Group to Hold Folly Beach Sweep After July 4 Holiday

Grandmother-grandson duo remove trash from Ocean View beach after July 4th: 'Doing something to help'

NORFOLK, Va. National Clean Beach Week comes at the perfect time after Independence Day festivities left Virginia beaches littered with trash.The day after the Fourth of July, instead of sleeping in or lounging by the pool, community members stepped up to clean Ocean View beaches in Norfolk, WTKR reported.After the fireworks concluded, there was significant cleaning to do on the beaches of Hampton Roads. Volunteers found everything from water bo…

Group to hold Folly Beach sweep after July 4 holiday

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting local beaches will hold a post-July 4 beach sweep on Sunday evening. Surfrider Foundation Charleston Chapter invites volunteers to a community cleanup on Folly Beach from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Organizers say teams will meet under the Folly Beach Pier at 6 p.m. for opening activities like yoga or a surf session, and the cleanup will get underway at 7 p.m. “Let’s come togeth…

Volunteers remove over 800 pounds of trash from OB beaches in post-July 4 cleanup

Volunteers picked up more than 800 pounds of trash from sites in Ocean Beach on July 5 as part of the 19th annual “Morning After Mess” post-Fourth of July cleanup of San Diego County beaches sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego chapter. The effort cleaned up 169 pounds of litter left from July 4 revelry in the area of the Ocean Beach Pier and 700 pounds around Dog Beach, according to Surfrider. The San Diego River Park Foundation al…

Volunteers show up for after the Fourth beach cleanup at Treasure Island

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. (WFLA) — Volunteers gathered at Treasure Island Beach on Saturday to clean up the community following the Fourth of July festivities that drew thousands. “It is the trashiest day of the year, unfortunately. People come out, spend the whole day, watch the fireworks, then scurry to get home, so there’s a lot of debris out there,” said Carrie Auerbach with Treasure Island Adopt-A-Beach. Local organizations, Treasure Island Ado…

Volunteers clean up ‘morning after mess' on San Diego beaches

Lindsay Lohan is sharing a few highlights from her recent Italian getaway with husband Bader Shammas and their son, Luia, including a rare family picture. On June 30, the actor uploaded a carousel of photos from the trio’s trip to Italy to Instagram. The slideshow began with an adorable selfie of Lohan carrying Luai, who will turn 2 years old this month. In between photos of Italian food, streets, signs and architecture, she also added a cute sn…

Morning after: Join volunteer cleanup following 'dirtiest beach day' of year

A Tourmaline Beach cleanup. (File photo courtesy of Surfrider Foundation) Surfrider Foundation of San Diego County will hold the 19th annual “Morning After Mess” cleanup at beaches from top to bottom in the region. There will be nine official sites to clean up litter after Friday’s Independence Day celebrations – some clustered around viewing points for the Big Bay Boom – from North County down to the South Bay: Oceanside Beach (hosted by Rise …