Photo By Sgt. Karis Mattingly | Volunteers gather all the trash they collected on Senaha Beach in Okinawa, Japan,...... read more read more
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Members of the local and U.S. communities joined together April 13 to clean Senaha Beach, Okinawa.
With Earth Day right around the corner, multiple organizations and Marine Corps Base Camp Butler have been promoting cleanups across Okinawa for the month of April.
“I just get emotional because we only have one earth and it’s filling with trash.” said Sandy Gibbons, the compliance, training, and environmental support supervisor at MCIPAC Environmental Affairs. “We have to take care of it, and it’s been my life’s mission,”
To celebrate Earth Day, MCIPAC Environmental Affairs Branch, in partnership with Single Marine Program, the MCCS Volunteer Program, and the Okinawa Beach Cleanup Facebook page, will be hosting beach cleanup events around Okinawa.
“The Marine Environmental Affairs Office reached out to us to join efforts because they created a goal for over 1,000 volunteers to clean the beaches of Okinawa by the end of summer,” said Michael Cappola, the founder of Okinawa Beach Cleanup.
According to Cappola, the beach cleanups will continue even after the goal is reached and anyone is welcome to volunteer.
“April is our month to renew our mission and commitment, and really focusing on getting things done,” said Gibbons. “We need to focus on environmental awareness, and the way we want to do that is beach cleanups.”
For details, including map pins, dates, and times, visit the Okinawa Beach Cleanup Facebook page.
| Date Taken: | 04.13.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 04.15.2019 02:08 |
| Story ID: | 318092 |
| Location: | CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 124 |
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