World Oceans Day took place at Ocean Beach at Judah on Sunday, June 7th. It was run by Eli Saddler (pictured at the dumpster), the creator of Ocean Health.org (http://www.oceanhealth.org/) and co sponsored by SF chapter of Surfrider Foundation, California Academy of Sciences, and Aquarium of the Bay.
It was a huge turnout with around 300 people. It was a beautiful day with excellent weather which certainly helped draw out a lot of people to the beach. There was a sign-up table and a great table of lots of goodies and coffee donated by Java Beach Cafe - thank you!
With the big turn out there was a prize given to the person who found the weirdest item during the clean-up. The winning item was a stuffed animal/dog-princess, certainly the most bizarre item by far found on the beach. There was a total of 1,160 pounds of trash found that day. Wow! That is a lot, and keep in mind that was only in 2 hours. This is a reminder that we must continue to take care of beaches by: recycling, not littering, reusing cups, using less plastic on a daily basis, and last but not least picking up after yourself and others!
This beach-clean up was a successful one, lets make all of them this great! Come out and support SF Surfrider, the beach and our great Pacific Ocean!
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