09/21/2024 International Coastal Clean Up Day

We have gone to SharkCon over the last few years just as fans because we absolutely love how educational it is. We are so excited because this year we have partnered with SharkCon and will be one of their exibitors this year!!!! SharkCon comes back bigger and better in 2024 with the stars of the shark world, celebrities, photographers and more!

When you experience SharkCon, you will dive deep into the world’s oceans. Everyone is connected to the ocean, but there are so many more secrets to learn about its amazing inhabitants. SharkCon is an event suitable for the casual consumer of shark lore, to the most intense aficionado of shark science. If it’s about sharks, it’s at SharkCon! BUT its not just about sharks...its about every being in the ocean and how we can protect it. We hope you will come and see all the amazing local and national organizations as well as guest speakers.

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We had such a fintastic time at Sharkcon 2024 and met so many amazing people and organizations. We have already started collaborating with some and looking forward to the future of marine conservation and making an impact for future generations. 

 It was inspiring to see so many people that care about the marine environment and we met so many young kids that aspire to be future marine biologists. There is hope for the future.

Post 4th of July festivities clean up. Have fun filling your bingo card while saving the environment and animals from trash pollution and being a SUPER TRASH HERO! Fill your bingo card for a chance to win prizes. 

Adults free beer or cider, kids free soda or kombucha from the best brewery on the beach, Anecdote Brewery. 

You can register to attend on the FB event page (link below) or if you are bringing a group, please use the eventbrite link below.

https://www.facebook.com/events/988372126214276/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/904983870117?aff=oddtdtcreator

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Trash Bingo was so much fun! Thank you so much to everyone who decided to spend their precious time with us and cleaning our shoreline, keeping the animals safe and beautifying the community. 

We collected 215.56 POUNDS of trash, bingo cards were filled! 

Some notable "Found Something Weird" items were a fake nail with a Band-Aid on it, a blowfish, a walking cane, an old flipper, toothbrush, a flannel (in the summertime), a fake spider, a storage tote lid that said "I Don't"...? and just so many funny random items. 

Were able to piece together a whole scuba set and wardrobe. It's just amazing how much trash you can find in such little time. 

BIG THANKS to Bluetherapy for helping with coordination all day, Goin' Coastal Golf Cart Rental & Bike Shop for donating their reliable, fun golf carts and for spending their day with us. Sea Gypsyirb for donating their hand made IRB sand bracelets, Bluetherapy for donating a super cool gift bag of goodies, Watersports West for donating paddle board rentals, Hubbard's Marina for donating a dolphin cruise, Dogfish Tackle & Marine for donating a gift card. We hope all the raffle winners were stoked. 

And the amazing staff at Anecdote Brewing Co., literally the best brew. Even if you don't drink...you will love it. 

Link to more photos from the event:

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Calling all nest guardians! It is officially sea turtle nesting season. Let's welcome these majestic, endangered species to a clean, dark, obstacle free coastline. 

Proudly partnered with Slyce Pizza of IRB who will be providing appetizers for the volunteers. Come join us and learn all about the sea turtles in this educational experience.

For your enjoyment, Sea turtle decorations and coloring pages/crayons will be provided all day to families dining in.

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Just wow. What an amazing day. Everyone who said they were coming, showed up in full force. All 130  
souls!!!!! I hope you all had a great time today and are proud of yourselves for the contribution you made to the environment and to protect the sea turtles and all other animals and birds from trash pollution. 

257.23 lbs of trash collected and 26 lbs of plastic and aluminum cans were recycled. So proud of all you trash heroes today. 

Thanks so much for the teams that came from Raymond James, Holiday Inn Express Largo, FL, Holiday Inn Express Clearwater East - Icot Center, Orangetheory Fitness Largo, the St Pete Girls Who Walk and Arnold Jewelers. 

And our team that helped weigh and sort trash, check in etc. 

Huge thanks to Slyce Pizza on IRB for hosting us and cooking food for everyone and Goin' Coastal Golf Cart Rental & Bike Shop for always supporting our efforts and providing such a cool ride to transport trash heroes to cover more ground.

None of this would have been possible without the help of many businesses who let us use their parking lots. Guilty Sea Sports Pub, indian rocks beach post office, Holiday Inn Harborside, Indian Rocks Beach CVS on IRB and the owner of the closed down gas station on Gulf and 5th. 

RAFFLE TIME

Winner of 2 SUP or Kayak rentals from Watersports West is Linda Perry. 

Winner of $25 Dogfish Tackle GC (accompanied with Arnold Jewelers fishing shirt, Cca Florida hat, Bloody Mary Mix and some other items is Alex Blackwelder.  

 Collect at least a pint of trash and receive a free pint of beer from our Co-Host, Anecdote Brewery! Let's combine the celebration of the holiday with environmental stewardship and take to Indian Rocks Beach to remove trash, plastics and marine debris to help keep our waterways clean and marine animals and ecosystem thriving. We hope to see you there!! 

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Results are in from the St. Paddy's Day Beach Clean Up on Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Thanks so much to the 23 kind folks who stopped by and grabbed a bucket and for Kirsten and Philip at Anecdote Brewing Co. for being the most amazing hosts. 

We collected 87lbs of trash that could have ended up in our waterways. Interesting finds were a pair of men's panties, shorts, mittens, neck pillow, 3 clothing security tags, a moldy hard piece of bread, a tiny penguin (far away from home), grandmas cookies and MANY blue straws and cups from a local restaurant. 

Check out our events and we hope to see you May 4th at Slyce Pizza. If you would like to donate $1 towards the next beach clean-up, please venmo or paypal @irbtrashtribe and thanks so much for all your support and if you see a piece of trash on the beach or in the street, please pick it up for the sake of mother nature and she will reward you in many ways.

Come grab your bucket, trash grabber and Valentine goody bag.

Trashy treasures on the shore,
But together, we'll find more.
With gloves on hands and hearts aligned,
A cleaner beach, we'll surely find!

We are so grateful for the 30 souls that came out today to give thanks to Mother Nature and to help keep the marine animals safe. 

Huge thanks to our sponsors Arnold Jewelers and Orangetheory Fitness Largo Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation and Goin' Coastal Golf Cart Rental & Bike Shop for staying busy and shuttling the amazing volunteers all around the Belleair causeway.

We collected 189.71 lbs of trash. Just look at this trash pile, so exciting! Thank you so much for the loyal folks that have been to every event so far. 

We hope to see you all again for the St. Pattys Day event being announced soon. 

Co-Hosted with GreenTown Kids and the community for their annual New Year Beach Cleanup!

Meet at the 17th Ave. Beach Access and county parking lot in Indian Rocks Beach to sign in, get a parking pass, and cleanup supplies. Help pick-up trash on the beach and keep our beach and ocean clean.

 The flurries were out yesterday but that didn’t stop 60 people from coming out to clean the coastline, even passerby’s grabbed a bucket and hit the sand. We had many visitors stop by to talk about trash. So many great people out there. The best moment was when a mother and her three young daughters were leaving the beach and stopped at our tent and the little girls said they were leaving the beach to go get ice cream but wanted to help clean the beach first instead good job mom!! Thanks to everyone that chose to donate their time on their day off and to Green Town Kids for collaborating.