Hit the beach Saturday to pick up trash at annual Beach Sweep and River Sweep
It’s the largest one-day volunteer litter clean-up of the state’s beaches and marshes, and you can take part in it on Beaufort County’s waterways.
The 28th annual Beach Sweep and River Sweep kicks off this weekend from 9 a.m. to noon at multiple sites.
The event is sponsored by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources, and there are 10 clean-up sites in the county, according to the consortium’s website.
For more information, connect with the project on Facebook or call 843-953-2078.
Here is a listing of those sites, and contact information for site captains:
Northern Beaufort County
St. Helena Island
▪ Lands End: Honey Wilson, 803-422-0764, honeywilson64@gmail.com
Harbor Island
▪ Gloria and Charlie Mickle, 615-414-6100, gamickle90@gmail.com, and 615-268-3167, cemickle@gmail.com, respectively
Fripp Island
▪ Jessica Miller, 843-838-1516, jmiller@frippislandresort.com
Southern Beaufort County
Bluffton
▪ May River at Oyster Factory Park: Beth Lewis, 843-706-4559, blewis@townofbluffton.com
Hilton Head Island
▪ Mitchelville Beach Park and Fish Haul Creek: Kathy Weatherhead, 843-342-3029, nkweatherhead@yahoo.com
▪ Port Royal Plantation beach: Roscoe Smith, 843-423-2226, roscoe@verusmed.com
▪ Burke’s Beach: Carlos Chacon, 843-689-3033 ext. 226, cchacon@coastaldiscovery.org
▪ Coligny Beach: Phyllis Neville, 843-681-3646, pnevs56@aol.com
▪ Beach near Sea Pines Resort: Jen Westerfeld, 843-842-1979, jwesterfeld@seapines.com
Daufuskie Island
▪ Yvonne Clemons, yclemons60@gmail.com
Wade Livingston: 843-706-8153, @WadeGLivingston
This story was originally published September 14, 2016 at 9:55 AM with the headline "Hit the beach Saturday to pick up trash at annual Beach Sweep and River Sweep."