Cleaning Crews: Local groups participate in International Coastal Cleanup event

Small groups spend Saturday morning helping the environment.

By Jarleene Almenas
| 12:30 p.m. September 19, 2020

The Embry-Riddle Women's Basketball team arrived at the Cardinal beach approach to participate in the Ocean Conservancy’s 35th International Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

ERAU senior Shelby Bischoff picks litter up near the beach wall during the Ocean Conservancy’s 35th International Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

ERAU Sydney Jones picks litter up near the beach wall during the Ocean Conservancy’s 35th International Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Leo, Daniel, Shaughn, Anita, Tony, Antonio, Valicia and Larry of Boy Scout Troop 65 spent the morning picking up trash on the beach. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Leo, Daniel, Shaughn, Tony and Antonio, of Boy Scout Troop 65. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

ERAU students Nikki Tucker, Rachel Murray, Sarah Napoli and Keturah Balabyekkubo search for litter near the Cardinal Drive beach approach on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Embry-Riddle Women's Basketball Head Coach Lisa Wilson and her son Rocco pick up trash on the beach. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Capt. James Ormond chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution members Julie Johnson, Regent Lee Thornton and her daughter Alyssa pick up trash on the beach. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Alyssa Thornton and Julie Johnson pick up trash near the beach wall on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

ERAU students Madyson Jean-Louis, Liz Behan and Aissatou Fall pick up trash on the beach on Saturday, Sept. 19. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

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Small groups spent their morning on Saturday, Sept. 19, making sure Volusia County beaches stay clean.

Ocean Conservancy’s 35th International Coastal Cleanup is taking place this weekend, and the event was in full swing on Saturday near the Cardinal beach approach in Ormond Beach with several groups picking up litter left behind on the sand. Among them was the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University women's basketball team, and Head Coach Lisa Wilson said they always love to community service.

Wilson, whose son Rocco also participated in the cleanup as part of a group from Hinson Middle School, said the pandemic has made finding ways to give back challenging, but that she felt the beach cleanup was a great way to do that and keep her players safe.

"We always look for projects that we can do and a lot of the girls feel really strongly about the environment and keeping things clean and safe," Wilson said. "This kind of checked all the boxes for us."

Other groups nearby included Boy Scout Troop 65, who have been spending the last few Saturday mornings cleaning up the beach as part of a summer project, and the Capt. James Ormond chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, who had about nine members come out for the event.