Final winter beach cleanup Saturday

The Newport Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has teamed up with North Lincoln Sanitary Service, Thompson’s Sanitary Service and Lincoln County surf shops to help clean up local beaches this winter. The final event in the series is this Saturday, March 16. For their help in keeping local beaches clean, volunteers will be entered to win prizes donated by the surf shop partners and the Surfrider Foundation.

To participate, volunteers can use their own supplies or pick up bags and gloves at one of the following area surf shops:

• Newport Surf Shop: 403 NE First St., unit A, Newport;

• Ossies Surf Shop: 4900 North Coast Highway, Newport;

• Pura Vida Surf Shop: 845 First St., Otter Rock;

• South Beach Surf Shop: 3101 SE Ferry Slip Road #238 and #619, Newport;

• ZuhG Life Surf Shop: 3219 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City.

Volunteers are welcome to pick up trash at any Lincoln County beach, and they can then drop off their debris at any of the partner surf shops before 2 p.m. In doing so, they will receive a ticket to be entered into the prize drawing. People are also encouraged to share photos of the debris they have collected.