Sint Maarten PRIDE volunteers join hundreds of thousands of people around the world for Trash Free Seas this September during the 28th annual International Coastal Cleanup.
What: St.Maarten/Saint Martin has joined the movement for Trash Free Seas by being a part of the 28th annual International Coastal Cleanup, the world's largest volunteer effort to help protect our ocean, lakes and rivers. Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers from around the world spend a few hours removing trash and debris from beaches, lakes and rivers, keeping track of every piece of trash they find. Ocean Conservancy uses that information to produce an annual snapshot of the problem of marine debris. Last year, more than 550,000 people picked up more than 10 million pounds of trash along nearly 20,000 miles of coastlines.
When/Where: Sunday, Sept. 22, from 7 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., La Belle Creole Beach-meeting place will be entrance to La Belle Creole.
Contact: More information will be forthcoming in the coming weeks. Schools and faith based groups may sign up for additional cleanup sites during the month of September. In addition we are also seeking volunteer dive operators to carry out the underwater cleanup in the month of September. Contact information for the 2013 International Coastal Cleanup is Jadira Veen, President of the Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation on 5204096 or visit St.Maarten Pride Facebook page
On Sint Maarten, volunteers found over 5000 pounds of trash in 2012.
Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation is a community based environmental advocacy and activist non profit, non government, foundation on the island of Sint Maarten. The foundation educates on environmental best practices, ie, anti-littering, ocean conservation and nature preservation.
