SUNY Fredonia will co-sponsor a local “beach sweep” on Saturday, Sept. 19. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in the event.
Jointly sponsored by Earthworks and SUNY Fredonia, the Point Gratiot beach sweep is part of the Ocean Conservancy’s international cleanup campaign.
Volunteers should meet in the large paved parking lot at Point Gratiot park (which across from the metal stairs that descend to the beach) at 9 a.m. for a brief orientation.
Gloves, garbage bags, and Ocean Conservancy materials will be provided.
At 11 a.m. volunteers will sort, weigh and catalog debris. Results from the cleanup will then be reported to the Ocean Conservancy. Last year, nearly 400,000 volunteers collected more than 6.8 million pounds of trash in 100 countries and 42 U.S. states during the 2008 International Coastal Cleanup — the world's largest volunteer effort of its kind.
For more information, contact Mitch Cummings from Earthworks at 952-7490 or Dr. Christina Jarvis from SUNY Fredonia at 679-9254.
