Thursday, July 30, 2009

Divers in Palm Beach Join the Cleanup Effort

Click on the link below to see what divers in Palm Beach County are digging up in their efforts to clean up the underwater environment.

Divers Clean Up Underwater Waste

Data Card for Inlet Cleanups

If you are a diver who participated in either the Ft Pierce Inlet Cleanup on July 25 or the Sebastian Inlet Cleanup on August 8 and have not yet filled out a data card, a link can be found on the right side of this page that will open up a data card form. Please fill out the form, save a copy to your computer as a Word.doc, and e-mail it to captain-don@comcast.net at your earliest convenience.

Thanks very much,
Captain don

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Operation Reallocations for 2009 and Beyond

In order to maximize energies for the upcoming Earth Day 2010 celebration, Earth Day Journal will focus its attention on the planning of this monster event while Marine Cleanup Initiative Inc. will focus on reef and inlet cleanup events in Florida and other locales, as needed.

Therefore, to better serve our volunteers, all diving events and information will be communicated through this site and by e-mail to Captain Donald Voss.

Please take the time to bookmark http://marinecleanupinitiativeinc.blogspot.com and check back regularly for updates on upcoming events and sign-up forms.

PLEASE, if you did not have an opportunity to fill out a data/collection card at the Fort Pierce Inlet Dive, e-mail me and I will send you a form to fill out. The information that you include on these cards helps our counties to better fund these efforts and gain public support.

I want to thank all who turned out to dive, offered their vessels and volunteered. You did a great job. We were covered on Channel 12 at the 6,7 and 11pm news. The Tribune will have a 350 word story about us as well. In addition, Mayor Benton was on one of our boats and was very excited about our efforts.

Let me know of your ideas. E-mail me for data forms and watch my site and your e-mails for updates (and video) of our dives.

Thanks,
Captain don

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Waterway Cleanup After-Party

All volunteers, including captains, divers, and deckhands who were present at either the Sebastian or Fort Pierce Inlet cleanup dives are invited to the Fort Pierce Yacht Club on Sunday, August 16, 2009 from 12:30p.m. until 3:30p.m. for food, resfreshments, and t-shirts in thanks for your efforts and support.

Please RSVP to Captain don via e-mail or call (772)528-0675 on or before August 9th.