Friends of Palm Beach
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We’re Keeping It Real
750 POUNDS, on average, removed per week
THAT EQUALS 1,600 PIECES A DAY
15,684 lbs removed so far in 2024
357,298* = total pounds removed since 2013
Over 164 TONS total!
303 Community Clean-Ups
Over 8,600 volunteers
*85-90% of this is plastics
Visit our GET INVOLVED tab to join our clean ups!
Our Story - Changing Lives and Beaches One Bucketful at a Time
We clean the beaches of Palm Beach regularly, in an eco-friendly way. Whether its a monthly volunteer event or our weekday cleans with our crew, we seek to eliminate incoming ocean trash from our beach. We have key partners that allow us access to move north and south of particular locations over 7.5 miles of Palm Beach to rid our natural world of plastics and unnatural debris.
LET'S TALK TRASH
Its not our trash but it is our planet
Friends of Palm Beach Inc.
Founded: 2014
Founder: Diane Buhler
TIN: 30-0845635
PO Box 3014, Palm Beach, FL 33480
Being the change to bring about change....and Keeping It Real!
Beginning in May 2013 and with the help of Keep PBC Beautiful and the Solid Waste Authority, our founder, Diane Buhler, adopted Palm Beach and began monthly beach clean ups along the island of Palm Beach. She has been diving off Palm Beach for 30 years and after moving here and realizing the trash washing ashore, this Pissed Off SCUBA diver took action. Since then, we have succeeded in removing over 164 tons of trash off these beaches. Putting the BEACH back in Palm Beach.
Combining her desire to help the homeless, she created a weekday crew that recruits individuals from The Lord's Place, a Social Impact agency that has been changing the lives of homeless families and individuals in Palm Beach County for over 30-years, and Vitanova an org that helps young adults transition from foster care to independence by providing a stable, nurturing environment that includes housing, counseling, and education.
Help us combat the incoming flow of trash, there are several ways:
* You can make a DONATION to keep these clean ups active and efficient.
* You can GET INVOLVED and come out once a month on our scheduled dates
* PB Residents can allow us beach access to clean. We are as quiet as a sea turtle and as efficient as an octopus.