Keeping Summer Beaches Clean
Robert Gardner
At the
annual meeting, Bruce Whitmore read a report from Georgia Hawko who
heads the beach cleanup committee. Georgia thanked the Forum for
donating 30 beautiful T-shirts to the 25 volunteers who cleaned 8
Eastham bay beaches every week last summer. These volunteers wore gloves
supplied by Gary Crumb of Ace Hardware and the Forum T-shirts inscribed
with the words, "Leave nothing on the beach but our footprints."
Bill
Boyd, a beach cleanup volunteer, finds the work very meaningful. Bill
and his wife, together with several others, police the beach from
Campground to Thumpertown. Bill wrote, "While most of the team is spread
from the bank to the bay picking up papers, bottles, cans, and other
trash, I walk along the water's edge. With the sun coming from the east,
any broken glass shines very clearly allowing me to remove large
quantities from the sand. I find it very satisfying to think of children
running barefoot along the beach not having to worry about stepping on
broken glass.
The
Forum Board thanks Georgia, Bill, and all the volunteers who keep
Eastham's bay beaches so clean. The board also thanks Vida and Dan
DeMale and the many volunteers who plant and nurture the Eastham Forum
Flower Islands (EFFIs) that so greatly enhance the beauty of Eastham.
