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SURFRIDER AND FRIENDS TO HOST MASSIVE BEACH CLEAN-UP AND MUSIC FEST ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20

On Sunday, April 20, the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will join BUZZ 103.1 FM and Keep Martin Beautiful to host the Second Annual BUZZ Beach Clean-up and Music Festival. The event will begin with a comprehensive clean-up of Martin County beaches followed by a prize raffle, barbecue and live reggae music.

Volunteers are asked to sign in at 9:00 a.m. at the south end of Stuart Beach on South Hutchinson Island before heading out to to clean their favorite beaches. Trash bags, gloves and water will be provided. At noon, volunteers will be treated to a prize raffle and reggae music festival with performances by Fresh Catch, Jomico and Walleyman and the Bamboo Shoots.

The public is invited to bring their own barbecue for the event. The raffle will benefit Students for Recycling -- a new recycling program being launched in local schools by Surfrider, Keep Martin Beautiful and Waste Management. Prizes will include original artwork, custom-stenciled T-shirts from Surfrider and merchandise provided by local merchants and the BUZZ 103.1. All clean-up volunteers will receive a free raffle ticket.

Surfrider is looking for volunteers to help organizing and run the event. Event organizers are asked to meet at the south end of Stuart Beach at 8:00 a.m.

For additional information, call (772) 287-0041, or e-mail: tcsufrider@yahoo.com. Go to www.tcsurfrider.org to download a free event poster donated by 3 One 9 Design.

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GREETINGS SURFLINGS,

Mission Statement

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches for all people, through conservation, activism, research and education.

Surfrider Foundation Principles

Represented by over 50,000 members and 60 local chapters in the U.S., the Surfrider Foundation also has affiliations in Australia, Japan, France, and Brazil. The Surfrider Foundation has adopted the following principles to guide and govern the activities of the organization.

SURFRIDER recognizes the biodiversity and ecological integrity of the planet's coasts are necessary and irreplaceable. SURFRIDER is committed to preserving natural living and non-living diversity and ecological integrity of the coastal environment.

SURFRIDER promotes the right of low-impact, free and open access to the world's waves and beaches for all people. SURFRIDER acts to preserve this right of access.

SURFRIDER is dedicated to enhancing wave-riding opportunities in ways which will not adversely impact nearshore ecosystems.

SURFRIDER believes environmental education is essential to the future health and well- being of the planet. SURFRIDER seeks to develop and utilize educational materials that are informative, factual, proactive, synergistic and fun.

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