Old Post Rd. Canal -

Volunteers pulled nearly 400 illegally dumped Yellow Pages phonebooks from the water.

Blue Bag Challenge -

We gave 120 homes  2 blue recycling bags and challenged them to recycle for 1 month (2 pick up dates) to discover how easy recycling is.

Feeling Ducky Project -

We helped our youngest volunteer earn her Girl Scouts Bronze Award by raising awareness on the importance of keeping trash out of our storm drains. She labeled 123 storm drains in the Holiday Area.

Intenational Coastal Clean up - 3 Rooker Key ‘06 -

7 Volunteers cleared 1100lbs of trash, 46 tires, 2 crab pots, coolers and 1 large section of boat deck from it’s beaches.

Clam Bayou ‘07 -

3 Volunteers pulled more then 700lbs of trash and 1 inflatable mattress from the water.

International Coastal Clean up - Anclote Key ’07 -

Volunteers pulled 3,350lbs of trash, 21 tires, 1 hibachi grill,  boogy board, 1 marine hatch, 1 patio chair, 3 crab pots, 3 sheets of plywood, 1 inflatable raft and 2 Navy flare markers from it’s shore and mangroves.

3 Rooker key May‘08 -

3 Volunteers still managed to pull 270 lbs of trash before bad weather forced them to head back to shore.

Anclote Harbor Isles (residential) June ’08 -

2 Volunteers scooped up 480lbs of trash that washes in from Anclote river onto the shore.

Bailey’s Bluff Estates (residential) July ’08 -

2 Volunteers picked up 340lbs of trash and 1 tire. All from boating traffic.

International Coastal Clean up - Anclote Key Sept. ‘08 -

30 Volunteers scoured the shoreline of Anclote key and brought back an amazing 56 bags of mixed trash, 36 bags of recyclable trash, 1 boat hull, 1 underwater camera (still working), 1 ships cargo net, a sand blasting tank, 1 -140 gal tank, and approx. 2000ft or rope, all weighting in on the scales at 5,945lbs, plus another 300lbs for the boat hull.

Anclote Key Oct. ’08 -

11 Volunteers returned to finish up a large area on the west shore, hauling in another 1,150lbs of trash, 2 crab pots and 1 Coast Guard Practice flare.

Kelsey’s Senior Project Restore and Return Wetland clean up March ‘09 -

With a whopping 39 volunteers and the help of 2 trucks volunteers managed to fill 6 -6 yard dumpsters in the first hour. The remaining debris (mostly construction waste) was piled up next to the dumpsters collecting enough to fill all 6 dumpsters 2 more times. The haul out was estimated to be 34 tons!

Earth Day Gulf Park and fishing Pier ’09 -

– 10 Volunteers clean up the along the pier and well into the surrounding mangroves, pulling 1750lbs of trash included in it was 4 bags stuffed exclusively with monofilament line. And let’s not forget the poor 8 abandoned Beers we rescued.

Viva Villa (residential) May ’09 –

this clean up came by special request and included a task we don’t normally perform, pulling invasive aquatic plants. The task took 2 visits, but when finished 6 volunteers managed to pull 2,090lbs of storm drain trash and plant debris.

Ream Wilson Clearwater Beach Trail July ’09 –

13 Volunteers pushed through on this super hot Florida day to fill a dumpster that scaled in at 1800lbs, plus another 130lbs of construction lumber that wouldn’t fit.

International Coastal Cleanup – Upper Cotee River ’09 –

this was our first ICC that didn’t take place off shore in years, but the area needed our help more then we realized. Volunteers bagged, dragged and hauled away 3340lbs of trash plus another 420 lbs that wasn’t allowed into the dumpster. We’ve ear-marked this area for our next student project. Look for another record breaker in 2010.

2nd Round of the International Coastal Clean up – Tampa Bay/Clearwater ’09 –

Our last event of the year was no hand me down when it comes to volunteers pitching in to make a difference.  26 Volunteerscollected tallied up with a whopping 30 bags, 1 lg. pipe section, 1 sheet of plywood, 1 rusted steel barrel and 1 spoke wheel with an average total weight scale of  1530lbs.  Our cigarette butts came to an estimated count of 3250, bottle caps were 1427, 1230 cigar tips and 500 feet of monofilament line.

 

Since our move to incorporate and really get busy with cleaning up our shores, we carried the motto: Rescuing our coastline, one bag at a time; But we’ve done far more then just that. In just the last 2 years we have pulled 87,515lbs of marine debris from the West Coast of Florida - that’s just shy of 44 tons! And we’re just getting warmed up! See you in 2010!

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