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[Friends of McNabs Island Society]

Media Release for Friends of McNabs Island

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_MEDIA RELEASE_


_For Immediate Release: _

Friends of McNabs Island Society

_September 10, 2011_

_Lawlor Island Beach Cleanup scoops up X-country ski, fish bait boxes, paint
brushes and more… _

_HALIFAX_—Today 16 paddlers made their way to Lawlor Island for the annual
Friends of McNabs Island _Paddle & Cleanup_. Volunteers from the Friends of
McNabs Island Society and Canoe Kayak Nova Scotia landed along the beaches
of Lawlor Island, which is part of _McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial
Park _and gathered up debris that littered the shoreline.

In total, volunteers collected _130 bags of garbage and recyclables _from
the shores of the 55 ha island. Among the unusual items found on the beaches
today were: a Fischer X-country ski, a few miss-matched hiking boots, a box
spring mattress, paint brushes and paint cans, and large fish bait boxes.
There was also plenty of more commonly found items such as plastic bags,
Styrofoam sheets, old tires, Tim Horton’s coffee cups and plastic tampon
applicators.

For the past twenty years the Friends of McNabs Island Society has organized
cleanups of McNabs and Lawlor Islands.  Since 1991, volunteers have
collected over _10,130 bags of garbage and recyclables_ from the beaches of
this Provincial Park.

Thanks to all the paddlers who ventured out to Lawlor Island today to clean
up the beaches of this historic island that once served as a quarantine
station for new Canadians arriving in Canada. Today the island is home to
many wildlife species including great blue heron and white tailed deer.

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_FOR MEDIA INQUIRES CONTACT:_

Catherine McCarthy
President, Friends of McNabs Island Society
[8]mcnabs at chebucto.ns.ca
[9]www.mcnabsisland.ca
434-2254 (evenings and weekends)
456-9167 (cell)

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_Copyright © *|2011|* *|Friends of McNabs Island|*, All rights reserved._

_Our mailing address is:_

*|Friends of McNabs Island Society
P.O. Box 31240
Gladstone RPO
Halifax, NS, B3K 5Y1|*


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