Twenty eight people collected 228 lbs at Bay Bluffs Park. A further 197 lbs by 13 volunteers at Chimney Park. The year’s total so far is 817 lbs
Jan 8th Naval Live Oaks and Bob Sikes Bridge
The two sites had 22 volunteers pick up 300 lbs even. Bringing total to date of 392 lbs
Jan 1st. Happy New Year!
We have beautiful beaches at our door steps
Future of only nature on the beaches.
One of many Portuguese Man-of-War observed on a morning stroll of 9,200 steps at Ft. Pickens with 17 others. Walk sponsored by Healthy Gulf. Picked up four water bottles, three beach toys and ~4 lbs of litter.
Dec 18th. A first for OceanHour - a marriage proposal...
answer - Yes!!!
Today’s cleanup brought the year’s total to 38,148 lbs!! More than double last year!
Observation at Hobo Beach - over the last two months, homeless tents have increased from 1 to 7
A volunteer working on their own.....
406 lbs of trash in 17 x 40 trash bags over the last several weeks along Beach Rd 399! Thanks
Dec 13th. A short section of Carpenter Creek Dr....
on a path to homeless camp - 24 lbs.
Myrna collected 100 lbs along Hwy 90 and at Simpson River Ramp 6 volunteers picked up 73 lbs of trash. Sabine gathered 93 lbs along Beulah Rd over the last several weeks
Week of Dec 6th Ocean Hour volunteers earned an Environmental Award from
Today, at Bay Bluffs and Chimney Parks, 23 volunteers picked up 343 lbs of trash from our beaches. This brings year-to-date trash removed to 37,075 lbs!!!
Dec 4th & 5th Styrofoam DOESN'T disappear, it....
just gets SMALLER!
Three sites, Naval Live Oaks, Bob Sikes Bridge (South) and Simpson River Boat ramp where 27 volunteers picked up 294 lbs. We are getting close to 37,000 lbs for the year
Nov 27th A view from Bruce Beach...
Revitalization to begin in the 1st quarter of 2022. To see plans click HERE. Today was our sixth cleanup of the year - 295 lbs today by 14 volunteers. 81 lbs @ Park West by 6 people. Earlier in the week Daniel collected 252 lbs including several tires along Burgess at Carpenter Creek. On the 28th on Hwy 90 - 70 lbs by 7 volunteers.
OceanHour volunteers have collected over 36,000 lbs of litter so far this year! Thank you!