The Surfrider Foundation and Barefoot Wine have teamed up to embark upon beach cleanup projects across the U.S. This Saturday, May 14th, they're hosting a cleanup event on Upham Beach and throwing a party afterward for volunteers.
Now in its fifth year, Barefoot Wine's 'Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project' seeks to keep beaches, rivers and lakes across America "barefoot friendly." They've partnered with the Surfrider Foundation — a non-profit organization dedicated to protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches — in 2011 and are staging cleanup projects in 20 cities nationwide, St. Pete Beach being their next stop.
This article appears in May 12-18, 2011.