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Date: April 26, 2010

Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hulme

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Coast Guardsmen help clean up South Carolina beaches

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Lawhorn (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class John Peek are seen participating in cleanup efforts at Folly Beach, S.C., Thursday April 22, 2010, Earth Day. More than 30 participants from Coast Guard Sector Charleston and Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotillas 12-6 and 12-8 were involved with the Folly Beach Management Patrol in an Earth Day inspired collaborative beach sweep. Photo taken by Bob Orenstein of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-8.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Drayton Parker and Petty Officer Gary Barnum take part in cleanup efforts at Folly Beach, S.C., Thursday April 22, 2010, to celebrate Earth Day. Volunteers cleaned up an area littered with sand fencing that had been deposited by recent erosion.  Volunteer members brought tools such as shovels, wire cutters, and heavy gloves to remove the hazardous fencing. U.S. Coast Guard Auxliary photo by Bob Orenstein.

 

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard members from Coast Guard Sector Charleston pose for a photo after participating in cleanup efforts at Folly Beach, S.C., Thursday April 22, 2010, Earth Day. Several hundred pounds of hazardous, damaged sand fencing was removed from the beachfront as well as countless bags of litter. Photo taken by Bob Orenstein of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-8.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard members from Coast Guard Sector Charleston pose for a photo after participating in cleanup efforts at Folly Beach, S.C., Thursday April 22, 2010, in support of Earth Day. Several hundred pounds of hazardous and damaged sand fencing and excess trash was removed from the beachfront. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Bob Orenstein.

 

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Lawhorn (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class John Peek help remove debris from Folly Beach, S.C., in an Earth Day inspired beach clean up Thursday April 22, 2010. The Coast Guard joined the Folly Beach Management Patrol in an Earth Day inspired collaborative beach sweep. Photo taken by Bob Orenstein of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-8.

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Lawhorn (left) and Petty Officer 1st Class John Peek remove debris from Folly Beach, S.C., in an Earth Day inspired beach clean up Thursday April 22, 2010. More than 30 members from Coast Guard Sector Charleston and Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotillas 12-6 and 12-8 collaborated with the Folly Beach Management Patrol in the cleanup efforts. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo by Bob Orenstein.

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