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Volunteers Needed for Beach Sweeps

Clean Ocean Action's 28th Annual Fall Beach Sweeps run from Middlesex to Cape May counties on Oct. 19.

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Volunteers are needed all over the Jersey Shore to help clean up the beaches as part of Clean Ocean Action's 28th Annual Fall Beach Sweeps on Oct. 19.

Volunteers are requested to pre-register by using the online sign-up form on this page of the Clean Ocean Action website.

Volunteers should wear gloves, dress for the weather, apply sunscreen, and wear closed-toed, hard-soled shoes. Volunteers can find a site near them from Cape May County to Middlesex County.

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Middlesex County Locations

South Amboy 
  1. Old Bridge Waterfront Park (for more information, contact Scott Meyler at (732) 745-3064)
  2. Fisherman's Beach

Monmouth County Locations


Aberdeen - Fisherman's Parking Lot at Cliffwood Beach
Allenhurst/Loch Arbour - Euclid Avenue
Asbury Park
  1. Convention Hall at the Boardwalk 
  2. North Beach (meet at the dirt lot near Asbury Towers)
Atlantic Highlands - Harbor (parking lot on First Avenue)
Avon - North End of the Beach
Belmar
  1. First Ave. Beach
  2. 16th Avenue Beach 
Bradley Beach - Gazebo at 5th and Ocean Ave
Deal
  1. Philips Avenue
  2. Free Beach (north of the Conover Pavillion)
Highlands
  1. Popamora Pint on Shore Drive 
  2. Snug Harbor Avenue Beach - the community center
Keansburg - Batting cages (275 Beachway Avenue)
Keyport - Cedar Street (First Street at waterfront) 
Long Branch - Pier Village (meet at public access point, at Melrose Terrace and Ocean Avenue) 
Manasquan - Riddle Beach Gazebo
Middletown
  1. Leonardo Public Beach South (at Beach Avenue)
  2. Ideal Beach (at Ocean Avenue and Bayside Parkway)
  3. Bayshore Waterfront Park (meet at fishing pier)
Monmouth Beach - Bathing Pavillion (29 Ocean Ave)
Ocean Grove - Main Street Beach (meet at flagpole) 
Red Bank - (meet at end of Drs. James Parker Boulevard)
Sandy Hook - (meet at parking lot D)
Sea Bright
  1. Anchorage/Ferguson Beach (just north of Rumson/Sea Bright Bridge)
  2. Sea Bright Public Beach (meet at municipal parking lot) 
  3. Borough Hall - 1067 Ocean Avenue 
Sea Girt - Boardwalk at Beacon Boulevard
Spring Lake - South End Pavilion (at Atlantic & Ocean Avenues)
Union Beach - Front and Florence Avenues
West Long Branch - Franklin Lake Park

Ocean County Locations

Bay Head - Firehouse (81 Bridge Avenue)
Brick
  1. F-Cove (north of the Mantoloking Bridge in Brick) 
  2. Brick Beach I 
  3. Baywood Marsh (at St. Lawrence Boulevard)
Lakewood - Lake Carasaljo (meet across from St. Mary's Church on Route 9)
Lavallette - Philadelphia Avenue Beach
Long Beach Island
  1. 1199 Mill Creek Road – Beach Haven West (parking lot of community association)
  2. Long Beach Island Foundation of Arts & Sciences (120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies)
Manahawkin - Mallard Island Yacht Club parking lot (2380 East Bay Avenue)
Normandy Beach (Toms River)
  1. 1st Avenue (Meet at Labrador Lounge at Peterson Street and Route 35 North)
  2. Ortley Beach, 3rd Avenue
Ocean Gate - Wildwood Avenue Pier
Pt. Pleasant - Maxson Avenue and River Avenue beaches
Pt. Pleasant Beach 
  1. Jenkinson's Aquarium on the Boardwalk
  2. Maryland Avenue
Seaside Park
  1. Second Avenue
  2. Midway Beach (at 6th Lane)
  3. Island Beach State Park - Bathing Pavilion #1

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