Mary Faust has the dates for 2025 Pleasure House Point Clean Ups. They are Saturday mornings from 9-12 at the Marlin Bay Trailhead. Bags, gloves and grabbers are provided (and yummy corn bread and chocolate muffins PLUS a little something for the kids! ). Plan to join in! Despite the construction, there is still a very large area to clean up!
The Ocean Park Civic League has been the sponsor for the Adopt-A-Spot(Park) program for Pleasure House Point since the city opened it as a park. Suzi Walton, the civic league president at the time, saw to it that, as the community was so instrumental in the process of discouraging the development of the natural area and fighting for its survival, that we (the Ocean Park community) should be the designated sponsor. And as she was formerly an administrator in the city’s Parks and Rec department, she was able to claim it for us. She conducted the first cleanups and had enormous support from the board, many of whom showed up to participate in the removal of an enormous amount of refuse.
Mary Faust has organized the cleanups of PHP for many years. She reminds us that the city does not undertake any cleanup responsibilities for PHP since it is a ‘preserve’. The work that the community does to clean up trash and litter at Pleasure House Point is enormously important so that it will be a beautiful natural place for all to enjoy. Stay tuned for details about the next clean up for Pleasure House Point Park. See you there!
This photo is from one of the earliest cleanups in 2014. The Ocean Park Civic League has actually been conducting cleanups of Pleasure House Point Natural Area since we became the Adopt-A-Spot sponsors in 2013!! Of course, it’s an ongoing process that needs many hands to keep it going! When we have a clean up we meet at the corner of Ocean Tides Drive and Marlin Bay and sign in there. Mary will have orange bags and grabbers, courtesy of the Civic League, as well as warm cornbread and chocolate muffins for our volunteers!! Also non-food items for the kids who are always welcome to participate with their parents!! Dress for the weather! Long pants and sturdy shoes or boots are recommended when going “off-trail” as there may be briars, etc. Work gloves are highly recommended if you have them! Any amount of time is appreciated! See YOU there!!
Here’s a message from Mary Ellen Faust: “ I am always amazed at the people who come out to volunteer for the OPCL cleanups for OUR Adopt-A-Spot, Pleasure House Point Natural Area. Especially on a day like today with temperatures in the 30’s! Today more than 200 pounds of refuse were removed with the help of 18 volunteers! Ashley and Levy, her lovely lab, were first out! Our civic league president, Danny Murphy, didn’t just show up, he was out there for the full three hours, wading out in the water and in the reeds, making drops and going back out for more!! Tetsuo O. and Debbie Cohen (pictured below) came early, too! Thanks to Liz Janney, Joshua, Anita and Savannah Montgomery, Merle Younkin, Michael Pearman (dragged out a pickup truck tailgate!), Dave Fortier (working the creeks!), Kevin and Sayer Davis brought more car parts and “stuff” (overachievers!), Laura Hugings and Christina Miller (came for a walk and joined right in!), Chrissy Mason and Georgia Pitrone!! If I left anyone off, apologies, however, considering that I had little hope that ANYONE would even show, I was truly overwhelmed by the support!! Thanks again you lovely people!!”
Ocean Park Civic League 