Volunteers search for beached treasures in annual coastal clean up
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CLEAN-UP SITES
Each clean-up begins at around 9 a.m., Saturday.
Magnolia Beach - Check-in at Crabbin' Bridge
King Fisher Beach - Check-in at pavilion on King Fisher Beach
Austwell Pier-Refugio Beach - Check-in at Austwell Pier
PORT LAVACA - The 23rd annual Adopt-A-Beach clean-up will pick it up a notch at three area beaches on Saturday.
Since 1986, the volunteers have picked up 236 tons or 473,068 pounds of trash at the three sites, said Kim Griffith, Adopt-A-Beach media coordinator.
Volunteers pick up trash at Magnolia, King Fisher and Austwell. "This volunteer program is an awesome way for Texas citizens to make sure their beaches stay clean," said Griffith, who is also the advanced response officer for the oil spill division at the Port Lavaca Texas General Land Office.
The biannual event has 28 sites along the Texas coast, she said.
Since the first clean-up, 7,121 volunteers have helped keep the three beaches clean, she added.
The King Fisher Beach began the clean-up in 1998 and in just 10 years have picked up 15 tons of trash and have had 613 volunteers.
Unusual items that have been retrieved from the sandy beaches in the past, Griffith said.
Of the 28 sites, volunteers have documented finding a prosthetic leg, a parachute, an empty body bag and other strange foreign objects, she said.
The most common items include cigarette butts and plastic items.
Volunteers are provided with gloves, trash bags and a pencil and paper to document some of their findings that may seem unusual.
Griffith recommends volunteers wear closed-toe shoes, sun block and light clothing.
