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PHOTOS: Kelowna residents clean up the beach for Earth Day

Rip Curl hosted the event from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. to bring awareness to environmental issues

Earth Day was celebrated and represented well in Kelowna on Saturday.

On a day that91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s used to celebrate our planet and bring awareness to environmental issues, hundreds of people showed up to Gyro Beach in Kelowna91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Lakeshore neighbourhood to help clean up the beach. The event was put on by clothing store Rip Curl.

The people who came out to help picked up anything from food wrappers to cigarette butts to bottle caps.

The event ran from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., followed by prizes that were given out by event sponsors. Rip Curl provided people with garbage bags and gloves to go around the beach and reduce pollution.

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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