Foundation prepares for coastal cleanup this weekend
The Florida Coastal Cleanup, sponsored by Keep Lee County Beautiful and coordinated by the Fort Myers Beach Community Foundation, will take place Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Organizers encourage any and all volunteers to come down to Estero Island and help in the cause to clean up the beachfront. The check-in point will be at Beach Elementary School. Volunteers will be given refreshments following the cleanup. Beach students who participate will be rewarded with an ice cream party on the following Monday.
The Coastal Cleanup is the only cleanup where trash is collected and recorded. The data cards are then sent to the Ocean Conservancy where the information is used in the development of new environmental protection acts and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place. The data cards are designed to have groups of 4 working together, 3 to collect litter and debris and 1 to record the findings.
Latex gloves will be handed out; however some of the marine debris will be rough so please feel free to bring work gloves.