"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
It was chilly and blustery, but 13 brave volunteers did a great job of cleaning Rockaway Beach and environs. Notably, 4 high school students from Irvington High School were there for the 2nd consecutive month to work on a class project. They still have 2 months to go. They put in 3 hours of hard work and were fun to […]
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WOW! We had 41 volunteers on Saturday. December 5 at Rockaway Beach. Students from Terra Nova High School showed up in force as well as students from Richmond High School. We also had several people who were walking by and stopped to help out. One family from San Diego who were staying at the hotel pitched in, too. It was […]
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Saturday, November 7, we had 40 volunteers commandeer Rockaway Beach and environs for the monthly cleanup. We had a large contingent from Stanford University and some great kids from Central Middle School, as well as several PBC members who pitched in prior to our annual planning meeting. In one hour, we collected 36 pounds of trash and 12 pounds of […]
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Fifty-five fifth-graders from The Nueva School in Hillsborough enthusiastically cleaned up the Rockaway Beach area, learned about the causes and effects of litter, and then worked at habitat restoration for two hours! Earth heroes making a difference!
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Thanks to all the volunteers who came to Rockaway Beach today. It was a stunning morning = clear and warm. 12 pounds of trash (mostly lightweight items – filled a large garbage bag. 5 pounds of recycles. 650 cigarette butts. Thanks, Pacificans.
Read moreThanks to the volunteers that made today’s cleanup at Rockaway Beach a success. We had some new volunteers…Thanks, Joanna, for signing up! Totals for 8/1/15: Trash: 17 pounds Recycles: 12 pounds Volunteers: 12 Cigarette Butts: 1143
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41 people from the fireworks booths showed up at 7:30 AM to help clean up debris from the previous evening’s fireworks at Rockaway Beach. Public Works handled most of the sign ins and sign outs for the fireworks people. 8 volunteers for the PBC also helped. General consensus is that there was less debris than last year. Thanks to […]
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Glorious day at Rockaway. Sunshine! Great temperature! Sea Breeze! Thanks to all who participated today (9 hearty volunteers). A total of 5 pounds of trash and 3 pounds of recycles were picked up. Might be an all time low – hopefully because people are 1) littering less and 2) picking up as they go. Cigarette butts, however tend to be […]
Read moreRalph and Sandy helping out The beautigul days just keep coming when it comes to Rockaway Beach cleanups. Not a great turnout, but a group of hard core volunteers swept the beach clean. Thanks to Ralph, Sandy and Ginny and of course Nikki and Beezer who sniffed out every possible piece of trash. Totals: Weight […]
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A perfect day for beach cleaning! We had a enthusiastic group of young people from Terra Nova High School and SSF High School as well as Pacificans. WE had 22 people scouring the Rockaway area and we collected 15 straws 6 bottle caps and 727 cigarette butts. I received several “thank yous” to the Pacific Beach Coalition. It was all […]
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