213 lbs was collected. The fence put up by the EPA for the dredging of Bayou Tear has been breached
Jan 18th OH - Okaloosa and Keep Okaloosa Beautiful attacked the mess at Shoal River Wayside Park in Crestview
27+ volunteers picked up untold amount of trash
A New Year! 2025!
Jan 10th - Thanks to an Impact 100 grant, Ocean Hour projects around the city continue! Fourth water bottle fill station (cold water) was installed/activated at Roger Scott Athletic Complex. The station is located at the concession stand next to Field 1. Since the refrigeration was activated over the holidays, 95 water bottles have been filled. I will report on totals in the coming months
After two Saturdays in 2025, 862 lbs of litter have been picked up at water side parks in Okaloosa, Gulf Breeze and Pensacola
Dec 21st Quite a week!!
Received a large donation from Surfing’s Evolution & Preservation Foundation.
Mryna reached her goal of 5,000+ lbs of litter collected.
Thru the efforts of OH, Gulf Breeze & Oriole Beach Elementary Schools, Bayview Park and Gulf Coast Turtle Watch are collecting aluminum cans. Total to be announced at a later date
13 people braved the cold to pick up 77 lbs of litter at 3 parks - Mahler, Wayside and Veterans
Dec 5th Stormwater "drain" to Pensacola Bay off Senic Hwy
Numerous sites (4) plus residents of Portofino - collected 411 lbs by 75 volunteers! Over the past two weeks Mryna gathered 410 lbs
Dec 7th A great morning for a "brisk" walk on the beach!
Four sites: Naval Live Oaks, Pensacola High School, Bob Sikes and Liza Jackson Park collected 349 lbs. November saw exactly 3,000 lbs collected!
Week of Nov 17th Started with Booker T Marine Science Academy at..
9+ young adults collected 429 lbs of trash over two hours - good job!
Regular Saturday cleanup for 37 lbs of litter at Lincoln Park, Valparaiso and 34 volunteers walked the Langdon Beach area for 192 lbs!
Oct 12th
OceanHour donates a solar compactor on the Gulf Breeze side of 3 Mile Bridge
Roads Inc. leaves behind a traffic barrier within feet of Scenic Hwy. It has been there over a month - crews even mow it. What happens if a vehicle pulls over at the light?
Four cleanup sites in Pensacola (Chimney Park & Payne Bridge), GBHW stadium and Lisa Jackson Park in FWB. 49 volunteers picked up 240 lbs. Thank you
Sep 28th Ocean Hour Team Jen was at the American Cancer Society Making Strides Walk
There were still cleanups, one individual removed 41 water bottles in the area around a storm drain on the bridge over the Escambia River on Hwy 90. In Okaloosa 9 volunteers picked up 20+ pounds of litter. Others picked up over 500 lbs of litter - thank you
Sep 13th. THANKS to the numerous groups that came out this morning!
Pensacola State College Ladies Softball team, American Water Call Center, GBHS Key Club, Marine Science Club and Science Nat’l Honor Society collectively picked up 198 lbs of litter around our waterways!
Trash Royalty??? The choice box for cig butts used as a trash can - indicates another garbage can could be helpful at Chimney Park