Stephen Decatur Lifesavers Red Cross Club Surfrider Clean-Up

Stephen Decatur Lifesavers Red Cross Club
Teamed Up With the Surfrider Foundation
and the O.C. Beach Patrol for a Day of "Dune Clean Up"

Pictured are (l to r) Bill "Cody" Yates, Ward Kovacs, Surfrider Pres., Shelly Dawson, Club advisor Jason Konyar, Leslie Hurley, Club advisor Rick Cawthern, Catelin Geiser, Lindsey Bankert, Christy Stutzel, Charlotte Deck, Rosa Navarro, Sarah Miller, Andrew Murrell, Sydney Waters, Colby Sappington, Devon Harman, Kristen Miller, Club Coordinator Patti Miller, missing from picture: Madalaine How, Alison Sappington.

OCEAN CITY- The Stephen Decatur Lifesavers Red Cross Club teamed up with the Surfrider Foundation and the O.C. Beach Patrol for a day of "Dune Clean Up". Under the supervision and direction of the Surfrider Foundation and OCBP, the Red Cross Club scoured the dunes between 30th and 37th streets. The club members were amazed at how quickly they filled their trash bags with everything from beer bottles to syringes. As one club member explains, "There was so much trash in the dune grass, we each filled a whole bag from one single dune!"

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit organization committed to preserving the beauty and health of our oceans and beaches. Club members take their stewardship seriously and they were delighted to see Decatur high school students take part in cleaning up and helping to maintain a healthy, beautiful coastline.

The O.C. Beach Patrol provided transportation to "haul" bags and bags of trash collected during Sunday's clean-up.
Red Cross Club members spoke about how good they felt about the amount of trash they removed from the dunes. Many onlookers stopped to ask the group what they were doing. One particular onlooker, yelled to the group from the fifth story balcony of a local hotel, "Thank you kids for all that you're doing!"

Club Members Hold Bags From Clean Up of Just One Dune in Front of a Local Hotel

(L to R) Club advisor, Rick Cawthern, Andrew Murrell, Devon Harman, Colby Sappington, Rosa Navarro,
Beach Patrol Leut., Ward Kovacs, Lindsey Bankert, Charlotte Deck, Sydney Waters, Sarah Miller, Christy Stutzel,
Kristen Miller and Club advisor, Jason Konyar.

Message from the OCSF Chairman

ALOHA Gang,

Thanks for a great effort on a not so pretty Saturday morning. What a team--the OCBP, Decatur Lifesavers and SRF--your efforts sure paid off. Two truck loads of trash! Let's do it again soon. We'll be call'n. Thanks from your new partners, OC-SRF.

MAHALO,
Shelly