Community Corner
Volunteers Gear Up for Barnegat Bay Blitz
All are welcome to participate in cleanup at municipal dock Wednesday at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.
The first annual Barnegat Bay Blitz is set for tomorrow, and Barnegat volunteers are getting ready to join others regionwide in a watershed cleanup that spans multiple counties.
The state Department of Environmental Protection is organizing the first-ever event, recruiting businesses, schools, volunteer groups, community organizations and others pitch in and pick up trash at locations on the bayfront and along streams within the bay watershed, which stretches from Little Egg Harbor north into Howell and Freehold Townships.
NJDEP staffers are working as team captains to mobilize volunteers within watershed communities. Barnegat captain Jaime Murray said the state wants to involve as many people as possible in the inaugural cleanup day.
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"Every town that has water that drains to Barnegat Bay is involved," she said. "We're aiming for full participation."
Murray will lead teams of volunteers starting at the Barnegat municipal dock at 9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. All are welcome to join in, and the cleanup will go on rain or shine.
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Students from Joseph T. Donahue elementary will also do their part, picking up trash around the Project Playground area near their school.
For more details on the Blitz, check out the event homepage on the NJDEP website.
Live elsewhere, or want to get people in other towns involved? Here's the complete list of participating communities and the corresponding DEP contacts:
BARNEGAT LIGHT BORO
Toni Heater
609-984-5575
BARNEGAT TWP
Jaime Corbett
609-984-0361
BAY HEAD BORO
Dave Pepe
Tara Goodreau
George Nicholas
Dave: 609-633-7021
Tara: 609-292-4860
George:
BEACH HAVEN BORO
Steven Seeberger
609-292-4860
BEACHWOOD BORO
Danielle Donkersloot
609-633-9241
BERKELEY TWP
Mike Deely
609-633-1332
BRICK TWP
Robert Marcolina
609-633-7237
EAGLESWOOD TWP
Katie Barnett
609-633-0764
FREEHOLD TWP
Arthur Zanfini
609-802-1854
HARVEY CEDARS BORO
Toni Heater
609-984-5575
HOWELL TWP
Kyra Hoffman
609-984-5863
ISLAND HEIGHTS BORO
Karen Hershey
609-984-3424
JACKSON TWP
Jen Feltis, (Overall Town Co-Captain),
Betty Boros-Russo, (Overall Town Co-Captain)
Terry O'leary, (Captain for Clean Up located at the Forest Resource Education Center)
Tom Stevens, (Captain for Clean Up located on the Metedeconk)
Betty: 609-292-9977
Jen: 609-984-3451
Terry/Tom: 609-984-0631
LACEY TWP
Adriana Caldarelli
609-984-3660
LAKEHURST TWP
Marc Rogoff
609-292-1474
LAKEWOOD TWP
Willy Davis
609-984-0799
LAVALLETTE BORO
Bill Hanrahan
609-530-3956
LITTLE EGG HARBOR TWP
Arianne Giudicelli
609-984-9423
LONG BEACH TWP
Frank McLaughlin
609-633-8227
MANCHESTER TWP
Katie Barnett
609-633-0764
MANTOLOKING BORO
Rachel Pepe
609-292-4860
MILLSTONE TWP
Ann Wolf
609-292-4052
OCEAN GATE BORO
Diane Gard
609-292-0912
OCEAN TWP
Elizabeth Dragon
609-633-7028
PINE BEACH BORO
Bill Carp
609-292-9987
PLUMSTED TWP
Jeff Mason
609-633-1170
POINT PLEASANT BEACH BORO
Anthony Washington
609-633-7021
POINT PLEASANT BORO
Kristin Tedesco
609-292-2957
SEASIDE HEIGHTS BORO
Lynette Lurig
609-633-1314
SEASIDE PARK BORO
Jim Merritt (Captain Sedge Island Clean Up)
Charles DiDiGiacomo (Captain Seaside Park)
Jim: 732-793-2371
Charles: 609-633-1180
SHIP BOTTOM BORO
Adria Wentzel
609-984-6522
SOUTH TOMS RIVER BORO
Katie Barnett
609-633-0764
STAFFORD TWP
Erin Schumacher
609-292-2957
SURF CITY BORO
Adria Wentzel
609-984-6522
TOMS RIVER TWP
Trish Ingelido
Heather Genievich
Trish: 609-292-0502
Heather: 609-292-4860
TUCKERTON BORO
Cullen Banks
609-984-0662
WALL TWP
Kyra Hoffman
609-984-5863
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