TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAM

What Is It?: A program that helps keep Texas beaches clean through annual all-volunteer cleanups; educates Texans about harmful marine debris; and rallies support for intiatives to clean coastal waters.

Help Needed: Join thousands of other volunteers in picking up trash along the Texas coast.

Minimum Age to Volunteer: None, but all youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent, guardian, or chaperone.

Help Needed

SEASONAL BEACH CLEANUP VOLUNTEER

Join thousands of other volunteers in picking up trash along the Texas coast. You will receive trash bags and non-latex gloves, as well as data cards and pencils to track the type of trash you are removing from the beach.

Time Commitment:

3 hours (9 AM to noon). Cleanups take place twice a year: one in the fall, generally held on the fourth Saturday of September, and one in the spring, generally held on the fourth Saturday in April. If either cleanup conflicts with a holiday, then the event will either move forward or back one week.

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes

Training Needed:

None

Contact:

Please call 1-877-TXCOAST (892-6278) or visit https://texasadoptabeach.org/

Website:

https://texasadoptabeach.org/

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