The SOLV Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup

Volunteers Prove Weather No Match For the Oregon Spirit!

Despite, wind, snow, rain, hail and slick streets almost 3,700 brave and hearty volunteers turned out to do their part to make the 24th Great Oregon Spring Beach Cleanup a success. The entire Oregon coastline, 362 miles, was cleaned of debris that had accumulated during the stormy winter months. Volunteers removed an estimated 111,000 pounds of trash from Oregon's coastline. Read more

History

The first Beach Cleanup in the nation was held here in Oregon in 1984. Since then, annual beach cleanups have spread to every state in the Union, all US territories and more than 100 countries around the world. In 2006, 358,617 volunteers picked up over 7 million pounds of trash from 34,560 miles of coastline nationwide.

The next Spring Beach Cleanup is scheduled for March 28, 2009. To receive reminders about this and other special SOLV dates and information, please sign up for e-updates now.

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