Adopt-a-Beach

Adopt-a-Beach volunteers are on the front lines of keeping litter, most of it plastic, out of the Great Lakes. And they collect valuable data on what they find for researchers to use worldwide.

Visit our Adopt-a-Beach page to see how you can get involved with Adopt-a-Beach. Read the latest news about Adopt-a-Beach cleanups below.

Adopt-a-Beach Team of the Week

August 3, 2018

Middle School Green Team supports Green Day in the Bay

When the Whitefish Bay Middle School Green Team stumbled upon a broken air conditioning unit at their local beach cleanup, they kept their cool. And, they did what they do […]

Adopt-a-Beach Team of the Week

June 7, 2018

Cleveland Young Professional Council hosts its first-ever Adopt-a-Beach cleanup as a group

This Cinco de Mayo, the Alliance’s Cleveland Young Professional Council did not spend the day cheers-ing drinks. Rather, they dedicated their morning to protecting Lake Erie. The council hosted its […]

Adopt-a-Beach Team of the Week

May 24, 2018

Sacred Keepers Sustainability Lab: Keeping and sustaining relationships between generations

A baby, bundled up. A toddler, picking up plastic before constructing sand castles. High school youth groups. College sorority sisters. Religious group Sisters. The Earth Day cleanup — the 6th […]

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May 19, 2018

Kicking Off Adopt-a-Beach 2018

The Future Is Bright for Adopt-a-Beach and the Lakes Adopt-a-Beach volunteers across the region took to their local beaches for Spring Kickoff this year with a record 108 cleanups in […]

CELEBRATING YOUR SUCCESS

December 6, 2017

Keeping Plastic Pollution Out of the Great Lakes

Adopt-a-Beach volunteers (or Great Lakes superheroes, as we like to call them) clean beaches on all 5 Great Lakes and in all 8 Great Lakes states. And across that huge […]