"Trash in the Bin, Not the Pelican"
Pacific Beach Coalition 2018 Successes Some Numbers: – 14,352 Volunteers – 161,196 Cigarette Butts – 16,933 lbs of Trash – 2,681 lbs of Recycle – 50,796 lbs of Green Waste Our Actions & Field Programs Earth Day of Action (find full report and pictures here): – 1,698 Volunteers – 14,873 Cigarette Butts – 3,588 lbs of Trash – 786 lbs of Recycle – 3,886 lbs […]
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We Couldn’t Be More Proud of our Volunteers Jeff and Paxton! Pacifica Magazine features Jeff and Paxton (graduate of Oceana High School and honored with PBC’s first Earth Hero scholarship program) Christner and Mussel Rockstars in their October 2018 edition. Probably one of the most amazing story about plastic and our OCEAN Problem! –A must READ! Story available in the […]
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The Give Back Teams Are Numerous in June Report from Lynn, President of the Pacific Beach Coalition. The Give Back teams of up to 50 volunteers from businesses around the bay area clean a beach and the surrounding area in 1 hour and then tackle weeding the coastal trail between Linda Mar and Rockaway beaches. This year we removed all of the […]
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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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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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This year, we donated a $500 scholarship to Reed Blount who has been helping us for years. We are so happy to be helping the younger generation, it is a great for us to give back! Here are a few word from Deirdre Martin who had the incredible pleasure to meet and be with Reed over the years. ” I […]
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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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We are proud to have FNB Norcal as our Harbor Seal Sponsor. FNB NORCAL (the “Family Bank”) provides us with a $1000 contribution that allows us to make our Earth Day of Action EcoFest a fun day for the entire family. Their generous donation mostly goes toward the rental of the stage, the center piece of the EcoFest, so it is […]
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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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