Sign up below for a Coastal Experience on Saturday, May 18th
Staten Island – New York
Our Beautiful Beach – Nature Walk and Beach Clean Up
- 9 am – 12 pm
- 50 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Oakwood Beach @ Kissam Avenue, New Dorp NY
- Directions: Hylan Ave to Guyon Ave, Left on Mills Rd, Right on Kissam Ave
- Affiliation: Natural Resource Protective Association
- Description: Participants will learn about the natural environment as they clean and look to our future on the land. Various agencies will be attending and natural plant life and birds will be identified. the History and uses of the space will be explored while we revive such a need space to all. Looking forward to the beauty of day and hope all can attend this native shore space.
- Other notes: gloves and proper shoes, dress for the weather please
- Support coastal businesses visit: Pizzeria Giove in Staten Island
- Sign up here
Essex County – New Jersey
Guardians of the Glen Clean Up
- 10 am – 12 pm
- 25 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Freeman Parkway (a small bridge above the Glen), Glen Ridge, NJ
- Parking: Woodland Avenue at Freeman Parkway Intersection, Glen Ridge, NJ
- Directions: GS Parkway to exit 148 Bloomfield, 1 mile west on Bloomfield ave., left on Freeman Parkway
- Description: Pick up litter in and around the banks of the Glen Ridge glen (2nd River). Garbage bags and municipal trucks to pick up the trash collected will be provided.
- Other notes: BBQ and music for volunteers at noon
- Sign up here
Monmouth County – New Jersey
Summa Love Surf Lessons
- 1 PM – 3 PM
- 10 Participants Needed
- Meet-up Location: Sea Bright Public Beach, 1099 Ocean Ave, Sea Bright, NJ 07760
- Affiliation: Summa Love Surfing and Yoga
- Description: Surf lessons led by Summa Love Instructor Bryan Zinski
- Support coastal businesses visit: Bain’s Hardware in Sea Bright, NJ
- Sign up here
Mott Street Bridge Clean Up
- 9 am – 12 pm
- 20 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Maple Pl between Beers & Luppatatong St, Keyport, NJ
- Directions: From Rt36 Broad Street Keyport left on Maple 1/4 mile west between Beers Street and Lupatatong Ave
- Parking: Maple Place on street at the culvert crossing Lupatatong Creek
- Affiliation: Keyport Environmental Commission
- Description: Prior to the construction of a culvert on Maple Place between Beers St and Lupatatong Ave there had been a bridge called the Mott Street Bridge which spans the Lupatatong Creek east to west. The creek empties into the Raritan Bay by Keport Fishery and the Ye Cottage Inn which since Sandy was demolished. The culvert accumulates debris from tidal surge, upstream storm water runoff and wind bourne road surface litter. Our objective is to cleanup along the roadside and down to the creek edge thus preventing the debris from entering the creek and bay.
- Other notes: Bring gloves, boots, poison ivy protection
- Support coastal businesses: Visit Jakebob’s in Union Beach after volunteering!
- Sign up here
Asbury Park Boardwalk Reopening
- 10:30 – 2 PM
- Meet-up Location: First Avenue Beach, Asbury Park, NJ
- Description: Ribbon cutting at 1 PM, Asbury Angels ceremony
- Support coastal businesses: Visit Langosta Lounge and Dauphin Grill after the event
- Join COA in the evening for the Back to the Beach Ball at the Berkeley Oceanfront Hotel
Go Fly a (Newspaper) Kite!
- 10:30 – 12:30 PM
- 25 kids (plus adults)
- Meet-up Location: Pavilion, Seven Presidents’s Waterfront Park, Long Branch, NJ
- Directions: Garden State Parkway to exit 105. Take Rt. 36 east to Ocean Avenue, Park entrance ahead.
- Description:Join us to fly kites made from newspaper! We will provide the materials and brief instruction for making and flying simple kites made from our family’s newspaper pile! If you have a special ribbon you would like to use for the kite’s tail, feel free to bring it, otherwise we will have samples to use. Fun for the entire family. Weather note: we will not hold this workshop in rain or extreme wind.
- Other notes: Often much cooler on the beach in spring!
- Support coastal businesses visit: McLoone’s Pier House for lunch after volunteering!
- Sign up here
Natco Park Nature Walk
- 10 am – 12 pm
- Meet-up Location: Lakeside Manor, 410 New Jersey 36 Hazlet, NJ 07730
- 25 Partipicants Needed
- Affiliation: Bayshore Regional Watershed Council and the Hazlet Township Environmental Commission
- Description: It will be a causal 1 mile walk to look for the emergence of spring life including flowers, fish, frogs, turtles, and nesting birds.
- Support coastal businesses: Visit Jakebob’s in Union Beach after volunteering!
- Sign up here
Hands Across the Sand – Bradley Beach
- 11:30 am – 12: 30 PM
- Meet-up Location: Third Avenue Beach, Bradley Beach
- Affiliation: New Jersey Sierra Club and Surfrider Foundation, Jersey Shore Chapter
- Description: Hands Across the Sand is an international grassroot event designed to demonstrate local opposition to offshore drilling and support for clean energy.
- Other notes: Unwind after the demonstration with a FREE beach yoga session on 3rd Avenue Beach in Bradley Beach!
- Support coastal businesses: Visit Ground Round Sports Grille or FINS: A Tropicali Grill after the event
- Sign up here
Ocean County – New Jersey
Hands Across the Sand – Island Beach State Park
- 12:00 pm – 1:00 PM
- Meet-up Location: Island Beach State Park
- Affiliation: American Littoral Society
- Description: Hands Across the Sand is an international grassroot event designed to demonstrate local opposition to offshore drilling and support for clean energy.
- Support coastal businesses: Visit Atlantic Bar and Grill of NJ in Seaside Park or Labrador Lounge in Normandy Beach after the event
- Sign up here
Jersey Shore Festival – May 17 – 18, 2013
- 12 pm – 7 pm
- Affiliation: Coastline Adventures Surfing School NJ
- Meet-up Location: Seaside Heights, NJ
- For more information, click here
How to make Eco Chic Beach Jewelry
- 11 am – 12 pm
- 10 Participants Needed
- To Register: E-mail michalsparks@aol.com
- Meet-up Location: Sea & Green, 502 Bay Ave, Pt Pleasant Bch, NJ 08742
- Parking: Street Parking (it’s free)
- Directions: Located near the corner of Arnold & Bay Avenues, on the East side of Bay Avenue
- Affiliation: Sea & Green
- Description: Come enjoy the beautiful downtown Point Pleasant Beach coastal community before the summer crowds. In this fun class you will learn how to transform old itunes cards into your very own piece of funky jewelry with co-op artist mother/daughter team, Michal Sparks and Ivy Bowne. You can choose to create a bracelet or a necklace. This is a make & take so you leave with your very own piece of jewelry. All supplies are included.
- Price: $20 per person or $35 for adult & child together (ages 6-12 considered child).
- Other notes: Open to ages 10 – adult. Space is limited and pre-registration with $10 deposit is required.
- Support coastal businesses visit: Surf Taco in Pt. Pleasant and Baja East Surf Shop mention that you are a Waves of Action volunteer at Baja East Surf Shop to receive 20% off your purchase!
Ocean Gate Yacht Club Open House
- 10 am – 2 pm
- Meet-up Location: Ocean Gate Yacht Club, Foot Of Ocean Gate Ave Ocean Gate, NJ 08740
- Affiliation: Ocean Gate Yacht Club
- Description: To provide information on bringing people of all ages on sailing and the experiences of sailing and being back on the water (Toms River )
- Support coastal businesses visit: The Anchor Inn
- Sign up here
Harbor View Club and Marina Clean Up
- 10 am – as needed
- 20 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Harbor View Club and Marina, 420 8th St. Beach Haven, NJ 08008
- Affiliation: Harbor View Club and Marina
- Description: Remove all the debris that came in with the storm.
- Sign up here
Alliance for a Living Ocean Environmental Clean Up
- 8 am – 12 pm
- 20 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
120 Long Beach Blvd Loveladies, NJ 08008 - Affiliation: Alliance for a Living Ocean
- Description: Environmental cleanup of area beaches, parks, marshes, and neighborhoods
- Sign up here
Soar Into Summer with Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and ReClam the Bay
- 11 am
- Meet-up Location: 17th Street Beach, Ship Bottom, NJ
- Affiliation: Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce and ReClam the Bay
- Description: Join the SOCCC and others for an official beach opening ceremony
- Sign up here
Boulevard Clams and ALO present the 1st Annual LBI Fish Fry
- 12 pm
- Meet-up Location: Boulevard Clams, 2006 Long Beach Blvd, Surf City
- Affiliation: Alliance for a Living Ocean
- Description: Join ALO for a fish fry fundraiser to benefit ALO’s Surf Stewards program. Displays from numerous surf companies, giveaways, and more.
- Sign up here
Atlantic County – New Jersey
Upcycle a T-shirt!
- 1:15 pm for snacks, 2:00 pm start for clean up
- 50 Volunteers Needed
- Meet-up Location: Brigantine Community Center, 265 42nd Street, Brigantine, NJ 08203
- Affiliation: Surfrider Foundation, South Jersey Chapter
- Description: We invite volunteers to join us for a quick snack and short presentation before heading out to the streets and beach for a community cleanup! Presentation will include instruction on how to “upcycle” an old t-shirt into a reusable bag so please bring a t-shirt if desired.
- Other notes: please bring your gloves and dress for the weather. Brigantine will be hosting a 4×4 parade on the beach concurrently so please be mindful of the traffic but enjoy the fun.
- Support coastal businesses visit: Goochie Brothers for lunch!
- Sign up here
