Event:  2007 International Florida Coastal Cleanup

Date:  September 20, 2008

Location:  Cypress Point Park (directions below)

The gates open at 8:00 A.M. on 9/16 for registration and hit the beach about 8:30.  The cleanup normally wraps up by 11 or 11:30 A.M. There will be give-aways, snacks and t-shirts.  Please include your t-shirt size when signing up.

Sunscreen, hats, insect repellant and close-toed shoes are suggested.

“The International Coastal Cleanup is the world’s oldest and largest volunteer effort to clean up our marine environment.  Each year, volunteers remove and record data on the trash and debris collected from their local beaches, rivers, lakes and streams – along shore-lines and underwater.  Since 1986, over six million volunteers in 127 countries have participated in this global event involving every major body of water on the planet.”   The cleanup is sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy globally and by Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful here locally in the Tampa Bay area. 

During our spring Great American Cleanup this year, the efforts in Hillsborough County included:

•           22 open sites

•           2,304 volunteers

•           88 miles cleaned of waterway and beaches

•           312 miles of roadway

•           22 miles of trails

•           12 playgrounds

•           153 trees planted

•           199 flowers planted

•           68,000 pounds of trash collected

Cypress Park Directions:

1. Exit I-275 at Westshore, Head North (Towards International Mall)
2. Take the first Turn Left at the lights on Cypress
3. Follow Cypress to the very end, turn left into Bay West Commerce Park
4. Go over the speed humps to the end to the parking lot.
5. Walk to the Gazebo.

For more information please contact Brian at brian.mcgowan@verizon.net