Calling all who love our shorelines and want to help make them healthier for people and wildlife. Sunday, September 19th, is the 6th annual Bainbridge Island Beach Cleanup. Register now at the Bainbridge Beach Cleanup Signup Genius! We will be awarding a prize in a random drawing for the craziest piece of trash or for the coolest upcycle/artcycle expression of found beach trash!
*COVID PROTOCOLS* We are currently experiencing high Covid rates in our community. Current guidance from the state recognizes that transmission risks are high, and even fully vaccinated individuals can transmit the virus. We also recognize that young children who cannot yet receive the vaccine may be participating in this event. We strongly encourage participants to bring and wear masks, particularly if they find that a cleanup area has a large number of people or they are working with a large group. Masks WILL be required for the ETAP (Hawley Cove) sorting area.
Trash travels – via inland waterways, storm drains, sewers, and on the wind, and eventually ends up on coasts and shorelines. If not removed, this debris will end up in the Pacific Ocean. Beach cleanups are a last line of defense – to prevent debris from causing harm to our oceans, to wildlife, to our coastal economies, and even to beach-goers (ouch!). Beach clean-ups work! At last year’s International Coastal Cleanup Day, over 1 million volunteers collected 23 million pounds of trash.
To learn more and register, click here!
Watch this video to learn more about why it’s important to clean up our beaches and shorelines:
