| LONG BEACH, Calif.– In partnership with the City of Long Beach’s Adopt-A-Beach program, volunteers from LBS Financial Credit Union cleaned up a stretch of the Long Beach coastline. More than 30 volunteers including LBS Financial employees, family, and friends removed trash from the sand, bike and pedestrian paths, and the parking lot at Junipero Beach.
The CU’s adopted beach (for more than 12 years) includes the coastline between 14th Place and 19th Place off of Ocean Blvd. Styrofoam, water bottle lids, plastic utensils, napkins, empty spray paint bottles, a 48″ x 40″ wood pallet and occasional article of clothing in the sand were among the littered items the team picked up. The credit union said the majority of items collected from the sand appeared to wash up from the ocean. In the bike and pedestrian path and parking lot, cigarette butts, food wrappers and plastic containers were the most common pollutants. “
The camaraderie and seeing people come together to serve our community is very rewarding,” said LBS Financial employee and volunteer, Luis Alejandre. The sentiment was displayed amongst all of the volunteers who together, managed to collect over 40 bags of litter at the beach clean-up.
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