Please join us for The Next Swell's second annual virtual 5k clean-up event! Anytime, Anywhere. We invite all participants to a combination 5K and public space clean-up; be it a beach, river or stream side, park, neighborhood, etc.

While a normal 5K has participants racing for time, ours is focused on bettering our home and raising money for student scholarships! And, instead of a real, in person race where you have to meet up at the crack of dawn (gross!), head outside to wherever you'd like, anytime you'd like between July 16th and September 5th, 2021.

Once you register, we will send you a Trash Data Sheet, so you can record all of the trash you pick-up along the way. But, once you're done, don't forget to snap a photo and email it back to info@thenextswell.org, so we can see how much trash we were all able to pick up together! Teamwork makes the dream work!

And, don’t forget to snap some photos of your clean-up to tag us in! #thenextswell #scamperforseascience.

• Date: 16 July 2021 - 5 September 2021

• Location: Anywhere!

• Registration Cost: $30 - Cost includes a logo tote bag

• Purpose: To raise money for student scholarships and clean our communities

Please make sure to wear gloves and follow all local COVID-19 regulations. Stay safe!

Registration now open!

The Next Swell is a nonprofit organization, with a pending 501(c)(3) charitable organization designation. The Next Swell has a fiscal sponsorship with Marine Order for Research and Action through Environmental Stewardship (MORAES), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, to handle all financial transactions and take donations on our behalf while our 501(c)(3) status is pending.

MORAES is run by a like-minded group of marine conservationists, and offers a streamlined path to get involved and STAY involved in the local marine science community of South Florida through applied research/publishing, volunteering, and education outreach