{"id":160305,"date":"2026-02-18T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160305\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T21:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:17","slug":"beach-cleanup-collects-1450-pounds-of-debris-trash-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/160305\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach cleanup collects 1,450 pounds of debris, trash &#8211; FORT MYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers from Doc Ford&#8217;s Rum Bar &amp; Grille participated in the Keep Lee County Beautiful and Tunaskin beach cleanup on Fort Myers Beach this past weekend. Photo provided<\/p>\n<p>Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. (KLCB), in partnership with Tunaskin Aquatic Apparel, hosted its 11th annual Tunaskin Beach Keepers Club cleanup on Fort Myers Beach. Five hundred dedicated volunteers gathered to help clean and protect the shoreline.<\/p>\n<p>This highly anticipated annual event continues to grow in participation and impact. Volunteers and beachgoers worked together to remove 1,450 pounds of trash and debris from the beach, helping preserve the area\u2019s natural beauty and protect local wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Keep Lee County Beautiful engages more than 3,000 volunteers in over 200 community improvement projects focused on enhancing environmental health and maintaining the natural beauty of Lee County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur partnership with Tunaskin unites the community around a shared purpose,\u201d said Trish Fancher, Executive Director of Keep Lee County Beautiful. \u201cBy working together, we\u2019re creating immediate impact and demonstrating the power of individual action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KLCB\u2019s mission to inspire, educate, and engage the community fosters a strong sense of environmental stewardship and community pride. The organization extends its sincere appreciation to Tunaskin Aquatic Apparel and all volunteers who contributed their time and energy to the success of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Volunteers from Doc Ford&#8217;s Rum Bar &amp; Grille participated in the Keep Lee County Beautiful and Tunaskin beach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-160305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}