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Thank you for working to 'Make Trash Extinct'

on a soggy, yet successful CCCD!

1078 Volunteers, 1107 #'s of Trash, 307 #'s of Recycles, 1103 #'s Green waste

 


Quick Links
Monthly Cleanup Schedule
9:00am - 11:00am (Esplanade 4-6pm)
  
Oct 12th - Sharp Park
Oct 19th - Linda Mar
Oct 26th - Mussel Rock
 
Every Saturday - meet at Mazzetti's for and area cleanup 9-10:00am

 

Habitat Restoration Schedule 10:00am - 12:00pm
  
Oct 27th - Linda Mar 
Nov 24th - Linda Mar
Upcoming Events
  
Oct 11-13 -  Big Basin Camping
 
Oct 18 - Sharktober Movie at the Pacifica Library 7pm with David McGuire
  
Oct 24th - Happy Hour
  
SHARK NEWS:
SHARKTOBER Movie
  
Another evening of sharks with shark expert, David McGuire, at Pacifica Library. 
October 18th at 7pm.

 

TERRA NOVA HS STUDENTS ON  CCCD:

 

A Message from the President

 

  
PBC Plant Fund

Help the Pacifica Beach Coalition raise funds to buy native plants to restore the habitat at Linda Mar Beach. 

 

The Pacifica Beach Coalition has established a plant fund with a goal of raising $5,000.  The PBC will match donations up to $2,500. If you haven't done so already, visit the Linda Mar beach near Crespi Drive and north and see the difference diversity of plant life has already made with less ice plant and weeds.

Please note PLANT FUND on the donation form.  Thank you.
Report and Post Your Trash Pickup Results
Post Your Contributions!
  
Whether you join one of our organized sites or step outside to pick up the litter on your block, you can now post your contributions and upload a photo of your action at:
Are You Up For A Hike?
On SUNDAY MORNING, November 17th PBC members and friends will hike on the San Francisco Watershed Fifield-Cahill Ridge Trail. The Docent led hike through this rarely seen part of the peninsula will take approx. 2.5 hours. Space is Limited. For More information and to RSVP, email Julie.
 
Dear Earth Hero   

 

We encourage you to walk your favorite beach, block or street to pick up litter! Debris accumulates daily and washes to the beaches and ocean via the storm drains and creeks. Debris left behind kills fish too. 

Pick it up, Pacifica! 

Thank You for all Your Hard Work on Coastal Cleanup Day!
Coastal Cleanup Day is held every year in September. It is so important to clean up before the winter rains come and wash everything out to sea. We did much here, in Pacifica on  September 21st, to stem the flow of litter. We could not have done it without everyone who came out, despite the deluge of a surprise tropical storm occurring simultaneously. 1,100 volunteers came out to help us. They picked up on their street, block, park, beach, bluff or creek. They picked up 1,671 pounds of trash and 313 pounds of recycling before it could be washed into the ocean by the winter rains. Thanks to our sponsors who provided refreshments: Subway, Safeway, Papa Murphys Pizza and Columbos Delicatessen. Thanks also to everyone who supported the cleanup at the dumpsite. Thanks to the brave souls who continued cleaning despite being soaked. Great job everyone!! Click here for the article in the Mercury News.
Lynn - Our Hero!
Lynn

Thanks to YOUR VOTES, our very own Lynn Adams won the largest prize of the evening in the Cox Conserves Hero Awards. Lynn won the highest honor and also a prize of $10,000, that according to winner's rules, must be donated to her choice of non-profit. We are honored that Lynn will direct 100% of this prize to the Pacifica Beach Coalition. Brava, Lynn!
New Members Wanted
PBC Open House
Tuesday, January 9th
Pacifica Library on Palmetto

New Members Wanted! Come to an Open House Meeting of the Pacifica Beach Coalition at 6.15pm on Tuesday, January 9th, 2014, at the Library on Palmetto at Hilton. We will have refreshments and a lot of members who can answer your questions about what we do and what you think we could do better. Find out if your passions match ours or could be included in ours. You could even meet your next best friend here!
PBC Wins Best Walking Group in Fogfest Parade!

A shiver of sharks swam up Palmetto on Saturday, winning the Best Walking Group in the 2013 Fogfest Parade! They showed off the Pacifica Beach Coalition members including: Seastewards supporters, Ocean Shore Student shark lovers and cleanup volunteers. All of whom join together week after week to remove litter, keep Pacifica beautiful, honor and educate about sharks throughout 2013!

PBC Host Young Ocean Stewards Night
Local students met Lincoln Shaw of Animal Planet's "Whale Wars" and Chris Pincetich of the "Turtle Island Restoration Network" at the Pacifica Beach Coalition's Young Ocean Stewards event last Thursday at the Surf Spot. Nearly all of Terra Nova's AP Environmental class attended along with students from other Pacifica schools. They learned what they can do to help our oceans and the amazing animals that live there from experts in the field.

 

Lincoln Shaw risked his life to save whales in the Antarctic with Sea Shepherd and saves marine mammals daily with The Marine Mammal Center.  He witnessed the Ady Gil be intentionally run over the the Japanese Whaling ship in 2010. Chris Pincetich, a scientist, outreach education manager working with Turtle Island Restoration Networks studied and rescued turtles in the Gulf following the oil spill.  He taught all of the Earth Day 2012 Turtle assemblies and four Earth Day 2013 Shark Assemblies at local schools. His activism has resulted in the Leatherback Sea Turtle being named the official ocean reptile for the state of California, a cause that hundreds of Pacifica students wrote letters and campaigned for in 2012.
 

 "It was wonderful to see so many students from the High School and Elementary Schools listening so intently," said Pacifica Beach Coalition social director and event organizer Julie Walters . "Everyone really enjoyed themselves and I hope learned something tonight."

 

The Pacifica Beach Coalition hosts social events on the last Thursday of each month at different local establishments.  The public is always invited. This was the first event designed for students to meet and greet local Ocean Heroes. 


Mark your calendar and join our weekly beach cleanups. If not you? Who? If not now? When??? Look for more PBC news in your inbox in the coming weeks. Thank you for all you do!  
  
Sincerely,

Lynn Adams
Pacifica Beach Coalition, President