Volunteer to Clean the Beach

One person can make a difference. The annual New York State Beach On Saturday, September 25, join the Great South Bay Audubon Society on Fire Island and enjoy a free ferry ride over the Great South Bay and help clean up the shores and protect our environment.

Cleanup is an affirmation of our year-round commitment to protect and rebuild the health of our ocean. This is especially true today when our oceans are being threatened not only from debris but also from the oil in the Gulf.

Please be at the Sayville ferry by 10 a.m. The return ferry from Fire Island will be leaving at 3 p.m.

Contact Beach Captain Carol Jansch at 631-567-4965 by September 10 so your name can be added to the list for the free ferry ride.

Some interesting facts: This is the 25th year of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). Sixty percent of all debris items found in 2009 worldwide were disposable. In 2009, 10,425 volunteers, coordinated by the American Littoral Society, cleaned and documented 144,837 pounds of debris along 326 miles of New York State's shoreline.