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If 160 People Donate $10, $25, or $50, Then Surfrider Foundation Can Sponsor 160 Volunteer Beach Cleanups

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Donations help to fund reusable bags and gloves so that volunteers can remove thousands of pounds of trash from beaches

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The Issue: Litter in the World’s Oceans

The United Nations estimates that approximately 6.4 million tons of litter are deposited into the oceans every year, and more than 13,000 pieces of plastic litter are floating on every square kilometer of ocean. Most marine litter originates on beaches and streets, washing into the water when it rains. This trash kills wildlife, transports invasive species between seas, and negatively impacts the economies of coastal communities.

The Campaign: Removing Trash from Local Beaches

If 160 people donate $10, $25, or $50 to this Grassroots campaign, then Surfrider Foundation can sponsor 160 beach cleanups––two for each of its 80 chapters that span the US coasts. $10 donations fund reusable bags and gloves to remove 200 pounds of trash from a beach, $25 donations enable the removal of 500 pounds, and $50 donations enable the removal of 1,000 pounds. Each additional $10, $25, or $50 raised will sponsor another beach cleanup. The first 100 people to donate $50 and register will also receive a pair of Surfrider sunglasses.

During cleanups, groups patrol the beach, parking lots, and walking paths in search of trash items that are safe to handle. The volunteers tally how many plastic bottles, cigarette butts, and food containers they pick up, and haul their trash to a tent where a team weighs it and sorts out the recyclable items. Average cleanups remove roughly 200 pounds of trash from a local beach. The goal of 160 cleanups will remove more than 32,000 pounds of trash from the coastline.

You can follow the progress of this and other Grassroots campaigns at the Groupon Grassroots website.

Surfrider Foundation

A trio of surfers started the Surfrider Foundation to protect their favorite beach at First Point. More than a quarter century later, they continue to campaign and advocate for the protection of the world’s oceans and beaches through an activist network that has grown to 250,000 people. To fulfill this mission, the foundation conducts four educational programs, including the Know Your H2O conservation program, the Rise Above Plastics pollution program, and the Blue Water Task Force.

The Blue Water Task Force travels to local beaches and collects samples of water for testing. Positive samples determine water-contamination levels and inform people whether the water is safe. The Surfrider Foundation conducts these tests and other programs in 15 countries around the world, and advocates for national laws to maintain funding for water-monitoring programs, such as the Beach Act of 2000.

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