Don Jose de Ortega Chapter     

        

                                              March 2014

                                         Celebrate America!

       While enjoying a family reunion in Maui, Don Jose de Ortega Chapter Registrar, Cathey Sinai, gathered up her family members for some fun on the beach.  Their idea of fun?  Volunteering to pick up debris left behind by other less thoughtful vacationers.  Says Cathey, “It really was fun and it was nice to see other beach goers smile at us as we moved down the beach.  9 of us spent a combined total of about 9 hours walking the beach and picking up debris.  The kids really got into it.  One who was in the water when we started ran up part way through and complained loudly that we started without her.  We got 88 pieces of trash, but left the rusted car axle we found 1/2 buried in the sand.  Well worth the effort.  I would do it again in a heart beat.  Thought I'd feel goofy wandering down the beach with a trash bag - not at all."