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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy

Volunteers Offer Support To Southern Ocean County

Saturday's community clean up proved to be successful, with more than 1000 volunteers.

More than 1,000 volunteers aided in a clean up held Saturday on Long Beach Island and the surrounding areas, including Tuckerton Beach, Cedar Run, West Creek, Stafford Township and Barnegat. Although the attendance via Facebook was confirmed to be approximately 1000 people neither Todd Stone, creator of the event,  or Chris Huch, Executive Director of Alliance for A Living Ocean, could believe the amount of people that participated.  "Not only the amount of people showing up is impressive, but the amount of supplies they brought is overwhelming, people from all over the state and all over the region," Huch told Patch. Volunteers gathered outside Farias Surf and Sport. The Jersey Shore Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation provided coffee and…

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