LBS Financial Staff Help Clean Coastline

LONG BEACH, Calif.– In partnership with the City of Long Beach’s Adopt-A-Beach program, volunteers from LBS Financial Credit Union cleaned up a stretch of the Long Beach coastline.

More than 20 volunteers, including LBS Financial employees, family, and friends removed trash from the sand and the parking lot at Junipero Beach.

LBSFCU adopted beach--for over 12 years--includes the coastline between 14th Place and 19th Place off of Ocean Blvd. 

“Styrofoam, water bottle lids, plastic utensils, napkins, empty spray paint bottles, ripped sandals, logs of used firewood remains and occasional articles of clothing in the sand were among the littered items the team picked up,” the credit union said. “The majority of items collected from the sand appeared to wash up from the ocean. In the parking lot, cigarette butts, food wrappers and plastic containers were the most common pollutants.”

“It was a team effort to pick up trash and debris up and down the coastline,” said LBS Financial employee and volunteer Phuc Van. “It always feels good to help out and keep the community beaches clean so everyone can enjoy them.” 

The sentiment was shared amongst all of the volunteers who together, managed to collect over 20 bags of litter at the beach clean-up, LBSFCU said.