I continue to love LB more and more. What a great city with great people! Today my hubby, daughter, sis-in-law, 2 nieces, and I volunteered to pick up trash on the beach for CAT. We were early and eager to contribute back to the environment & ocean. I was so amazed at the number of people who do this regularly every 3rd Saturday of every month. Kruiz and I volunteered once before but neglected to see that there was actually a check-in for volunteering; I've become wise and now know there are benefits to checking in- such as complimentary water, bags, oh and the much needed gloves! The consistent volunteering has truly made a positive affect on the beaches. You can tell a huge difference in appearance! It's so gratifying to be apart of this and show responsibility for our surroundings!
Though I have to be honest, I was a bit disgusted with the people who seem to have taken advantage of our surroundings and neglect their responsibilities as citizens by merely picking up their own crap! Sure a lot of the trash is from run-off of the LA basin, rain, etc, but I assure you I found items you could not believe and they were definitely placed there by people who have no respect for our beaches or environment!
#1 item found... cigarette butts! Most common were Camels, menthols, and Swisher Sweets. Seriously- are you that LAZY, you can't even take flippin cigarette butt & put in in a bag of your own to throw away? LB is not short of trash cans- there are trash cans every 20 feet it.
#2 item found... (watch out) condoms!!!!! WTF!!!!! SICK!!!! I picked up 3 f-in condoms and my husband picked up 10! Now let's remember this was within 30 minutes being there and most of them were around tower #8 (apparently it's a hot place to get laid)! This was just crazy to me- again trash cans are everywhere!!!!! You can't even slip your own prophylactic into a fuckin trash? (Excuse my french, but we had our 4 year old and teenage nieces along with 100's of other families out there volunteering to make our beaches cleaner!) Get off your lazy asses when your done banging whomever and put your shit in the can! GOT it!!!!! GOOD. I might start banking at tower #8 with my camera and catch your sorry, lazy asses if this continues! So on a good note- it was nice to apart of the community and lend a hand. I just wish people would be more aware of there environement and not rely on volunteers to wipe up0 there messes!
