Volunteers Join Together to Clean Up Wisconsin Point Just in Time for Memorial Day – Fox21Online

Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve set out to clean up the sandbar on Saturday

SUPERIOR, Wisc. — Superiorites weren’t just outside to enjoy the weather. On Saturday, twenty volunteers met up at Wisconsin Point to help make a difference.

Friends of the Lake Superior Reserve held their fourth annual Wisconsin Point Spring Beach Cleanup this weekend. Volunteers split off into groups all across the sandbar, working together to pick up litter and mark down the kinds of things they collected.

“We adopted Wisconsin Point back in 2021, so we come out here every spring and every fall to try and clean it up and make sure its functional for community members and wildlife and everything else that’s out here,” said Beach Cleanup Organizer Jessie Green.

There was also a friendly competition to see who could clean up the most pieces, the heaviest, and the weirdest piece of trash. After a couple of hours, groups returned with their reports.

Weirdest trash was highly contested. Groups brought back car parts, whole bananas, and even a burned dollar bill. In the end, a large metal fan won out. Besides the fan, the winners said they found a lot of the same things.

“I found a lot of microplastics, my whole group did,” said Grace Peterson. “We found forks, straws. We found a sprinkler head. we found cans, a whole ton of cans.”

In total, the group collect fifteen bags of trash, totaling over 90 pounds.

With people starting to get back outside on Memorial Day Weekend, Green says its not only the perfect time to cleanup, but also to remind others to pick up after themselves. Always check your area before leaving the beach and leave it better than you found it.