International Coastal Cleanup - 25th Anniversary!
Saturday, September 25, 2010 with
additional cleanups scheduled throughout the months of September and October.
Scroll down to see our local sponsors and
Volunteer Opportunities!
The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is
the world's largest, one-day volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment. Every
September, volunteers from over 100 countries descend on local beaches, rivers, lakes and
canals to show their commitment to cleaner waterways. The Ocean Conservancy, the world's largest
organization focusing exclusively on the health of the marine environment, has sponsored
this annual event for the past 25 years.
In our state, the ICC is much more than just removing trash. By using detailed,
standardized data cards, volunteers gather valuable
information about the types and sources of debris found. Analyzed and tracked year by
year, this information serves as a powerful tool for educating the public, influencing
public policy, and effecting positive behavioral change on the part of individuals,
organizations, and communities.
The collection of this data by cleanup volunteers of
all ages and the resulting report prepared by The Ocean Conservancy is used in the
following ways:
- To raise awareness of the quantities and types of marine debris;
- To determine the various sources of marine debris;
- To evaluate the impact of marine debris on wildlife and habitat;
- To assist in the enforcement of regulations against illegal dumping;
- To influence industries that manufacture products that cause harm to the marine
environment.
Palm Beach County participates in the ICC due to the efforts of Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. (KPBCB),
a non-profit that coordinates the local event. Palm Beach County volunteers
will clean sites from Boca Raton to Tequesta and will receive free t-shirts (while
supplies last) to commemorate the event and their efforts.
Volunteers should pre-register and get additional information
by contacting the volunteer coordinator below for the site they're
interested in, or KPBCB by phone at (561) 686-6646 or by email at keeppbc@bellsouth.net . Report times for most
sites is 8:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted.
Community Service hours are given!
Please read
volunteer guidelines before you pre-register!
View
last year's International Coastal Cleanup 2009
Results
In case of inclement weather on the day of
the cleanup, please check this website for information or contact the site coordinator
below. Official rain date for most sites is Saturday, October 2, 2010.
SITES ADDED AS THEY REGISTER - PLEASE CHECK
BACK FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL SITE INFORMATION
Cleanup Sites
in Palm Beach County for Saturday,September
25:
Boca Raton
Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
1801 N. Ocean
Blvd., Boca Raton
***Parking limited, please carpool. Parking passes will be distributed for Red Reef, South
Beach and Spanish River Parks.***Youth
under 18 must be supervised by an adult
Volunteer Coordinator: Susan Elliott (561)
338-1542
Managed by the Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center and City of Boca Raton
***Pre-registration is required for groups and individuals
Rain or Shine! Space is limited. Registration will
NOT take place at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center; you must pre-register for details
Delray
Beach
Sandoway House Nature Center
142 S. Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach (A1A just south of Atlantic Avenue)
Volunteer Coordinator: Danielle
Beardsley (561) 243-7277 or contact Sandoway
House (561) 274-7263
Managed by the City of Delray Beach and the Sandoway House
Boynton Beach
Ocean Inlet (Boynton
Inlet) Park
6990 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge
Meet at the Picnic Tables near concession stand west side of road
Volunteer Coordinator: Dawn Ingraham (561)
737-4600 ext 154
Managed by the Courtyard
by Marriott Boynton Beach
Boat
Club Park - 2010 North
Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, (Mangrove and under Pier Cleanup)
Volunteer Coordinator: Capt. Jaime Lomeli (561)
386-3444
Managed by the Boynton Beach Fishing Club
Homes at Lawrence Neighborhood
Meet at lake at Glenwood Drive and Willow Springs Circle by stop sign
Volunteer Coordinator: Easemera Brown-Augustus (561)
433-8638
Managed by Homes at Lawrence Homeowners Association
Manalapan
Beach Cleanup
Meet at Ritz
Carlton Manalapan
Volunteer Coordinator: Elizabeth Eubanks (561)
313-2465
Managed by St. Mark Catholic School and
the Ritz Carlton
Manalapan
Lake Worth
Lake Worth Beach
*Meet at Kreusler
Park (north side of park/beach)
Volunteer Coordinator: Janiece Davis
(561) 671-4094
Managed by the Palm Beach County Health Department
Lake Worth Beach
**Meet at Kreusler
Park (north side of park/beach)
Managed by Lake Worth West Resident Planning Group, Inc.
Volunteer Coordinator: Hilda
Wudkiewicz (561) 649-9600
Snook Islands
and the Lake
Worth Municipal Golf Course
Meet at in front of the Lake
Worth Municipal Golf Course Club House
7th Avenue North and Intracoastal
Volunteer Coordinator: Ted Brownstein (561)
585-2958
Managed by the Lake Worth Kiwanis Club
Lake Worth Lagoon Estuary - Bryant
Park north to Snook Islands
waterway then north to John's
Island - kayak group
Meet at Bryant
Park
Volunteer Coordinator: Ian Esplin (561)
307-1733
Managed by Kayak Lake Worth
Greenacres
Cleanup of Greenacres Plat Jackson to Jennings Lake Worth Rd to 10th
Ave N *** 8:30 a.m. start time
Meet at Greenacres Community Center 500 Swain Blvd, Greenacres
Volunteer Coordinator: Michael Grimm (561)
642-2061
Managed by the City of Greenacres
West Palm
Beach
Robinson Village
Meet at Robinson Village PAL - 5104 45th Street , West Palm Beach 33407
Volunteer Coordinator: Antonio Scott 561-683-6419
Managed by Robinson Village PAL
Summa Beach
Meet at the corner of South Flagler Drive and Summa Street., West Palm
Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Robert Norvell (561) 628-5264
Managed by the South
End Neighborhood
Townhouse Court Estates Neighborhood
Meet at 1045 35th Street, West Palm Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Thomas McKissack
(561) 718-2505
Managed by Townhouse Court Estates Neighborhood Association
Palm Beach
Phipps Ocean Park
- Beach Cleanup *** 9:00 a.m. start time
2185 S. Ocean Blvd (1.6 miles north of Lake Worth Beach)
Meet at Picnic Tables next to Fire Station
Volunteer Coordinator: Joanne
Squires (561) 627-5506
Managed by the Parrot Heads for the Palm
Beaches
Southern Blvd. Causeway/Lake Worth Lagoon Sanctuary Islands
Meet at east side of Southern Blvd., over the bridge into the island of Palm Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Cristina
Llorens (561) 681-6605
Managed by the Florida Dept of Environmental
Protection
Participation
at this site will be restricted to 40 volunteers. Groups or individuals wanting to
use their own boats or vessels to participate in the clean up should call the site
coordinator to pre-register. Individual volunteers without boats will be
participating in the land-based cleanup along the causeway shoreline. There will be a boat
which will provide transportation to John’s Island and Fisherman’s Island to a
limited amount of volunteers. Volunteers under 18 who would like to clean up the
islands MUST be accompanied by an adult. Contact the volunteer coordinator with any
questions.
Loxahatchee
Groves
Road cleanup along
Okeechobee Blvd. from 162nd Street east to Folsom Rd
Meet at 16020 Okeechobee Blvd. at Adopt a Road sign
Volunteer
Coordinator: Marge Herzog (561) 818-9114
Managed by the Loxahatchee Groves Landowners' Association
Pahokee
Street/Road
cleanup - Annona, Banyan, Cypress and Rardin Avenues, etc.
Meet at Parks and Recreation Center 360 Main Street
Volunteer Coordinator: Ted Roberts (904)
576-3010
Managed by the City of Pahokee
Riviera Beach
Ocean Reef Park *** 9:00 a.m. start time
Meet at Community Partnership Group 2001 W. Blue Heron Blvd, Riviera Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Denise Bowen (561) 494-1934
Managed by the West Riviera
Beacon Center
Phil Foster Park
- underwater and park cleanup
Meet by the playground at picnic table
Volunteer Coordinator: Shana Phelan
(561) 840-8750
Managed by the Palm Beach County
Diving Association
Riviera Beach Municipal Beach
Meet at picnic table by the beach - look for blue and green balloons.
Volunteer Coordinator: Amanda Stacy (561)
876-5146
Managed by Waste Pro
Monroe Heights
25th Street and Ave "M", Riviera Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Bernice Wooten (561)
848-5819
Managed by Neighbors United of Riviera Beach and District I City of Riviera Beach
Rivera Beach District 3 - Location
TBA
Volunteer Coordinator: Marian Dozier
(561) 628-5835
Managed by District 3 City of Riviera
Beach
Lake Park
Various locations
throughout the Town
Meet at 650 Old Dixie Highway, Lake Park
Volunteer Coordinator: Kim Alexander
(561) 881-3345
Managed by Town
of Lake Park
Palm Beach Gardens
Cabana Colony
Neighborhood
Meet at Maranatha Church
Volunteer Coordinator: Rich Whitter (561) 622-8330
Managed by Maranatha Church
North Palm Beach
John D. MacArthur State Park
*Meet at the Nature Center Amphitheater
10900 State Road 703, North Palm Beach
Volunteer Coordinator: Art Carton (561)
624-6970
Managed by John D. MacArthur State Park
South Kayak Launch
Area of John D. MacArthur State Park
Volunteer Coordinator: Geoff Wilson (561) 963-9755
Managed by the Florida Paddling Trails
Association and the Palm Beach Pack and
Paddle Club
Pleasant Ridge
Neighborhood
Meet at Osceola Road (north of Pleasant Drive) right of way
Volunteer Coordinator: Nancy Lodise (561) 627-7528
Managed by Pleasant Ridge POA, Inc.
Juno Beach
Juno Beach Cleanup
- from Mercury Circle
Meet at pavilion at the Mercury Circle beach access behind Juno Beach Town Hall
Volunteer Coordinator: Jonathan Haigh (561)
840-0233
Managed by American Society of Landscape Architects
Palm Beach/Treasure Coast Section
Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Meet at back gate. Park in Loggerhead Marinelife
Center Parking Lot
Volunteer Coordinator: Debbie Smith/Jessica
Ivers (561) 627-8280 (ask for Jessica Ivers)
Managed by the BlueFriends of Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Jupiter
Carlin
Park - Beach Cleanup
Meet at Pavilion
Managed by the Pratt & Whitney
Volunteer Coordinator: Vicky Briggs (561)
796-3984
Dubois Park
Meet at the Pavilion
Volunteer Coordinator: Tim Kozyra (561)
827-3003
Managed by the 2nd Saturday Club
Under the Bridge waterway and land cleanup
Meet at Burt Reynolds Museum
100 North US Highway One, Jupiter
Volunteer Coordinator: Karen Chimato (561)
493-8410
Managed by Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre
Burt Reynolds Park - 805
N US Highway 1, Jupiter
Meet at River Center
Volunteer Coordinator: Melissa
Johnson (561) 743-7123
Managed by the Friends
of the Loxahatchee River
Limestone
Creek Natural Area
6570 Church Street - Meet at Parking Lot off Church Street
Volunteer Coordinator: Ann Mathews (561)
233-2426
Managed by Palm Beach County Environmental
Resources Management
Abacoa Greenway
Meet by Starbucks SW corner Publix Shopping Center corner of Donald Ross & Central
Blvd
Volunteer Coordinator: Sam Payson (561) 624-7830
Managed by Abacoa Greenway Committee
Jupiter
Inlet Natural Area - *8:30 a.m. This is not a beach
cleanup. Work is in heavy brush. Please wear pants and closed-toe shoes. You will be
removing exotics and picking up litter.
Meet across the street from Jupiter Lighthouse
Park
Event held in conjunction with National Public Lands Day
Managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Palm
Beach County Environmental Resources Management
Volunteer Coordinator: Shayne Banks or
Ann
Mathews (561) 233-2426
Roadway Cleanup - Indiantown
Road & Alternate A1A to Old Dixie Highway
Meet at NE corner in parking lot at Alt A1A and Indiantown Road
Volunteer Coordinator: Albert Moreschi (561) 746-7421
Managed by the Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group
Pine Gardens North Neighborhood
Meet at 302 N Loxahatchee Drive, Jupiter
Volunteer Coordinator: Angie Kuschel (561)
758-4003
Jupiter River Estates
Neighborhood
Meet at Park Bench at Calossahatchee Avenue
Volunteer Coordinator: Lee Webber (561)
745-2060
Jupiter Farms
Jupiter Farms Community
Meet at SIRWCD Office corner of Jupiter Farms Road and Sandy Run
Volunteer Coordinator: Leslie
Gould (561) 676-7996
Managed by Jupiter Farms Residents
Tequesta
Coral Cove Park
Volunteer Coordinator: William Djubin
(561) 308-8848
Managed by EarthRehab, Jupiter Middle
School Treehuggers, and Jupiter Tequesta Junior Women's Club
Cleanup Sites
in Palm Beach County for Sunday,
September 26:
Lantana
Underwater Cleanup of Coral Reefs & Beach Cleanup - *** 9:00 a.m. start time for Beach
Divers MUST call for further details. Meeting at Starfish Enterprises behind Two Georges in Boynton Beach
*Land Cleanup meet at Lantana Beach at picnic table near playground
Managed by PalmBeach HammerHeads Dive Club
Volunteer Coordinator: Lynora Mae (561)
707-0000
Jupiter
Underwater Reef
Cleanup of Jupiter reefs
Meet at Jupiter Dive Center 1001 N. Alternate A1A,
Jupiter
Volunteer Coordinator: Veronica Benzinger
(561) 747-1364
Managed by the Jupiter Drift Divers
Cleanup Sites
in Palm Beach County for Saturday,
October 2:
Boca Raton
Millpond Neighborhood, Boca Raton
Meet at Basketball Court
Volunteer Coordinator: Cindy Papadoyianis
(561) 483-7524
North Palm Beach
Anchorage
Park 603 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach
Meet at Anchorage Park Activities Bldg.
Volunteer Coordinator: Nancy Hensler (561)
841-3386
Managed by the Village of North Palm Beach
Lakeside
Park/Munyon Island in
the Lake Worth Lagoon
Meet at Lakeside
Park, 672 Lakeside Drive, North Palm Beach, in
the *Tiki shelter
Managed by Palm Beach County Department of
Environmental Resources Management. Participation
at this site is for individuals, families or groups who want to do a land-based cleanup at
Lakeside
Park or travel by boat to Munyon
Island. Private boaters are welcome to meet at
Lakeside Park to register and pick up supplies. REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO
100. PLEASE CONTACT THE VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR to PRE-REGISTER.
Volunteer Coordinator: ALYSSA DODD
561-233-2448
Cleanup Sites
in Palm Beach County for Saturday,
October 16
Boynton Beach
Boat
Club Park - 2010 North
Federal Highway, Boynton Beach, (Mangrove and under Pier Cleanup)
Meet at picnic shelter near Boat Club building
Volunteer Coordinator: Otto Spielbichler (561)
369-5534
Managed by US Coast Guard Auxiliary 54
Cleanup Sites
in Palm Beach County for ***Saturday,
November 6
Palm Beach
Shores
Palm Beach Shores Beach
Meet at the dune crossover east end of Edwards Lane between the Marriott and Seaspray
Motel
Sponsored by the Palm Beach Shores Property Owners Association
Volunteer Coordinator: Nelle Ball (561) 848-8145 or Sue
Franklin
Jupiter Inlet
Colony
Jupiter Inlet Colony Beach cleanup ***9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Volunteer Coordinator: Katie Baruch
(561) 745-7999
Managed by Jupiter Inlet Colony
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