Mālama Maui Nui announces date for Get the Drift & Bag It! litter cleanup & community support gathering, seeks volunteers & participants

KAHULUI – August 20, 2023 – Mālama Maui Nui (MMN) has set a date for its annual event, Get the Drift & Bag It! to be held on Saturday, September 16. In light of the disaster affecting our island community, Mālama Maui Nui has invited friends and partners to provide resources to social, mental & physical health services at this event. Volunteers are invited to gather, meet our partners and join the cleanup picking up litter between Kahului Harbor, the neighboring shoreline and peninsula from 8am to 11am. Stay after for games and community luncheon. We look forward to seeing you and bringing our community together again for this annual event.

Mahalo to our new and returning partners, Yard Games Hawai’i, Sharkastics, Surfrider, Alaka'ina Digital Bus, Mauna Medics, Project Vision Hawai’i and more for this year's coastal cleanup & community support gathering. This event welcomes all ages. Registration is required. To sign up, please visit MalamaMauiNui.org/Volunteer. Minors must be accompanied by an adult with no more than five (5) minors per adult. Volunteers are advised to wear covered shoes, wear sunscreen, and bring eye protection and their own refillable water bottles.

Team leaders and volunteers will be assigned to designated areas to collect materials for transport to various disposal stations set up for collection and separation. Tires, batteries & scrap metal will be transported by MMN, while landfill-bound materials will be transported with support from the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT) Harbor Team.

The International Coastal Cleanup® began more than 35 years ago, when communities rallied together with the common goal of collecting and documenting the trash littering their coastline. Hosted by Mālama Maui Nui (MMN) since 1987 with support from community partners, donors & volunteers, Get The Drift & Bag It! is inspired by the many ongoing environmental stewardship efforts within our island community.