The International Coastal Beach Cleanup at Pryibil Beach on September 20, 2014 was a tremendous success. Fifty-five volunteers joined the Glen Cove Beautification Commission at Pryibil Beach ready to make a clean sweep. Wearing gloves and armed with picks and trash bags provided by the Commission, they collected and then tallied all the trash on log sheets. Almost 3,000 pieces of trash were picked up from the beach. This includes 1,082 cigarette butts, 298 food wrappers and 227 plastic bottle caps to name just a few of the things. These numbers serve to remind us that our beaches should not be treated like dumping grounds and that we all need to help keep our shoreline clean.

The Glen Cove Beautification Commission sends special thanks goes to Boy Scout Troop B, Girl Scout Troop 1495, the Glen Cove Youth Bureau, students from Deasy and Landing Elementary Schools, the Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department, Glen Cove Christian Church, Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club, the Thompson Park Neighborhood Association, Finley Middle School students and to St. Patrick’s Church. Thanks to Frank’s Beer and Soda for the water and Landing Bakery for the pastries.

Nicolai, Anoushka, and Vera Glouchkov joined their mother, Cyntra, to help with the cleanup of Pryibil Beach.

The staff and members of the Glen Cove Boys and Girls Club and the Glen Cove Youth Bureau joined the Glen Cove Beautification Commission; Glen Cove Beach Captain Joan Bessette; Mayor Reginald Spinello and his wife, Coleen; and City Councilwoman Pam Panzenbeck at Pryibil Beach.