Event International Coastal Cleanup Day Sep 19

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Walton County:

Gather your family, invite your friends, bring your coworkers, or come on your own and join Keep Walton County Beautiful for our third annual International Coastal Cleanup®!

We’re bringing volunteers together across Walton County to spend a morning giving back to the places we love. Small Actions, Big Impacts!

Sign up here: International Coastal Cleanup 2026 - Keep Walton County Beautiful

We’ll provide the supplies! Cleanup materials will be ready when you arrive, and South Walton Fire District lifeguards will be on-site at the beach locations to provide safety support.

And yes, there are a few goodies for our cleanup crews! Volunteers can snag giveaway items including limited-edition ICC T-shirts, belt bags, bracelets and stickers while supplies last.
Every bag collected is one less piece of litter in our waterways and natural spaces. Come spend two hours making a difference, and leave Walton County a little better than you found it!

️ Saturday, September 19
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Three locations across Walton County:

• Seagrove Regional Beach Access - 3910 E. County Highway 30A
• Miramar Beach Regional Beach Access - 2375 Scenic Gulf Drive
• Grady Brown Park - 20940 US Highway 331 S

We’ll see you out there!

 

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Destin / Fort Walton Beach / Miramar Beach

Join us for the 2026 International Coastal Cleanup Day Beach Cleanup event that is fun for the whole family! We'll have clean up contests with fun prizes, free event t-shirts, and a free post clean up breakfast served at some of our favorite local restaurants. Click the ticket link to sign up!

Date: Saturday, September 19th
Time: 8 - 10 a.m.
Registration link coming soon.

Locations:
1 - The Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island (1450 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach, FL)
2 - The Crab Trap/James Lee Park (3500 Scenic HWY 98, Destin, FL)
3 - The Surf Hut (551 Scenic Gulf Dr, Miramar Beach, FL)
4 - Henderson Beach State Park (17000 Emerald Coast Pkwy, Destin, FL)
5 - NEW! Norriego Point Beach: Gulf Shore Drive, Destin, FL (Breakfast options will be available)

Complimentary breakfast will be provided at the following cleanup locations: The Boardwalk, The Crab Trap, and The Surf Hut
Bring your own bucket, mesh bag, gloves, and trash grabbers!
Don't forget your water bottle and sun protection!
If you have any questions, please email naturalresources@destinfwb.com

 

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LAKE POWELL

2026 LAKE POWELL CLEANUP
Saturday, Sept. 19th / 8:00am - 12:00pm

The Lake Powell Community Alliance (LPCA), together with St. Andrew Bay Watch (RMA), Camp Helen State Park and Bay County Audubon invite you to participate in our annual community effort to clean up Lake Powell. Sign-in will begin promptly at 8 a.m. on Saturday, September 19th at the Lake Powell Park [boat ramp behind Publix] or at Camp Helen State Park. The cleanup will last until noon. Free t-shirts will be given to the first 50 volunteers to register! Participate in a 'Chance Drawing' to win some very nice prizes!

According to Emily Ellis, LPCA Vice-Chairperson, “Our event is part of the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup and this is our fourteenth year participating. We typically receive about 100 volunteers. Together, we have removed over 36,000 pounds of trash from Lake Powell and her watershed. Every year we fill dumpsters provided to us by Bay County. We are proud to be part of this global effort. It’s a fun event for people of all ages who want to help maintain the health of the lake.”

In our little corner of the earth, we have a very unique and precious resource. Lake Powell was designated an Outstanding Florida Waterway in 1991. It is among the largest of the rare Coastal Dune Lakes, which occur in only a few places around the world. Lake Powell is known for its beauty and biodiversity, as well as its exceptional recreational and educational opportunities. The Lake Powell Community Alliance (LPCA) is dedicated to protecting this natural resource.

This is a great opportunity to bring our community together for a common cause! Participants will be given a choice of areas to clean up with access by walking, wading, boating, or paddling. So, JOIN the TEAM / KEEP it CLEAN!

WHAT TO BRING: closed-toed shoes, hat, sunscreen, grabber, work gloves, water, refillable water bottle, snacks
Please consider bringing your boat, canoe, kayak, or paddleboard and join our armada of cleanup crews! If you do bring your watercraft, please bring the required life jackets, whistles, and safety devices.
WHAT WE PROVIDE: nitril gloves, garbage bags, data cards, coffee and donuts, and water refill station.

SCHEDULE
8:00 - 9:00 am -- Sign-In and Orientation
9:00 - 11:30 noon -- Lake Cleanup
11:30 - 12:00 -- Photos / Chance Drawing / Pizza

LAKE POWELL COMMUNITY ALLIANCE Mission: A community initiative dedicated to preserving the water quality and biodiversity of the globally rare and imperiled Lake Powell ecosystem through education, habitat restoration, watershed-based planning, and community partnerships.

Lake Powell Community Alliance, Inc. is a charitable organization as determined by section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. Federal ID number 20-3730450. A copy of official registration #CH22613 with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services as well as financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling 1-800-435-7352. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state.

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Do you have questions or ideas for ways in which YOU can help? Contact us: LPCA08@gmail.com