Deering Estate | International Coastal Cleanup

JOIN THE MOVEMENT!! We are looking for groups, families, or individual residents to join International Coastal Cleanup Day. Help make a difference and make our planet a cleaner and safer place for all species!   Whether you are a non-profit group or a local family, you can play a role in helping us cleanup the environment! 

Our cleanup  will  setup at the Deering Estate Main Gate with plenty of parking along 72 Ave. The Cleanup Areas will begin from the Main Gate at the park, out towards the Boat Basin, along the Mangrove Boardwalk and surrounding areas along the way.  Cleanup areas will be exclusively in the mangroves.  It is muddy and dirty in the mangroves, please come prepared.

 Community Service Hours provided! 

What to Bring:

• Signed Volunteer Release Form
• Reusable water bottle
• Pen/Pencil for filling out data collection form
• Working/garden or dish-washing gloves 
• Long pants (in a mangrove area)
• Sturdy CLOSED TOED shoes (no crocks or flip flops, please)
• Bug spray repellent
• Sunscreen
• Cap/hat
• A great attitude!!!

A plastic bucket to collect trash (if you have one)  

Everyone that participates must register online---even if you are coming together.  We must have your name on the RSVP list as an individual (or your parent)  in order for you to get the giveaway goodie bag. 

If you are under 18 and coming without a parent or guardian, you must have a parent/guardian sign the waiver below in advance.    

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/cleanup/pages/310/attachments/original/1469817777/MDCC_Cleanup_Release_Waiver.pdf?1469817777

International Coastal Cleanup will provide garbage bags, data collection cards, and a giveaway goodie bag 

Ocean trash is a serious pollution problem that affects the health of people, wildlife and local economies. Join the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean and waterways by participating in International Coastal Cleanup.

In 2015, more than 18 million pounds of trash was collected by nearly 800,000 volunteers during the International Coastal Cleanup. Here in Miami Dade, we collected 17,500 pounds of marine debris from 31 miles of coastline.

By volunteering at ICC, you will be actively participating in a global citizen science project, not only by removing marine debris, but by cataloguing and tallying what you find using the Ocean Conservancy’s data collection cards or Clean Swell App. The resulting item-by-item, location-by-location Ocean Trash Index that Ocean Conservancy compiles each year provides the only global snapshot of the marine debris littering coasts and waterways around the world.

We need your help to keep this momentum going!! Join The Movement!!