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 The 2008 NH Coastal Cleanup, held in conjunction
with the International Coastal Cleanup, will be
held on September 20, 2008, with a Student Cleanup Day on Friday, September
19.
2008 Cleanup Info |
Sign
up! | Student Cleanup |
Sponsors
Art Contest
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2006 Final Report
Announcements:
Teachers: Sign your class up now!
Site coordinators wanted! We're looking for
volunteers to coordinate a cleanup at a site, either with their own
group or with public volunteers.
Email for details.
Volunteers:
Sign up here!
2008 Cleanup
Sponsored by
NH Coastal Program
 On
one Saturday in September, thousands of volunteers from over 90
countries clean a coastal area as part of the
International Coastal Cleanup, the largest one-day volunteer event
of its kind.
We'll be coordinating this year's International
Coastal Cleanup (ICC) in New Hampshire, thanks to funding from the
New
Hampshire Coastal Program and major sponsorship from Waste
Management!
The ICC
was begun by the Ocean Conservancy (formerly the Center for Marine
Conservation) 22 years ago at a beach in Texas, and has grown to a
worldwide event involving 90 countries. For more information
on the cleanup overall, visit
www.coastalcleanup.org.
SPONSORS
2008 Sponsors include:
NH Coastal Program/NH Dept. of Environmental
Services
Portsmouth Regional Hospital
Wentworth Douglass Hospital
Poland Springs
Michael Yoon
NH Division of Parks & Recreation
STUDENT CLEANUP:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
 We're holding a
Student Cleanup Day at Hampton Beach
on September 19, open to hundreds of students!
Teachers:
sign your class up
here.
If Friday, September 19 doesn't
work for you, we can schedule a cleanup any time
in Sept. or Oct. to "count" toward the
International Coastal Cleanup results! Call
603-431-0260 or e-mail
coastalcleanup@blueoceansociety.org to
schedule a date!
We'll also come to your school to
do a FREE interactive presentation to prepare
your students for the cleanup!
ART CONTEST
Calling all budding artists!
Enter Blue Ocean Society’s art contest today!
We are looking
for artwork from students K-8 for use on a poster advertising
the Annual Coastal Cleanup in New Hampshire!
The
design should be related to the NH coast, the Coastal Cleanup
and/or Keeping NH Beaches clean.
The winning student will receive a t-shirt and an award
certificate, along with their design on several hundred posters
distributed throughout the NH Seacoast!
Contest rules:
Students can use any medium (paint,
pencil, crayon, marker). The contest is open to students in
grades K-8. Pictures should be drawn on paper that is 8
1/2”x11” or larger and include the student’s name, school
address and summer address and/or phone or e-mail so that we can
contact the winner. Pictures should be submitted to Blue Ocean
Society at 143 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 by July 15,
2008.
2007 CLEANUP RESULTS
The results are in! Once again, cigarette
butts were the number one item picked-up by volunteers
during the Coastal Cleanup.
Below is a summary of the results:
Sites Cleaned: 40
Volunteers: 1,094
Distance Cleaned: 30 miles along NH
seacoast and Great Bay
Bags
Filled: 309
Pounds Collected: 5,758
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