On October 22, 2011 it was brisk, breezy morning at the Richard Stockton College. My five friends and I were extremely excited to volunteer and help clean parts of the Atlantic City beach. We all met up in the parking lot at 8:15am and journeyed over to the Boardwalk Hall to park. We were told to pick a partner to clean the beach with and were handed two plastic bags: one black one and one white one. The white plastic bag was for recycling and the black plastic bag was for regular trash. Along with the two bags we also had a sheet to mark off all of the items we found appropriately. I think that everyone who vacations at the Jersey Shore should volunteer at least once in their life to clean up the beach. I was shocked at how many odds and ends my partner and I found amongst the sand. We found normal litter like candy and food wrappers to absurd litter like heroine syringes. These findings made me have a deeper appreciation for all of the organizations that help keep our environment healthy. My partner and I cleaned up under the piers because we figured large amounts of trash would collect there, and we were right. We found various pieces of clothing like a pair of men’s’ jeans and a women’s top. We also found around forty pieces of red bricks. These bags were very heavy, but lugging around that trash to have a cleaner beach was beyond worth it. My friends found shotgun shells, and a few empty drug bags. I hope that these efforts make the Atlantic Ocean cleaner and a better environment for all of the animals that reside in it. It was very satisfying to see at the end of the day how many bags of trash and recycling all of the volunteers had piled up on the boardwalk.