Gulf Breeze HS Key Club were out in full force with a bag of biscuits donated by Chick-Fil-A, Thank you. 490 lbs of trash picked up in January.
Why on the side of the road and in our waterways instead of a garbage can?
EarthEcho is a foundation started by the families of Jacques & Philippe Cousteau
Chimney & Bay Bluffs Parks Cleanup
What a difference a week makes - shorts on a beautiful day for 33 volunteers to pick up 296 lbs of trash. New addition to the usual cig buts, styrfoam and beverage containers were 3 lawn chairs.
Cig the Sea Turtle is famous
Walmart Awards OceanHour FL a Grant
The Gulf Breeze Neighborhood Walmart (Facility #5623) Community Grant Team awarded a $500 grant to Ocean Hour FL. This is our second grant for 2017.
First cleanup of the New Year! Nat'l Seashore at Naval Live Oaks
Sixteen brave souls weathered cold for Gulf Breeze at today's cleanup. We picked up 101 lbs of marine debris including cigarette butts (most common), food wrappers and styrofoam.
"Boy Scout Creates Beach Cleanliness Boxes" - WKRG/CW55
Connor Stewart ran with an idea from Sharon of Ocean Hour to help cleanup our beaches. He is working towards becoming an Eagle Scout. Video link: wkrg.com/2016/12/29/boy-scout-creates-beach-cleanliness-boxes/
Don't bury your butts in the sand, "Cig" the sea turtle promotes clean beaches
Sharon from Ocean Hour FL was on WEAR TV yesterday highlighting the No. 1 item picked up in our Saturday's clean ups. Cigarette butts' as shown by Cig the turtle.
From WearTV: "Pensacola. Fla. (WEAR) -- A group that cleans local beaches is hoping the trash they've collected sheds a light on littering. Ocean Hour makes a weekly trip to clean beaches and waterways. They make art projects out of the debris they find. In the video above you can meet "Cig" the sea turtle. He is made out of dozens of cigarette butts. Ocean Hour hopes Cig will send a message to keep the beaches clean. It only took an hour to find all the butts that were used to construct the sea turtle. He's on display at the Casino Beach Visitor's Information Center".
On the last OceanHour cleanup of 2016, 15 volunteers picked up 194 lbs of trash at Bartram Park. The wheelchair was a sad surprise. A further 3 volunteers at Project Greenshores picked up 12 lbs. The trash filled 18-13 Gal. and 4-33 Gal. trash bags. A lot of styrofoam taking up space!
Original artwork - Cig, the sea turtle by Shelly Marshall. OceanHourFL helped to supply materials from the #1 trash item, cigarette butts.
