It’s that time of year again...students are looking for that perfect backpack, shopping for new clothes and of course, cleaning up the beach! The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (NCAFF) and the Town of Kure Beach invite students and anyone in the community to bring their school spirit to the Back-to-School Beach Cleanup Saturday, August 23 from 8-10 a.m. at Ocean Front Park in Kure Beach. Complimentary parking is available in town spaces for all beach cleanup volunteers during the event.
Beach cleanup volunteers are encouraged to wear their school colors or even mascots. The most spirited beach cleanup volunteer will take home a cool sustainable prize from the Aquarium. The Aquarium provides reusable gloves, pickers and bags for cleanup volunteers. All beach cleanup volunteers are encouraged to register and take the green pledge here.
What to bring
- Reusable Water Bottles
- Reusable Gloves
What NOT to bring*
- Single-use plastic bags
- Single-use plastic gloves
- Single-use plastic water bottles or coffee cups
*The Aquarium will provide water refill stations, reusable gloves and buckets/bags for trash pickup.
