12 Feb Tread Lightly! Impact Report: Calvary Overland Padre Island National Seashore Camp & Clean

Project: Calvary Overland Padre Island National Seashore Camp & Clean
Location: Texas

Description:

On September 28, 2024, Calvary Overland organized a National Public Lands Day beach cleanup and overland camping event at Padre Island National Seashore. The team of 86 volunteers covered the 30 miles of beach area removing 3,600 pounds of trash from this beautiful national seashore.  

Thank you to the partners who made this possible:

• National Park Service
• Calvary Overland
• BFGoodrich® Outstanding Trails
• Rugged Radios 
• onX Offroad
• O’Reilly Auto Parts
• Embassy Suites
• DEVOS
• Mike Shaw Toyota
• Save Our Shores Junk Removal

“Thank you Tread Lightly! for your incredible support of the 2024 Calvary Overland Beach Cleanup and for the added support of BFGoodrich Tires Outstanding Trails funding and the Rugged Radios that allowed us to better communicate with volunteers.  Because of your partnership, we removed over 3,600 lbs of trash, achieving a 210% increase in impact from 2023 on Texas’ coastal ecosystem. We look forward to making an ever greater impact in 2025”. – Brandon Darwin, Owner & Founder, Calvary Overland

“Thank you to Calvary Overland for organizing this amazing cleanup efforts along the beautiful coastline of South Padre Island National Seashore.  We were excited to engage BFGoodrich Tires and Rugged Radios on this effort along with your many other partners who continue to help us Protect the Adventure on public lands and trails.  Thank you to all of the volunteers who joined in to make this such a great success.” – Lowell Eckart, Tread Lightly! Southeast Program Manager

“BFGoodrich was proud to assist with the impressive effort at the Calvary Overland Beach Cleanup. The good folks at Tread Lightly! and Calvary Overland and a group of volunteers got rid of almost two tons of garbage from Padre Island National Seashore! It brings all of us at BFGoodrich a lot of pride to see the great work that Tread Lightly! and its partners do to beautify parks and recreational areas that we all enjoy.”   – Andrew Besancon, Senior Director of Recreational Brands

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