Riviera Beach (Singer Island) 3/19/2011

Thanks to the Syracuse University Alumni Club for celebrating "National Orange Day" by participating in this month's beach cleanup. Alumni clubs across the country participate in community service projects and we were grateful for their volunteer time and interest (and the coffee and donuts!) with the chapter. We successfully cleaned up a large expanse of beach on Singer Island (Riviera Beach), site of the "Stop the Breakwaters" campaign. The weather was super, our volunteers were in full force, and we really appreciated everyone's early morning dedication and respect and for our playground. Big thanks also to Palm Beach County Beach Patrol who assisted with the breakdown.

Ocean Ridge 2/27/2011

Thanks to all of our volunteers, including the crews at Schoolhouse Children's Museum & Learning Center, Old Saltz, Surfers For Autism, BUZZ 103.1 FM, for handing out free goodies, donuts, coffee, and good karma! The weather was beautiful and we collected bags of plastic and other trash leaving a clean beautiful beach. Thanks to everyone for giving up a few hours on their Sunday to purvey Surfrider Foundation's mission :)

Manalapan 1/29/2011

Thanks to all of our volunteers, including the crew at the BUZZ 103.1 FM for handing out goodies, also Old Saltz for providing free t-shirts to all of our cleanup attendees. Weather started off chilly but turned out to be a beautiful day. Thanks to everyone we collected over 25+ bags of trash and left a spotless clean beach. A perfect start for our beaches in 2011!

Lake Worth Pier 12/11/2010

What a perfect combo this weekend at the pier, an ESA contest and a beach cleanup! Thanks to the BUZZ 103.1 FM for promoting the cleanup giving out freebies and hanging with us to show their support. We had a good amount of folks who wandered over from the surf contest to give back to the beach and pick up trash, thanks!

Congrats to Iris, our beach cleanup prize winner!

Juno Beach 4/24/2010

Enjoying a family friendly morning at the beach on April 24th, 2010, volunteers joined together with the Gater 98.7 & 95.5 and Locals Surf Shop as they helped to pick up trash on Juno Beach. Gifts were also awarded for the most unique, quantity, and largest pieces of trash.

Congrats to the five lucky lottery winners for a pair of Jack Johnson tickets!

After the cleanup, Surfrider Foundation members visited Loggerhead Marine Center where they christened newly decorated eco-dumpsters with the day's trash.

Delray Beach 3/27/2010

Volunteers showed their coastal stewardship while meeting new friends and enjoying a family friendly morning at the beach on March 27th, 2010 as they joined participants from the 2010 Delray Beach Film Festival, Sierra Club, CupcakeChef.com, and Whole Foods Market (Boca Raton). Thanks to more than 4-dozen of you who combed the beach in search of trash (small plastics, styrofoam, cig butts, etc. that sometimes misses the trash can).

Delray Municipal Beach is one of the most accessible and beautiful beaches in South Florida and was selected by Travel Holiday magazine as the top public beach in the southeastern United States for swimming and one of the top 35 beaches in the country. Sand quality, water warmed by the gulf stream current, and safe waves were all cited as factors contributing to their choice of Delray Municipal Beach. The City of Delray Beach contracts with a beach cleaning service and a cabana rental company to insure year round enjoyment of the Municipal Beach for our residents and visitors. It's possible the machines used to rake the beaches are not capable of collecting every single cigarette butt and turtle-bite-sized pieces of plastic much less grab those pesky pieces that end up in the dunes.

Thankfully, our trash pickers and gloves will made sure we left Delray Beach spotless and cleaner than ever!

Palm Beach 3/7/2010

Thanks to Enoch Surfboards for co-hosting last week's "First Sunday of the Month" & Beach Cleanup with the Chapter. We had dozens of volunteers, including officials from the Town of Palm Beach, show up to help clean up the beach and enjoy beach activities such as horseshoes, bocce, surfing, skimboarding, EATING awesome food, and enjoying reggae music. What a great time, and we look forward to doing it again in April. Stay tuned...