Join your fellow islanders for the 2022 Fall Great Islands Clean-up on Saturday, September 24 between 10am – 2pm. During this event, participants of all ages can sign-up to collect trash on a designated beach or road, and then bring their collected trash to the central meeting spot to be counted.

Lopez Island: Lopez volunteers meet at the Lopez Village Park at 10am on Saturday, September 24th. Drop-off your collected trash at Lopez Solid Waste by 2pm that day. You can sign up for a route ahead of time by contacting Larissa.

Orcas Island: Orcas volunteers can pick-up grabbers, gloves, bags and safety vests starting Monday, September 19th at The Exchange or at The Village Green the morning of the event. Collected trash can be brought back to The Village Green before 2pm. on Saturday, September 24th. Signed-up volunteers can join us for a free beer at Island Hoppin’ Brewery starting at 4 p.m. Contact Pete for more information.

On San Juan Island, meet at 10 a.m. at the San Juan Island Brewing Co. parking lot (410 A St., Friday Harbor) to pick up trash collection equipment and receive beach and roadway assignments. Coffee and goodies will be provided by Lautenbach Recycling to fuel your efforts (bring your own coffee cup, please)!  Drop-off your collected trash at the same location by 2pm. There will be an after-party at San Juan Island Brewing Co. with music by T-Flo, $1 beers for clean-up participants, and a Stewardship Network of the San Juans raffle. If you’d like to be assigned a location ahead of time, contact Katherine at katherine@sanjuans.org for beaches and Tina at kristinamargareta40@gmail.com for roads.

Shaw Island: Contact Jennifer Woodbridge in advance by text (not voicemail) or email if you’d like bags, gloves, or pickup sticks at 360-378-7948. Drop-off collected trash THE DAY AFTER THE EVENT (Sunday, September 25th) at the Shaw baseball field between 2-3 p.m. If you find large items and need help moving them, please get in touch with Jennifer.