Get the Drift and Bag It !!

Saturday Sept. 15 is International Coastal Clean-up day.

Organizations across Maui will be participating in this event. Locally it is known as Get the Drift and Bag it. You will see people in the parks, on the beach and roadways to clean up the trash.

There will be organized clean-ups at Honolua Bay, Airport Beach, Makena Landing, Big Beach and various other beaches in Maui. There will be trash bags available to anyone who would like to help.

If you would like more info please call: Community Work Day Program at 808-877-2524.

Now I know the last thing you want to do on your vacation is to pick up trash. If you are snorkeling and see something in the water that doesn%26#39;t belong there, pick it up. You can also pick up trash as you are walking along the beach.

There will be hundreds of people out during the day. If you are on the road, or see someone cleaning up give them the Shaka (hang loose) sign. They then will know someone cares that they are out there.

I%26#39;ll be at Honolua Bay doing my part. Hope to see you all there!!

Get the Drift and Bag It !!

Very nice thing. Would you send me a plane ticket so I can help out??

Get the Drift and Bag It !!

Thanks Pattie. Wish you could be here to help!! Sorry I can%26#39;t send you the plane ticket. I%26#39;m saving for a trip to the mainland!! Colorado and Texas here I come!

Too funny Msfuzz!

Nice post and love the phrase. We%26#39;ll do our part that day on the mainland while camping at San Onofre beach. And, I can promise when we arrive to Maui in 16 days we%26#39;ll keep doing it. Gotta keep the beach cleaner than when you arrived!

msfuzz-who do you think is primarily responsible for the littering, the tourist or the residents? (just curious) Littering is #1 on my top ten list of pet peeves! Thanks for getting the message out.

Movemetowailea: I really don%26#39;t think there is one group, be it vistitor or resident that is primarily responsible. When we clean up the beaches adjacent to the big hotels there is a lot of bottle caps, cigarette butts, shave ice containers, ice cream sticks etc. When we clean the beaches not by the hotels there is stryrofoam containers, diapers, water bottles etc.

Blame is not the game. Education and clean ups are.

I grew up with the adage Give a Hoot, Don%26#39;t pollute. Leave the place cleaner than it was when you arrived.

We ALL are responsible.

or.........if you happen to be along the Oregon coast, you can participate in the Great Oregon Beach Cleanup, fall version :-)

For those with little keiki, bring a little trash bag and pick up cig butts that are around you in the sand. Not a lot of work but you don%26#39;t want your babies putting those things in their mouths. When our kids were little, I tended to notice all of the butts and bottle caps in the sand. Next visit, we will police our area and the areas around us.

Thanks you guys. You%26#39;re awesome. Just found out today that Ahihi has been added to the list, so if you%26#39;re going that way.........

Aww, I wish I could be there and help... The last trip to Maui I spent two fantastic mornings snorkeling at Honolua Bay. I was actually impressed with how clean it was, considering the potential for all those boulders and rocks to cache the trash. But maybe it just looks that way on an initial visual sweep, and actually LOOKING between the rocks would reveal the broken flip-flops, Starbuck%26#39;s cups, and potato chip bags.

Good luck, I%26#39;m there with you in spirit!