A total of 7,334 volunteers hauled more than 121 tons of trash off Texas beaches Saturday for the 28th annual Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup. <\/p>\n
Thats more than 22,002 hours of labor all volunteer working to keep Texas public beaches clean. What an amazing effort, said Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. Thats nearly half a million dollars worth of work and a great example of how Adopt-A-Beach is one of the most successful volunteer efforts in the nation. <\/p>\n
Saturdays cleanup wasnt just all work at most sites volunteers enjoyed a party afterward hosted by cleanup sponsors such as Schlumberger. And aside from the usual cigarette butts, beer cans and diapers, some pretty odd and interesting items were found, including a lost or discarded love letter on South Padre Island, a $100 bill found by a cub scout at Quintana Beach, a used pregnancy test kit on Cameron County beaches, false teeth in Galveston and a burned up purse and wallet at Boggy Creek Nature Park in Calhoun County. <\/p>\n
Over the past 28 years, the Texas General Land Offices Adopt-A-Beach Program has brought more than 465,000 volunteers to the Texas coast. Those volunteers took more than 8,900 tons of trash with them. Adopt-A-Beach volunteers make Texas beaches cleaner for every living thing that depends on them, from local tourist bureaus to crabs, birds and turtles. <\/p>\n
To learn how to join the next cleanup, visit http:\/\/www.TexasAdoptABeach.org<\/a> or contact the GLO at 1-877-TX COAST. Those interested may also become a fan of the program at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/texasadoptabeach<\/a> and follow us on Twitter @TXAdoptABeach. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Original post: <\/p>\n 121 tons of trash removed from Texas beaches Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A total of 7,334 volunteers hauled more than 121 tons of trash off Texas beaches Saturday for the 28th annual Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Spring Cleanup. Continue reading