47 volunteers picked up 356 lbs of debris including plastic bottles, styrofoam of all sizes and cigarette butts
Oct 13th was at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Parks on Scenic Hwy ...
Oct 1st New site cleanup on Bayou Texar
Andy & Tammy from OceanHour joined the volunteers from Pensacola Yak and Pack to remove debris (470 #’s) from below the surface of Bayou Texar. 187 lbs collected at Pensacola Beach/NLO by GBHS Science Club and OceanHour volunteers
Sep 29th at Payne's Bridge on Cervantes St over Bayou Texar
The month of September was the most pounds collected so far at 1,700! This year to date of 11,776. Photo of Sharon entering data into MyCoast. Join us Oct 6th for a cleanup from the waterside at Bayview Park
A beautiful morning on the Pensacola Beach....
UWF ‘s Pre-Physicians Assistants and GBHS Science Club joined in collecting 130 lbs of plastic and styrofoam by 64 volunteers - 971 straws at Quietwater Beach AFTER the beach sieve drove over!!
Ocean Hour and the International Coastal Cleanup on Sep. 15th...
At OceanHour’s 3 sites a total of 525 lbs was collected by 81 volunteers. 284 lbs at Pensacola Visitor Center/Graffiti Bridge, 182 lbs at Margaritaville and 59 at Bartram Park
Sharon from OceanHour Interviewed in InWeekly
Under the Coastal Defense heading speaks on OceanHour’s activities to clean up our beaches and educate on reducing single use plastics. Plastic straws are a simple starting point to increase awareness
Sep 8th at Chimney and Bay Bluffs Parks
Today’s 59 volunteers worked hard to put 367 lbs of trash (a lot of styrofoam/empty bottles) into 3x13, 4x33 and 4x40 USG trash bags
Sep 1st - Will lower temps and humidity last? Doubtful
Between Nat'l Seashore - NLO and the south end of Bob Sikes Bridge 31 volunteers picked up 297 lbs of trash. A lot of styrofoam pieces
Aug 25th at Gulf Is Nat'l Seashore - Ft. Pickens
The 339 lbs collected by today's 47 volunteers puts us over 10,000 lbs year to date. August's total was 1.135 lbs
Where are the water bottle filling stations??
Ocean Hour is making a map of water bottle filling stations in the Pensacola area. Please send locations to volunteer@oceanhourfl.com
Example: Pensacola Airport, 2430 Airport Blvd, Pensacola, FL 32504. Located between Gate 5 and women's restroom on the concourse