COAST GUARD CLEANS SOUTH BEACH DURING INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP **Photos Available**

DATE: September 15, 2007 12:20:38 PM EDT

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Date: Sept. 15, 2007

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Coast Guard Cleans South Beach During International Coastal Cleanup Efforts
**Photos Available**

Auxiliarist Joel Aberbach teaches the importance of keeping our environment clean
to a mother and her young child at the International Coastal Cleanup. Auxiliarists dedicate
countless hours to help teach the importance of keeping our waters clean.

Lt. James Sufferin, from Coast Guard Sector Miami's Prevention Department, receives
trash that his four-year-old son, John, picked up. Many Coast Guard families took part in the
International Coastal Cleanup which took place on South Beach, Fla., Sept. 15.

Some of the trash picked up by Coast Guard members at the International Coastal
Cleanup on South Beach. Every year numerous tons of trash, such as cigarette butts, straws
and soda bottles are picked up by volunteers during the Coastal Cleanup effort.

MIAMI - Coast Guard men and women stationed throughout South Florida volunteered their support for the 22nd Annual International Coastal Cleanup on South Beach between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday.

Nearly 150 to 200 Coast Guardsmen walked South Beach between 10th Street and Government Cut helping the Miami-Dade Coastal Cleanup project in an effort to remove trash and debris littering the world-renowned tourist destination.

Thousands of volunteers worldwide representing more than 80 countries will head to shores, riverbanks, beaches and reefs Sept. 15 to remove debris that can potentially harm wildlife and choke waterways with pollution.

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