September 20 was a day of service to Mother Nature for the Rotary Club of Marathon and Middle Keys Sailing, as the two organizations paired up to police Coco Plum Beach for trash and debris on International Coastal Cleanup Day. The groups were joined by representatives from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. A cleanup with the Marathon High School Interact Club took place the following weekend on Sept. 27.
The International Coastal Cleanup is sponsored by the Ocean Conservancy along with local partners around the globe. Since its inception, the worldwide effort has collected more than 380 million pounds of trash from the earth’s shorelines.
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