What a great way to give back. We use this beach all the time and here is our opportunity to teach the kids to appreciate and be involved! Great activity if you have older kids! Lauderdale by the Sea do a beach clean up the 1st Saturday of every month. Meet at the pavilion at Commercial and the Beach at 9:00 am.
March 5, 2011 there will be a guest speaker.
This Saturday's (March 5th) Lauderdale By the Sea Beach Cleanup event will have a National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) oceanographer and local resident Jim Hendee as it's guest speaker. Hendee, a 20+ year veteran oceanographer with NOAA, is an internationally recognized expert on Coral Reefs and will be giving a 5-10 minute speech at 9:00 AM on Saturday March 5th to help educate the volunteers about the importance of their work, and to thank them for their commitment to their community and the environment.
ReplyDeleteHendee is the program manager for NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP), which instituted the very first coral reef-related Web page, the world's largest list-server dedicated to
coral reef research (with over 5,000 subscribers), and the Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS). Jim was was also the founder of the NOAA "Reef Fest" and his brief biography
can be found at:
http://www.reeffest.org/jim-bio.php:
The LBTS Beach Clean-up, which was started by the Chamber of Commerce
in 2009, occurs regularly on the first Saturday of every month at 9:00 AM .
Volunteers are asked to be at the Pavilion on Commercial Blvd. at the beach by 9:00 AM. Gloves, bags and water will be provided. The clean-up is sponsored by the Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Chamber of Commerce/Welcome Center.
Thanks for the update Evan, I will post this in a stand along blog so that the message gets out! I can't wait to start bringing my little one to these. She is still a bit too young though.
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