Plastic Patrol: Our Volunteer Heroes in Action
In bittersweet news, we bid farewell to Ashley, who is heading off to college.
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Pillar Point Cleanup Hits the Mark on Earth Day!
Together, we collected a whopping 125 pounds of trash, 38 pounds of recyclables, and removed a staggering 704 cigarette butts from our coastal environment!
Read more117 Volunteers For Harbor Beach 6 Years Anniversary
We had a pretty incredible beach cleanup last Saturday despite the wind and a chilly breeze. 117 volunteers came to the coast to help remove marine litter from the beaches, jetty and shoreline. Julie, our naturalist, educated everyone about fishing line and the dangers of marine litter. Within 2 hours our volunteers picked up over 232 lbs of trash and […]
Read more350 Cigarette Butts at Harbor and Surfers Beach
A break in the rain allowed us to remove 70 lbs of trash and 350 cigarette butts last weekend from Harbor Beach in Pillar Point Harbor, Surfers Beach and the Jetty Skate Ramp. We found some pretty unusual items like a BMW bumper, a bottle of perfume and a couple of underwear. We were also able to remove the rusty […]
Read more49 Volunteers, 121 Lbs of Trash, Dolphins & Whales
Thank you to the 47 volunteers who came during the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend to come cleanup Harbor Beach and Surfer’s Beach as well as the 2 kayakers who got 7 lbs of trash off the water and inner jetty. On the Harbor Beach and Surfer’s beach side, the volunteers removed 46 lbs of trash from Surfer’s beach and […]
Read more826 Cigarette Butts, 48 Volunteers and 13 Kayakers
WOW what an incredible Saturday we had last weekend! We are so grateful for the turn out and for the kayakers who cleaned up the water and the jetties, they removed 8 lbs of trash and tone of fishing lines. The tide and the birds made it a little hard to remove all the trash, so… we will do it […]
Read more7 Kayaks to Cleanup the Water & Jetty
For the first time ever we partnered with the Half Moon Bay Kayak Co to give our volunteers the opportunity to pick up the trash floating on the water of the harbor or stuck between the rocks. It was a great success! Our 7 kayaks went above and beyond to paddle and remove 31 lbs of trash including fishing lines, […]
Read more922 Cigarette Butts, 66 Volunteers and 1 Celebration
We had 66 volunteers come last Saturday to remove the trash from Pillar Point Harbor and Surfer’s beach. It was a great turnout and together we picked up a total of 48 lbs of recycling from our beaches as well as: Pillar Point Harbor– 40 lbs of trash– 378 cigarette butts– 32 bottle caps– 32 straws Surfer’s Beach– 68 lbs […]
Read more108 lbs of Trash, 763 Cig. Butts & 47 Volunteers
Some of you decided to kick off their long Memorial Day weekend by coming to the beach and giving some love to our coast and Ocean. 108 lbs of trash is a lot, but it is was actually not too bad compared to some past cleanups! Our 47 volunteers walked around Pillar Point and Surfer’s Beach, and this is what […]
Read more152 lbs Of Trash and Some Sun
57 Volunteers, 152 Lbs of Trash & 106 Cigarette Butts Last Saturday we cleaned up Pillar Point and Surfers Beach. We were all very grateful for the sunny weather and for spotting some whales near the jetty. We had students representing Half Moon Bay, Hilldsale and Aragon High Schools who came in numbers, as well as locals and San Mateo […]
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