International Coastal Cleanup Day 2024

Event Description

Join us for the world’s largest, one-day volunteer effort for our oceans and waterways, and show your commitment to reducing marine debris, along with millions of volunteers from across the globe! Welcome to Historic Virginia Key Beach Park a historical and ecological gem located only minutes from downtown Miami. We will provide garbage bags, gloves, data collection cards, and a souvenir tote bag with this year’s marine animal theme, penguins! *Community Service hours also provided* This year’s Penguin T-Shirts are available for purchase here: www.bonfire.com/miami-icc-2024. Order before August 30 if you want to guarantee your shirt arrives before the cleanup. Registration + waivers are required to participate.

You can complete the online waivers in advance to help expedite check-in on the day of.
However, if you are under 18 and coming without a parent or guardian, you must have a parent/guardian print and sign the waiver HERE in advance, and bring it with you to the cleanup.
Important details:

Download the Ocean Conservancy’s CleanSwell app to participate in the Citizen Science activity to log, tally and measure the impact of your cleanup.
Dress for the weather and wear appropriate footwear. This is a beach/park site, and you should wear closed toed shoes, long sleeve shirt, and long pants
Sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen are recommended.
If you have your own reusable working or gardening type gloves, bring them. We will be providing gloves but cannot guarantee they will be in your size.
Some volunteers like to use a bucket during a cleanup. Ask your local Chinese, Burger or Bakery/Donut shop if they get food service items in 5-gallon buckets that they would like to donate for use during your cleanup!
Please bring water in a reusable container. Let’s reduce waste and refuse single-use disposable plastic water bottles.
Read more about the history and impact of the International Coastal Cleanup. * To learn more about Historic Virginia Key Beach Park please visit out website: https://virginiakeybeachpark.net/

Spearheaded globally by the Ocean Conservancy, VolunteerCleanup.org organizes Miami-Dade County’s local participation in this worldwide event with 60+ shoreline cleanups around the county and is made possible by the generous support of our presenting sponsor The Brady Hunter Foundation, with additional support from The Benjamin & Gloria Joannou, Jr. Family Conservation Fund, Blackstone Charitable Foundation, Citadel, Related Group, City of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County RER-DERM, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Miami Ironside, Save The Manatee, Waste Management and Watersports Association.