{"id":234221,"date":"2025-09-17T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234221\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:26:13","slug":"timucuan-parks-foundation-requests-volunteers-for-2025-international-coastal-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/234221\/","title":{"rendered":"Timucuan Parks Foundation requests volunteers for 2025 International Coastal Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Timucuan Parks Foundation is asking volunteers for the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept. 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The nonprofit will lead three cleanups at Kathryn Abbey Park, Fort Caroline National Memorial, and Reddie Point Preserve. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The meeting times will be staggered for the tides to be low enough to clean up as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Kathryn Abbey Park at 500 Wonderwood Drive cleanup will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Participants must tell the gate attendant they are there for the cleanup to gain free entry to the park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Fort Caroline National Memorial cleanup will be from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Volunteers should meet at the visitor\u2019s center, where park rangers will lead you down to the shoreline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Reddie Point Preserve cleanup will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and volunteers should meet at the pavilion by the pier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Helpers should wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get dirty. A hat, sunscreen, and bug spray are recommended. Volunteers are also asked to bring work gloves and a reusable water bottle. TPF will provide disposable gloves, trash bags, grabbers, water and snacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Those under 18 must have a waiver signed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timucuanparks.org\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.timucuanparks.org\/volunteer\/\">which you can find by clicking here<\/a>. Volunteers are also eligible for community service hours.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Timucuan Parks Foundation is asking volunteers for the annual International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":234222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,98567,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-234221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-timucuan-parks-foundation","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115220577282773094","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}