Alliance for the Great Lakes
The Alliance for the Great Lakes is a nonpartisan nonprofit working across the region to protect our most precious resource: the fresh, clean, and natural waters of the Great Lakes.
Volunteer Opportunity
Beach Clean-Up
October 10th | 4:00PM to 7:00PM
Ohio Street Beach, by Caffè Olivia
We will be cleaning up Ohio Street Beach and collect data on the litter we find. The litter data will be entered into the Alliance for the Great Lakes database, helping them form a picture of coastal litter across the entire Great Lakes region.
Three reasons Adopt-a-Beach cleanups are kind of a big deal:
Clean Beaches. Each year, Adopt-a-Beach volunteers remove tens of thousands of pounds of litter from their local beaches. About 85% of it is plastic. Tackling plastic pollution in the Great Lakes is no small task, but together we can make a difference.
Collected Data. Volunteers have collected over 20 years of cleanup data. Scientists use Adopt-a-Beach data to study the sources of plastic pollution, and this information helps decision makers make the case for policies that protect the lakes.
Committed Communities. For more than 30 years, Adopt-a-Beach volunteers have worked to keep Great Lakes shorelines healthy, safe, and beautiful. Every year, thousands of volunteers join cleanups on all five Great Lakes and in each of the eight Great Lake states.