September is Beach Cleanup Month All Along the Texas Coast

Everybody loves Texas beaches and here’s your chance to show your favorite beach some real Texas love. September 23 is going to be big day. TSFMag is encouraging readers to join with hundreds of volunteers from all across the state in cleaning debris from our beautiful shorelines. Listed below are 30 facilitated beach sites where organized teams will be putting their backs into Texas General Land Office’s ADOPT-A-BEACH program.

Learn more at: www.glo.texas.gov/adopt-a-beach/

The Texas Adopt-A-Beach Program is an all-volunteer effort dedicated to preserving and protecting Texas Beaches.

Since the program began back in 1986, there have been more than 523,000 volunteers remove more than 9,590 tons of trash from Texas beaches. By becoming an official Beach Guardian in the Texas Adopt-A-Beach program, you will join a network of concerned Texans dedicated to keeping our coast clean, safe and beautiful.

The program strives to:

raise public awareness;
educate citizens about the source of debris; and
generate public support for state, national and international action to clean up coastal waters.

The Texas Adopt-A-Beach program, an all-volunteer effort, is dedicated to preserving and protecting Texas beaches. The program's success is due to the generous efforts of dedicated volunteer county coordinators, coastal community leaders, sponsors and citizens. Strong support from the private sector helps carry our message to Texans all across the state.

Do your part to keep Texas beaches beautiful!

Cleanup Events – September 23, 2019

Sea Rim State Park

Check-in: Park Entrance
Contact: Glenda Rutherford 409-971-2559, ext. 222 Glenda.rutherford@texasadoptabeach.org

Bolivar Peninsula/Crystal Beach
Check-in: Crystal Beach Volunteer Fire Department
Contact: Brenda Flanagan 409-291-9092
brenda.flanagan@texasadoptabeach.org

Morgan's Point
Check-in: Parking area at Ballester Fishing Area
Contact: Emily Ford (281) 332-3381 Ext. 207
emily.ford@texasadoptabeach.org

Nature Conservancy Texas City Prairie Preserve
Check-in: 4702 Hwy 146 N
Contact: Tim O'Connell 409-941-9114 409-392-3550 (cell) tim.oconnell@texasadoptabeach.org
Adriane Arnold 713-829-7093
Adriane.arnold@texasadoptabeach.org

John M. O'Quinn I-45 Estuarial Corridor & Virginia Point Peninsula Preserve
Check-in: Exit 6 off of Hwy I-45 at Reitan Point
Contact: Evangeline Whorton 979-234-2096 409-789-4996 (cell) evangeline.whorton@texasadoptabeach.org

Galveston Island
Check-in: Menard Park, 27th Street & Seawall Blvd.
Contact: Sheryl Rozier, Keep Galveston Beautiful
sheryl.rozier@texasadoptabeach.org

Surfside Beach
Check-in: Stahlman Park (Bluewater Highway)
Contact: Mike Mullenweg, Brazoria County Parks Department 979-864-1152 mike.mullenweg@texasadoptabeach.org

Quintana Beach
Check-in: Quintana Beach County Park, 330 5th Street
Contact: Patty Brinkmeyer 979-233-1461
patty.brinkmeyer@texasadoptabeach.org

Sargent Beach
Check-in: County Park, 457 & CR 230 (Canal Dr)
Contact: Mike Sandridge 281-908-4024
mike.sandridge@texasadoptabeach.org
Ray Fessenden 979-482-7007
ray.fessenden@texasadoptabeach.org
David Dupont 713-956-5240
david.dupont@texasadoptabeach.org

Matagorda Beach
Check-in: Matagorda Jetty Park
Contact: Peggy Stanley 979-216-6016
peggy.stanley@texasadoptabeach.org

Palacios
Check-in: The Luther Hotel, 408 S. Bay Blvd.
Contact: Darlene Faldyn 361-765-0592
Darlene.faldyn@texasadoptabeach.org
Diane Smith 915-503-3909
diane.smith@texasadoptabeach.org

Boggy Nature Park/Port O'Connor
Check-in: At the birding observation deck
Contact: Alexa Cordova 361-573-2428 alexa.cordova@texasadoptabeach.org

Magnolia Beach/Port Lavaca
Check-in: Crabbin' Bridge
Contact: Angie Finegan 512-937-6684
angie.finegan@texasadoptabeach.org

King Fisher Beach/Port O'Connor
Check-in: King Fisher Beach Pavilion
Contact: Roxanne Ochoa 361-746-4965
roxanne.ochoa@texasadoptabeach.org

Austwell Pier
Check-in: Austwell Pier (where it was prior to Hurricane Harvey)
Contact: Dwight Mutschler 361-286-3762 361-550-5485 (cell)
austwellredfish@texasadoptabeach.org

Aransas Pass/Redfish Bay
Check-in: Lighthouse Lakes Park
Contact: Richard Gonzales 361-779-7351
richard.gonzales@texasadoptabeach.org

Portland/Sunset Lake Park
Check-in: Sunset Lake Park
Contact: Kristin Connor 361-777-4670
kristin.connor@texasadoptabeach.org

St. Jo's Island
Check-in: Fisherman's Wharf
Contact: Shannon Solimine 512-574-9191
Shannon.solimine@texasadoptabeach.org
Angie Huckabay 361-500-7642
angie.huckabay@texasadoptabeach.org

Port Aransas
Check-in: Avenue G at the beach
Contact: Shannon Solimine 512-574-9191
Shannon.solimine@texasadoptabeach.org
Angie Huckabay 361-500-7642
angie.huckabay@texasadoptabeach.org

Mustang Island State Park
Check-in: Park Headquarters Parking Lot
Contact: Eric Ehrlich 361-749-5246
eric.ehrlich@texasadoptabeach.org

Packery Flats
Check-in: Parking lot off Hwy 361
Contact: Jace Tunnell 361-244-8665
jace.tunnell@texasadoptabeach.org

North Padre Island/Padre Balli Park
Check-in: Padre Balli Park Office
Contact: John Vaughn 361-779-0477
john.vaughn@texasadoptabeach.org
Jim Needham—Surfrider Foundation
james.needham@texasadoptabeach.org

North Beach Corpus Christi
Check-in: Texas State Aquarium
Contact: Melanie Kudra 361-881-1319
Melanie.kudra@texasadoptabeach.org

Cole Park/Corpus Christi
Check-in: 1526 Ocean Drive
Contact: Celina Ybarbo-Pulcher 361-826-1655
celina.pulcher@texasadoptabeach.org
Katie Galan 361-290-2461
katie.galan@texasadoptabeach.org

Padre Island National Seashore
Check-in: Malaquite Visitor Center
Contact: Chuck Lassiter 361-949-8068 / 361-949-8069
chuck.lassiter@texasadoptabeach.org

Baffin Bay
Check-in: Kaufer-Hubert Park
Contact: Letty Couch 361-522-9861
letty.couch@texasadoptabeach.org

Port Mansfield
Check-in: Laguna Point Park
Contact: Robin Flores 361-790-6792
robin.flores@texasadoptabeach.org

South Padre Island/Andy Bowie Park
Check-in: Access Road 2 off of Hwy 100
Contact: Blanca Macias 956-761-5494
blanca.macias@texasadoptabeach.org
Danielle Delgado 956-761-3700
Danielle.delgado@texasadoptabeach.org

South Padre Island City Beach Access #3
Check-in: Gulf Blvd. (between Palm and Corral)
Contact: Victor Baldovinos 956-761-8123
victor.baldovinos@texasadoptabeach.org
Angie Cantu 956-761-8123

Boca Chica
Check-in: End of Hwy 4 at the beach
Contact: Fernando Ramirez 956-459-9611
fernando.ramirez@texasadoptabeach.org