COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT – MARSH MADNESS CLEANUP 2022

BRUNSWICK, GA

EVENT: Marsh Madness Cleanup

LOCATION: Highway 17 (Sidney Lanier Bridge to the FJ Torras Causeway)

DATE: March 3, 2022

PARTICPANTS: Brunswick Office

GWES participated in The Great American Cleanup—Marsh Madness Cleanup on Thursday, March 3, 2022.  Keep Golden Isles Beautiful (KGIB) invited the public to join in and help pick up trash along Highway 17 and Overlook Park in Brunswick, GA.  Keep Golden Isles Beautiful is a volunteer and community based non-profit educational organization and is a Keep America Beautiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful affiliate. We were happy to donate some time and effort to keep this amazing place we call home beautiful!

Per KGIB, “Marsh Madness 2022 kicked off in a BIG WAY, as 31 AWESOMEEEEE volunteers worked super hard and removed ONE TON of trash and debris from the Marshes of Glynn along highway 17 in Brunswick – spanning from the Sidney Lanier Bridge to the FJ Torras Causeway !! All the more impressive on a mega sunny 81 degree day and with a sand gnat factor of one million!  BIG THANKS to volunteers from GA DNR Coastal Resources Division, Brunswick SeaTow, UGA Marine Extension & Georgia Sea Grant, Southeast Adventure Outfitters, Brunswick Police Department, Golden Isles Development Authority, Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, GWES, LLC, Glynn Academy Beta Club, The Codger and the Dodger, & volunteers.”