Coastal Cleanup 2014 was a great success!

A hardworking 1,301 volunteers had picked up 6,487 pounds of trash "with 75 percent of the cleanup sites reporting Saturday afternoon," said Eben Schwartz, outreach manager for the Coastal Commission. For the state overall, 54,124 volunteers picked up 576,571 pounds of trash and an additional 109,494 pounds of recyclable materials, with 75 percent of sites reporting.

Check out our girls making a difference: Coastal Cleanup Photos

To submit information about your troop's participation and find out how to obtain a council patch, click here.