Saturday, September 20, marks the 27th annual Alabama Coastal Cleanup, and for Fairhope residents, it’s a good opportunity to not only clean up along the coast but to clean up city wide. Again this year the City of Fairhope is encouraging neighborhood groups and others to join together to pick up trash and help make a difference.
Volunteers—community organizations, individuals, school groups and families—are needed to help with the Coastal Cleanup. Volunteers who sign up early will receive a free t-shirt. T-shirts and other supplies can be picked up at the James P. Nix Center on Friday September 19th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All other volunteers can sign-in at the Fairhope Pier on Saturday, September 20th beginning at 8 a.m. The cleanup takes place from 8 a.m. to noon.
The Alabama Coastal Clean-Up is part of an international effort to remove debris from coastal waters. Alabama joined this effort in 1987 and since then over 61,000 volunteers have removed more than one million pounds of debris from our shores-along rivers and creeks, bays and bayous, the Gulf and Mobile Bay.
Also this year, as part of the day’s activities, the Fairhope Public Utilities Electric Department will have a public power display and Gas Department will cook hotdogs between 10 a.m. and noon at the south end of the Fairhope beach front park. Everyone is invited.
Be a part of this effort this year to help keep Alabama—and Fairhope—beautiful! Please call 929-1466 to register your group or organization or for additional information.
