Big Sweep - our part of the International Coastal Cleanup

Each year, hundreds of thousands of volunteers around the globe clean their local waterways during the International Coastal Cleanup. The volunteers fill out datacards, which creates a really interesting and useful database of information.

This is the 25th anniversary of the ICC, and it's been held in North Carolina since 1987. North Carolina was the first state in the nation to begin a statewide cleanup of waterways, which is now called Big Sweep.

Please join this global event wherever you are. If you can't find an event listed near you, contact local agencies as their events may not be posted on the ICC website. If there isn't an event just grab your family and friends and start something. Learn more about the ICC here or Big Sweep here.

In New Hanover County, we'll hold Big Sweep on September 25 at 9am at Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach and Greenfield Lake. The flyer and details are here.

See ya there.

posted by Jennifer O'Keefe