LONG BEACH, Calif.– More than 50 volunteers participated in LBS Financial’s Adopt-a-Beach event.
More than a dozen employees of LBS Financial made a commitment to come to Junipero Beach in Long Beach on a Saturday morning to clean the sand and parking lot. In the process, these employees brought in more than three-dozen friends and family members to help.
While at the beach, the employees and their guest volunteers covered an area of more than 12 acres, freeing the sand of harmful pollutants. Styrofoam, plastics and an occasional piece of clothing in the sand largely outnumbered other littered items. In the parking lot, cigarette butts and food wrappers were the biggest hauls for the volunteers.
“Long Beach’s greatest asset is the beach and its wildlife,” said a volunteer “We love coming out multiple times a year to take care of the shores and the animals here.”