We have surpassed 1,600 Pearl Homes and have set a goal of 2,014 in 2014! 
Become a Pearl Home or recruit a friend or neighbor and you will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to next year's Oyster Roast.

The Pearl Home information and application are available on our website or in our office. If you recruit a friend or neighbor, make sure your name is at the bottom so you are entered into the drawing also.

Help us get to 2,014 in 2014!

LRNow has 7 rain barrels available to Faith Communities in Virginia Beach.  Help your church, temple, synagogue or fellowship become more sustainable and environmentally responsible.  To find out more about the rain barrels or to reserve yours, please contact Pam at 757-962-5398 or  Pam@LRNow.org.

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Join LRNow, VA Beach SPCA, VA Beach Parks & Recreation, VA Aquarium and the VA Department of Game and Inland Fisheries in an annual effort to remove discarded fishing line from our waterways.  Discarded line is dangerous to a wide variety of wildlife.

We need volunteers to help with everything from getting line untangled from tree branches and bushes to removing hooks, bobbers, and sinkers from the collected line so that it can be recycled into underwater habitat structures for fish.  The clean up is an opportunity to get hundreds of feet of line and hooks out of the environment, immediately reducing the danger of entanglement for water birds and animals.

For more information or to register for this cleanup, call 757-962-5398 or email Dana@LRNow.org.

The next river cleanup is Saturday, August 9th.

 
Building sanctuary oyster reefs is an important part of restoring our native oyster population and bringing all the benefits of oysters to help clean our water.  Oyster shell is necessary to build sanctuary reefs and is a scarce commodity. 

LRNow is proud to work with 23 Virginia Beach restaurants to collect their oyster shells, cure them and then use them to build sanctuary oyster reefs in the Lynnhaven.  We appreciate the extra effort this takes on the part of the restaurants and we thank them for their commitment to clean water and a healthy ecosystem.  If you don't see your favorite restaurant on this list, let us know and encourage them to join the program.

THANK YOU:
21st Street Seafood Company
Abbey Road
Blue Seafood and Spirits
Bubba's
Captain George's
Coastal Grill
C.P. Shucker's at the Oceanfront
C.P. Shucker's on the Bayside
Croakers Neighborhood Grill
Croc's 19th Street Bistro
Dockside
Five 01 City Grill
Harpoon Larry's
Lucky Oyster
Metropolitan Oyster Exchange
McCormick & Schmick's
Rockafeller's
Salt
Sheraton Oceanfront
Steinhilber's
Swan Terrace at Founder's Inn
Tautog's
Yukai Seafood Buffett

In addition, we have four locations where you can drop off shells from oysters or clams you serve at home:
LRNow's office, 1608 Pleasure House Road, Suite 108
Whole Foods in Hilltop
Virginia Aquarium (east parking lot)
Regional Landfill, Jack Sears Road

We will also make arrangements with you to pick up the shells after your oyster roast event. 

Please contact Meredith@LRNow.org if you would like more information about LRNow's Save Our Shell program.