On the morning of Saturday, March 26, twenty-five volunteers helped bring trash out of the Herring Point section of the Forsythe Refuge in Brick. Check SBB’s calendar for further cleanup opportunities.
It’s informal and fun.

On the morning of Saturday, March 26, twenty-five volunteers from seven Ocean County towns helped bring trash out of the Herring Point section of the Forsythe Refuge in Brick.

It was a wonderful spring day — cool but not chilly, with golden sunshine. The birds of spring were present: Osprey, red-winged blackbirds, cardinals, chickadees among them. Soon the spring peepers should make themselves heard.

We hauled enough junk out to fill more than half a dumpster. Our goal each year is to haul out more trash than the other kind of people haul in. By returning on the last Saturday in March every year, we are succeeding in doing this.

The seven towns represented were Bay Head, Brick, Dover, Jackson, Manchester, Mantoloking, and Stafford.

Our stalwarts were:

Marianne Buck
Don Burke
Marion Burke
Donnie Burke
Tommy Burke
Stu Bury
Carol Cerwin
Carly Coughlin – MATES Program
Richard Daly
Willie deCamp
Maria DeLeon – MATES Program
Walt Durrua *
Betty Eztel
Jody Gasper
Ann Harris
Donna Knight
Nadia Koutzen
Griffin Littell
Jack Mapletoft
Chris Pancilla – USFWS
Linda Peterson
Connie Pilling
Ross Pilling
Becky Schmeirer
Bill Taylor

* Hardest worker.