About this event
International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day takes place on the third Saturday in September every year, and is the largest one-day volunteer event in the world. For over three decades, the Ocean Conservancy in Texas has been coordinating volunteers across the globe to collect millions of pounds of trash in over 100 countries.
When Jamaica first joined the ICC movement in the mid-1990s, cleanups were generally small, and took place in only a few locations across the island. In 2008, the Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) became national coordinators of ICC activities in Jamaica, and gained the support of the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) as the project’s primary donor. That year, with TEF’s support and JET’s outreach, 27 groups coordinated 1,800 volunteers to clean up 34 beaches across the island. Since 2008, the event has grown by leaps and bounds, attracting almost 8,000 volunteers annually to cleanup over 120 beaches islandwide. For more information, visit http://www.jamentrust.org/2016/02/05/international-coastal-cleanup-day/
This is another opportunity for our youth to play an active role in their community and fulfill another of the Church’s Mark of Mission: ‘To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth’. We encourage youths from all across the Diocese to join hands as together we make our shores cleaner and safer.
Don't worry, if you are not able to make to Hellshire Beach, St. Catherine, let us know and we will be more than happy to refer you to any of the over one hundred other sites on that day!