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Beaches Go Green
Beaches Go Green is an American nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. It consists of volunteers who assist in spreading the organization's mission. Beaches Go Green's mission is to provide awareness and spread education on the harms that human waste is causing and how it is affecting our environment. Their teaching focuses on the harms of single-use plastic, plastic ocean pollution, and how to live more sustainably. 

Founded in June of 2018 by Anne Marie Moquin, Beaches Go Green is a North Florida nonprofit organization that has grown from one original club to more than 10 high school and middle school campuses across North Florida. 

Programs
Beaches Go Green has five formal programs - Beaches Go Green Middle Schools, High Schools, Reusable Bottles for Sports, Green Ambassador Scholarships, and Youth Video Education. These programs offer participants the opportunity to learn how to better care for the environment with lessons they will be receiving.

Beaches Go Green Middle School
Beaches Go Green Middle School clubs educate their club members on the harms of single use plastic and the effects it has on our environment along with ways to live more sustainable. Trips are made to the local elementary schools in order to educate the younger ones with eco-friendly habits in a fun way. In addition, they host school campus cleanups.

Beaches Go Green High School
Beaches Go Green High School clubs educate their club members on the harms of single use plastic and the effects it has on our environment along with ways to live more sustainable. Trips are made to the local elementary schools in order to educate the younger ones with eco-friendly habits in a fun way. In addition, beach and road cleanups are held monthly.

Reusable Bottles for Sports
Reusable Bottles for Sports programs are directed to athletes. A company will assist in sponsoring the program to where Beaches Go Green is able to distribute stainless steel reusable bottles to the local sports teams and school athletes. In this program, before the athletes receive their bottles, they learn about the harms of single-use plastic bottles to their health and to the environment. They then learn the importance of using reusable bottles. The purpose of this program is to educate the athletes and eliminate the use of single-use plastic water bottles. 

Green Ambassador Scholarships
The green ambassador scholarship is given at the end of each school year to a couple of high school seniors who demonstrate their passion for the environment and who could be the best candidates to represent the mission of Beaches Go Green for the future. 

Youth Video Education
Youth Video Education is made by the Beaches Go Green high school clubs and other volunteers which is shared to local middle and elementary schools along with the public. Each video has a lesson and addresses the problem along with a solution.

Education
Beaches Go Green educates the community on the environment in many different ways and all for free. They educate at cleanups that they host, Movies that Matter series with the North Florida Green Building Council, Be the Change series, and events that are partnered with local businesses. 

Cleanups
Although Beaches Go Green is not a cleanup organization, they primarily focus on education, they do host cleanups every so often. The cleanups take place in different locations along the beach or in the city of Jacksonville. The purpose of hosting the cleanups is to engage the entire community in one event and have people be more conscientious of what they are leaving on the planet which will eventually end up in the ocean. Many local businesses partner with Beaches Go Green for their cleanups and help sponsor so that Beaches Go Green can continue spreading their mission.