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The pandemic put Clean Ocean Action’s Beach Sweeps on stall. It also gave the Sweeps another category of trash to haul — PPE.

So, the Sweeps are blooming again, COVID-19 style, on Saturday morning — a breath of fresh spring air making way for a clean sweep into the summer season on the Jersey shore. The Sweeps have been popular since their inception, longtime Rumsonite and RFH grad Cindy Zipf at the helm of Clean Ocean Action.

Now, the organizations leadership says, nearly 4,000 have already registered. And, they reiterate, there’s more to the Sweeps than clearing the beaches of debris. They’re about keeping the marine species that swim along the Jersey shore swimmingly healthy and thriving in the waters’ chain of life.

Here’s who, what, when, where and how of tomorrow’s Sweeps from Clean Ocean Action …

WHO:              Clean Ocean Action (COA), Volunteer Beach Captains, Sponsors, Thousands of Volunteers 

WHAT:            2021 Spring Beach Sweeps 

• Volunteers to flock to the beaches on April 17, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to give the beaches a good clean sweep before the summer, just as many marine species return to the shore.
• More than 60 locations along the coast found here: locations page. 
• Volunteers asked to bring their own bucket, wear reusable work gloves and closed-toe, hard-soled shoes. 
• COVID-19 safety protocols will be implemented at the Beach Sweeps including the wearing of masks and social distancing. 

WHEN:            Saturday, April 17, 2021   Time: 9 a.m. 

HOW:              Pre- Registration required:  http://www.cleanoceanaction.org/index.php?id=aboutbeachsweeps