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An example of the log sheet Ocean Hour FL uses weekly at each site. We keep track of the number of volunteers (9), lbs of trash (112 lbs) and volume (# of trash bags). For this Saturday a total of 228 lbs, 32 volunteers and 1 x 13, 8 x 40 and 3 x 50 USG trash bags.
Also keep track of “unique” items. It is something else to find numerous alcohol containers along the side of the highway!
Ocean Hour is because of our community. We are always in awe of the generosity of our volunteers! This week Brix Design http://brixdesigninc.com/ donated two new feather flags to Ocean Hour for use at our cleanups! Thank you, thank you!!
Brix Design http://brixdesigninc.com/ Thank you, thank you!!
Plastics come in all sizes!
At Park West parking lot and dog park, 86 lbs of trash was picked up by 21 volunteers. The month’s total was 546 lbs. The first month in 2019 less lbs were picked up than last year.
21 volunteers picked up 58 lbs of trash at Pensacola Visitor Centre and Bartram Parks. Thanks for braving a little water falling out of the sky
To match 2018 July total we need to pick up 355 lbs next week
shoreline at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Parks. Normally there is 10+ feet of beach, water is now into the trees. 35 volunteers came out to collect 194 lbs of trash. Thank you!
204 lbs of trash picked up by 28 volunteers at Naval Live Oaks and the south end of the Bob Sikes Bridge
Conservation Center’s volunteers’ efforts to keep our shorelines and beaches clean. Thanks to the Pensacola News Journal to help raise awareness on “Don’t Litter”! To read the whole article PNJ
36 volunteers found there way to the latest cleanup site. 276 lbs was collected bringing the total for the 1st six months of 2019 to 12,277 lbs. 51% ahead of last year.
Everything Ocean Hour does is due to donations and grants. Donations, such as donations of our volunteers’ time, donations from individuals and groups and businesses, and donations from Gulf Islands National Seashore (https://www.nps.gov/guis/index.htm). Ocean Hour has just received its second grant from Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation (http://preservesurfingbeaches.org/). We appreciate the support from Surfing’s Foundation and are proud to be a beneficiary of their largesse. Thank you!
21 volunteers at the Payne Bridge on Cervantes to pick up 111 lbs of trash. Meanwhile, 24 volunteers showed up at Quietwater beach to collect 90 lbs for a daily total of 201!
