"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Back from my vacation in Europe, I want to sincerely thank Chris Burr, Julie Walters & Joe Recto for running the June Mussel Rock Cleanup in my absence. Volunteers, today in July, enjoyed the new vista point including 2 picnic tables, information boards and 5 large granite blocks. This was where we displayed our refreshments, buckets and gloves. As the […]
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Thank you ACUX Google Team for coming to Pacifica and for cleaning and restoring habitat at Linda Mar State Beach! Special thanks to Laura who took most of the shots and caught the Give Back volunteers doing GREAT things! We especially loved the shots with the super star jumping in the air to stomp the shovel into the cement hard […]
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We finally have all the results in: 6807 Volunteers removed 3783.5 lbs of trash! Thank you all for making Pacific Beach Coalition’s Earth Day 2017 the best ever! City-wide, and Coastside cleanups, tree planting, weeding, a new garden at the Quarry! Amazing work all. And then there was the EcoFest, booths, speakers, hands on activities and the Paint a […]
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At 9am on the 4th Saturday cleanup at Mussel Rock on 27 May 2017, there was only 1 volunteer who signed in. Henry Barrack attends Hillsdale School and is due to graduate this week. It was quite cool, but not foggy, while Henry and I put out all the buckets, gloves and pick up sticks. Soon, the sun began to […]
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Our May 20, 2017 Linda Mar Cleanup was destined to be a big one, what with the great weather we were having. As the morning sun rose, cutting the fog with a warm blast, we knew we were in for a lot of litter, as is often the case when big crowds come to the beach. But wait! Where was […]
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Freidel’s comments about the pictures from above. 1- 3 of 5 person weeding team, Rockaway Switchbacks from May-12-2017 2- Part of BLUE plastic crate, and other plastics and trash picked up in a short walk along surf and beach at Linda Mar beach, early May-2017. Next time need to bring a bigger bag! There was quite a […]
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Thank you all volunteers, who are now official Mussel Rockstars! Volunteers from the Pacifica Church of Latter Day Saints cleaned up as early as 7.30am on a bright Saturday. They adopted Mussel Rock as one of their many volunteer projects. This means they will be back 2 more times to conduct a beach cleanup in 2017. Their member, Christine Burr, provided drinks and […]
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This Earth Day was incredible! 120 volunteers came and removed 1006 pounds of trash from our Ocean and coast, incredible! Thanks to Apple, Rakuten, Ebates, Nueva School, Scout Troops, Heirs to Our Oceans and ALL the Amazing volunteers for coming to Pillar Point and Mavericks. Some more numbers: – 1006 pounds of trash including 125 pounds of recycling – 1522 […]
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On Saturday 25 March, as I was attending the American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting in San Francisco, Joe Recto stood in admirably as Site Captain and was assisted by many of the site’s Rock Stars who are regular supporters of this cleanup plus new volunteers. See photos below. Good weather and a 35-strong group of volunteers cleaned up 147 lb trash and 800 cigarette butts. […]
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What a gorgeous day we had last weekend for our cleanup. Not sure if our hard work is finally paying off, but our volunteers picked up only 87 lbs of trash and 16 pounds of recycle. By far the smallest amount of trash collected in a while. 224 cigarette butts, 10 straws, 34 bottle caps collected which is still a […]
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