plans for tomorrow's Coastal and Marine Clean-Up Day.

More than 800 people have signed up to clean up 45 sites from Somerset to St.

George's.

The clean-up will run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and an after clean- up party at Astwood Park will be held from 12.30 to 4 p.m.

The tropical storm is not expected to disrupt the clean-up, and KBB will send updates of any changes over the radio.

The clean-up is part of an international effort comprising some 90 countries and 50 states in the US involving more than half a million people.

It is being co-ordinated by The Center For Marine Conservation based in Washington DC.

Each volunteer will get a t-shirt, a free raffle ticket and a free barbecue.

Refreshments will be supplied by Coors, one of the major sponsors who are contributing $5,000 to the clean-up effort.

Last year 20 sites were cleaned up and 14 tons of garbage were collected from waters and shorelines and KBB director, Lennox Boodram is hoping that less garbage is collected this year.

If less is collected, it will mean that less people are littering.

Deputy Governor Tim Gurney will be participating in the clean-up and is expected to dive at a site in Harrington Sound.

The Bermuda Sub Aqua Club, The Bermuda Biological Station for Research, and the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo will all be lending support by forming the bulk of rubber-suited divers who will be scouring the sea floor picking up all man-made refuse.

Mr. Boodram highlighted some great efforts from companies such as Marsh who have signed up 123 participants who will be cleaning up the Horseshoe Bay and Chaplin Bay area.

He also said: "I am pleased to see other environmental charities have banded together to support us in this endeavour.'' Organisations such as the National Trust, and Friends of Fishes.

Mr. Boodram was also pleased that several schools were involved in the effort but was disappointed with the lack of support from the Island's churches with only one having volunteered their services so far.

He also questioned the lack of participation by the Islands political leaders although Works and Engineering is lending a hand with removal of the trash.

He only hoped that some would turn up, but did say that Dunkley's Dairy would be supplying water for the parched participants.

To sign up you can phone the KBB office at 295-5142 or visit the Internet site at www.kbb.bm.

Coors Cleans Up: A check for $5,000 was recently presented to Lennox Boodram (left) of KBB by Coors, a major sponsor of the KBB Coastal and Marine Clean-up day 2000. The check was presented by a visiting Coors International Marketing Representative, Ronald C. George and made possible by Burrows and Lightbourne, local distributors of Coors.

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