The 34^th annual International Coastal Cleanup Day is harnessing the Power of People to Fight Ocean Trash!  Join us for the world's largest, one-day volunteer effort for our oceans and waterways, and show your commitment to reducing marine debris, along with volunteers from across the globe!

VolunteerCleanup.org organizes Miami-Dade’s local participation in this global event with 40+ simultaneous shoreline cleanups around the county and is made possible by the generous support of our sponsor Covanta, with additional support from Capital One Café, Wells Fargo, and Miami Beach Suncare.

We will provide garbage bags, data collection cards, sunscreen, insect repellent, and a souvenir tote bag with this year’s marine animal theme, the Pelican!  Community Service hours also provided.  

Where possible, please have guests in your party RSVP individually so we can ensure they get all the information and details about the event and so that we can accurately plan for turnout.

• Registration is at 9:00
• Launch service to island will be available after registration.  Transportation back will begin at 11:45.  There are no restrooms on the island and launch service cannot be guaranteed for that purpose.
• All volunteers will need a signed waiver.  If you are under 18 and coming without a parent or guardian, you must have a parent/guardian sign the waiver: https://forms.gle/KMa7umSJJdLD2uoZA
• Additional check-ins and outs are required before going out to island.
• Appropriate for children over 10 with adult supervision till age 14 and must please bring their own life vest.  Older children do not need an adult, but must bring signed waiver. 
• Parking is available on the street or the garage at 2889 McFarlane Road. Parking at the Sailing Club is for members only.
• Meeting spot is under the clubhouse inside the gate.
• Volunteers must wear closed-toed shoes like sneakers or watershoes, no flipflops or sandals!” comfortable clothes (clothes that you do not mind getting wet and dirty).
• Hats and sunglasses are highly recommended.
• Bring gloves if you have them (we suggest reusable working, gardening or dish gloves that you can pickup at the grocery store or Shell Lumber.  We have some a limited number of work, and kitchen.
• Bring water in a reusable container (please don’t create more waste by bringing plastic water bottles to clean up plastic water bottles!)  Additional water will be available for refill.
• 3 Community Service Hours will be provided for students actively participating in the cleanup.  Please be on time to collect your hours.
• 5 gallon plastic bucket are great to bring.  We have a limited supply. 

Before the event, download the Ocean Conservancy’s CleanSwell app to participate in the Citizen Science activity to log, tally and measure the impact of your cleanup.  It’s easier and more fun than using the paper data cards!

Coconut Grove after-party: All volunteers at Coconut Grove locations are invited to a post-cleanup celebration at Shake-a-leg, presented by the office of Commissioner Ken Russell. Please register if you plan on coming so we can get a head-count for the provided lunch!  https://www.volunteercleanup.org/20824/grove_coastal_cleanup_party

About the International Coastal Cleanup:

Scientists estimate that more than 17 billion pounds of plastic enter our ocean every year threatening marine life from corals polyps to sharks, the health of people, and local economies 

Over the past 34 years, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has brought together nearly 13 million people from over 150 countries to collect nearly 250 million pounds of trash along our coastlines and waterways.

Every year during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, volunteers comb lakes, rivers, and beaches around the world for trash picking up everything imaginable along the world’s shorelines: cigarette butts, food wrappers, abandoned fishing gear and even automobiles and kitchen appliances.

By volunteering at ICC, you will be actively participating in a global citizen science project, not only by removing marine debris but by also cataloging 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.