"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
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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A big Thank You to the 53 volunteers who braved the cold on Saturday!! (A special thanks to our regulars from YMSL and to San Carlos 4H, who joined us for the first time this month!!!) We collected over 150 pounds of garbage, recyclables, and cigarette butts, including… a tire 347 cigarette butts 47 pounds of recycling 2 full paint […]
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Big thank you to the 58 volunteers who came out for our special Earth Day cleanup at Pillar Point! We collected over 245 pounds of garbage, recyclables, and cigarette butts, including… – 2 tires – part of a 1970’s TV – 2 car headlights – 573 cigarette butts – 21 straws – 20 bottle caps – 2 pounds of beach […]
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Big thank you to the 62 volunteers who came out this holiday weekend to cleanup Pillar Point! We collected over 80 pounds of garbage, recyclables, cigarette butts, and even a destroyed iPhone! – 1 tire – 1 destroyed iPhone – 529 cigarette butts – 18 straws – 36 bottle caps – 1 Tennis ball – Fishing line and several old […]
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Expecting a rainy day, we were surprised that it remained dry and sunny at Mussel Rock! Thanks to Chris, Julie and Joe, fellow Mussel Rock Stars, who set up the cleanup signs and welcome site on time. I rolled in at 9am and welcomed everyone with a short discussion about where and where not to go, such as the homeless […]
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On a very cold February Saturday, we put on gloves and went to work to clean this ancient and beautiful site. Children read the Dolphin Earth Hero pledge from our 2017 PBC bookmarks. Skyline College joined us for the second time this year, making them an official Adopt a Beach group. There were over 30 volunteers who managed to find […]
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Big thank you to the 39 volunteers who braved the cold today to cleanup Pillar Point! We collected over 151 pounds of garbage, recyclables, cigarette butts, and even a cast iron pipe! – 40 pound corroded metal pipe – 421 cigarette butts – 10 straws – 65 bottle caps – 1 Tennis ball – 1/2 a fishing pole – 1 […]
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Big thank yous to the 36 volunteers who came yesterday to cleanup Pillar Point. We had incredible weather and towards the end the low tide allowed our volunteers to get the trash – usually inaccessible – stuck inside the jetty. – 66 pounds of wood – 166 cigarette butts – 17 straws – 37 bottle caps – 2+ Tennis balls […]
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Thanks to everyone who ventured out to join us today, even though temperatures were in the 40s when we began our Mussel Rock cleanup. Myrna and Chris greeted a large crowd of teenage volunteers (see photo) from St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Daly City and the Young Dreamers Network. These very enthusiastic volunteers met my new dog, Jordan, shown in […]
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