[image id="9316" title="adopt-a-beach" class="size-full wp-image-23973" width="507" height="338" ] Volunteers for Adopt-a-Beach help keep Texas shorelines clean and ready for play.

Adopt-a-Beach kicks off the new year on Padre Island with its first clean ups on Feb. 7 and 8. South Padre Island gets ready for spring with a cleanup at Edwin Atwood Park. And in the Coastal Bend, cleanup begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 on five beaches. 

Coastal Bend check-in sites and coordinators (for more information):

Aransas Pass/Redfish Bay, Nueces County

Lighthouse Lakes Park, four miles east of Aransas Pass on Hwy. 361

Richard Gonzales

361-779-7351

richard.gonzales@texasadoptabeach.org

Port Aransas, Nueces County

Avenue G at the beach

Deno Fabrie

361-749-0256

deno.fabrie@texasadoptabeach.org

North Corpus Christi Beach, Nueces County

Texas State Aquarium

2710 North Shoreline Blvd

Rosanna Gossett

361-881-1203

rosanna.gozzett@texasadoptabeach.org

Cole Park (Kids Place), Corpus Christi, Nueces County

1526 Ocean Drive

Angela Gonzalez

361-826-3673

angela.gonzalez@texasadoptabeach.org

Padre Island National Seashore, Kleberg County

Malaquite Visitor Center

20420 Park Road 22

William "Buzz" Botts

361-949-8068

buz.botts@texasadoptabeach.org

Be sure to dress comfortably and wear closed-toe shoes. Take drinking water, sunscreen, a hat and bug repellant with you.

When you check in, you will receive cleanup data cards, pencils, trash bags and disposable gloves.

The next clean up will be coast-wide on April 26.

For more information, visit the Texas Land Commission website.