless camps and shelters under trees. Therefore, I asked our volunteers to respect these areas and not touch them during this cleanup. When the tide was low, I found small plastics such as bottle tops scattered in the […]
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“How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly ocean” Arthur C Clarke 23 February 2019 Multiple Projects, Ongoing! While Chris, in the foreground, held down the fort with 37 volunteers in the field, Helen walked a mile along Westline Drive, dragging an industrial magnet. The magnet picked up ferrous metal bottle caps, screws and nails. To […]
Read moreTwenty-three volunteers, mostly first timers and a few trusty Mussel Rockstars, participated in the making of a video on environmental change by Emily Holman from University of Oregon. It was sunny and mild without too much wind. Emily took video footage of the site and asked questions. I told her how it just took a few individuals to keep the […]
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We used our new popup tent for the first time; I purchase such items with proceeds from recycling of cans, glass and plastic bottles, both picked up during cleanups and from my household collection. The tent was a big hit on such a gloriously sunny day. The spring flowers were abundant and attracted plenty of busy bumble bees. 21 volunteers […]
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We had only 1 new volunteer (Lorrie Epling), but we were a team of 6 Mussel Rockstars and possibly additional PBC Ambassadors. If you want to adopt your area, the Ambassadors, as you will be called, are given grabbers and shirts from the PBC. The Mussel Rockstars are Paxton Christner, Jeff Christner (famous for finding the only legitimate Japanese Tsunami […]
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