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Masiphumelele groms lending a hand.
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After some typical topsy-turvy weather in Cape Town during the week we were greeted with an ideal warm spring day on Saturday for the Long Beach cleanup. The only problem was that the waves were cooking, but I guess that it was only a small sacrifice for some good karma.
20 groms from Masiphumelele, who were just stoked to be at the beach, were on hand to help us out collect plenty rubbish off the beach. Assisting them were 13 ‘gap-yearers’ from the UK who were out with the Ticket-to-ride group. Plenty locals also chipped in, between sessions, as well as the visiting Boland surf team who were busy getting some practice in before the up-coming SA champs – let hope their good deeds convert into results ‘eh.
The clean up which started at the top of long Beach went all the way to Klein Slangkop. In the end around 50kgs of rubbish was collected in total. After a quick splash in the waves we returned back to Long Beach for a hard earned sandwich. The kids were also rewarded for their efforts with stickers from Ocean Minded and a copy of National Geographic Kids.
All in all it was a great morning. Apart from the good work done, the stoke of being at the beach and contributing in a small way to the environment was really cool. I can see a generation coming through which will ensure that their beach and ocean is preserved.
Special thanks to all involved – but especially John Keiser of Plasfed, Tim from Ocean Minded, Tim, Dan, Chirs and Pat from Ticket-to-ride, and Lisa from ERM.
Cheers,
Anton Louw
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