October 16th 2011 9:00am at Baldwin Beach Park on Maui’s North Shore!
Last year’s “Get the Drift and Bag it” event brought together over 1,200 volunteers that collected 30,000 pounds of litter and marine debris, 1,800 plastic bags, 2,150 recyclable beverage containers, and 7,600 cigarette butts in Maui Nui alone.
Come help be one of those volunteers to give back to our Maui’s shorelines and home towns.
Contact: Community Work Day Program
Phone: (808) 877-2524; Fax: (808) 873-7762; Email: info@cwdhawaii.org
“Get the Drift and Bag it”
Community Work Day Program’s annual “Get the Drift and Bag it” cleanup event in partnership with +H2O and Surfrider Foundation- Maui Chapter is an opportunity for residents to join together in a global effort to remove litter and debris from our coastal environment. The event will be coordinated in partnership with the Ocean Conservancy as a part of their International Coastal Cleanup.
The first events to be held as a part of this year’s cleanup begin on Saturday, September 17th, 2011 at four central meeting points. The meeting points are at Waipu‘ilani Park in Kīhei, Hāna Bay in Hāna, Hoaloha Park near First Hawaiian Bank in the Kahului Harbor area, and at Kahekili Beach Park
in Kā‘anapali.
Additional events will take place at Kamehameha Iki Park in Lāhainā on Sunday September 18, 2011 and at Baldwin Beach Park in Pa‘ia on Sunday October 16, 2011. All events are scheduled to take place from 9am-1pm.
All cleanup supplies and data cards will be provided for volunteers. Water will be supplied and volunteers are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles and work gloves. To lessen the collective contribution to the waste stream, volunteers may also bring their own reusable bags or buckets for litter pickups. Carpooling, walking and bicycling to the event are suggested. Divers are encouraged to participate in underwater cleanups.
Last year’s “Get the Drift and Bag it” event brought together over 1,200 volunteers that collected 30,000 pounds of litter and marine debris, 1,800 plastic bags, 2,150 recyclable beverage containers, and 7,600 cigarette butts in Maui Nui alone.
Over the past 25 years, the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup has become the world’s largest volunteer effort for ocean health. Nearly nine million volunteers from 152 countries and locations have cleaned 145 million pounds of trash from the shores of lakes, streams, rivers and the ocean on just one day a year.
Several Maui businesses, schools and organizations have stepped up to help CWD with this important community event. Major partners and sponsors include the Surfrider Foundation, Hāna Trash Club, Positive H20, Maui Rents, Tropic Water, and Quicksilver.
CWD encourages businesses and residents of Maui Nui to participate in “Get the Drift and Bag it” on Saturday, September 17th or at any scheduled cleanup through October 16th by gathering their family and friends and adopting a site in their neighborhood. CWD will provide the supplies for your event. If you would like to volunteer for any of the upcoming cleanups, suggest a site for litter removal, or for more information please contact CWD at (808) 877-2524 or info@cwdhawaii.org. To sign up on Facebook for this amazing event go here!
Together we all can make a difference and if you see someone littering, tell them to stop and why it’s important to keep it clean!!
