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Our Volunteers really make a difference, and you can too!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR UPCOMING EVENTS
Ongoing opportunities:
Roadway clean-up
Administrative Tasks
Leading trail walks, and educational workshops
Working our booth at the Ormond Beach Farmers Market and other community events
For more information on volunteer opportunities, please use our Contact Us page or email OrmondScenicLoop@gmail.com

A community-led program dedicated to restoring and enhancing the natural beauty of the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail while teaching sustainable practices that support and nurture the local ecosystem starts again on Oct 3rd. Visit our webpage at
https://ormondscenicloopandtrail.com/regrow-the-loop
for a complete list of the fall programs including four nature walks.

OSLT will be participating again this year with information about the Loop and OSLT merchandise, plus fishing and ring toss games and coloring pages for the kids with a small prize for each child.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 5-8 pm
Rockefeller Gardens - 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach 32176

FREE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOOP
We will have a tent at Highbridge Park on Saturday October 18th from 11 until 3 PM. Stop by and check out our official Loop merchandise and information about all the stops along the Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail!
Florida Scenic Highway and National Scenic Byway.

Ormond Scenic Loop and Trail Monthly Meeting
We hope you will join us to learn about OSLT's upcoming events and plans.
WHEN: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
TIME: 5:15 - 6:30 PM
WHERE: In Person at the Ormond Beach Library Sandpiper Rm - 30 S Beach St or Online
Microsoft Teams meeting - Join here: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/265416856893135?p=M6WvltkBcqsUeGV1KgMeeting ID: 265 416 856 893 135Passcode: Rk6r8N5U
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FREE Admission FREE Parking
OSLT will be in the KIDSZONE again this year. In addition to information about the Loop and OSLT merchandise, we will have fishing and ring toss games and coloring pages for the kids with a small prize for each child.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

OSLT CleanUp Crew Events - to join us please use our Contact Us page or email OSLTCleanUpCrew@gmail.com

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS for a successful 2026 International Coastal Cleanup! 25 volunteers picked up over 550 lbs of trash! Each one received an ICC backpack, a sticker and 2 free trees! Hope to see you next time.
International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the world's largest annual volunteer effort for ocean, river, and beach health, organized globally by the Ocean Conservancy on the third Saturday of September each year..

A big THANK YOU! to our CleanUp Crew leader Alicia Oktar and the 14 volunteers who came out to pick up trash along the Loop Saturday, March 21st!
We split up into 5 groups along Old Dixie Highway and collected over 900 lbs of trash. One lucky volunteer won the drawing for an OSLT travel mug.
The volunteers were treated to a lunch of subs, chips and soda courtesy of Publix.

THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS for a successful 2025 International Coastal Cleanup! There were 23 volunteers, thank you so much for your participation! Hope to see you next time.
International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is the world's largest annual volunteer effort for ocean, river, and beach health, organized globally by the Ocean Conservancy on the third Saturday of September each year..

The C.a.R.E. team, Laura Ureta, Don Spence and Georgann Meadows surveyed the condition of our trees along an area that is difficult to access under normal times. And six members of the CleanUp Crew picked up over 800 pounds of trash during the weekend, mostly beer bottles and cans along the area from Walter Boardman to Cobb's Corner. The CleanUp Crew was Alicia Oktar, Sonja Lehto, Denise Caruso, Melody Lopez, Bryce Merritt and Nancy Galdo

Thanks to all the 22 volunteers who showed up! Over 400 lbs. of trash were picked up along the highway.

Nine people came out to pick up trash along Old Dixie Highway in the Ormond Tomb Park area. A big thank you to Ken Battan, Alicia Oktar, Sonya Lehto and her son Harley, Maureen Pearson, Laura Ureta, Bryce Merritt, Alan Pillar, and Karen Pillar for joining us! We picked up 8 big trash bags, including lots of bottles and cans, a large piece of bubble wrap, several empty large plastic mulch bags, various smaller pieces of plastic, food wrappers, a few big plastic mulch bags, and a pesticide sprayer. Also, a motorcycle part, a large heavy metal tube, and a few car parts. We estimate at least 400 pounds in total. One of the treasures found was this nearly complete wild boar's skull.

Our small group picked up a lot of plastic that had washed in with the seaweed although not as much as I was expecting as someone had been there before us and collected 2 big trash bags that they left on the walkover. We were also rewarded with some cool treasures from the sea.

The kick-off event for our CleanUp Crew!

OSLT had a table at the How To Festival at Ormond Beach Public Library where we shared information about the Loop with over 60 people. Thank you Nancy Galdo and Jody Gibian-Miles!

OSLT had a tent in the KIDSZONE this year. In addition to information about the Loop and OSLT merchandise, we had fishing and ring toss games and coloring pages for the kids with a small prize for each child.
We shared information with hundreds of visitors and had over 200 children receive small prizes after playing the games.

ReGrow the Loop 2025 presented 27 excellent programs and events - aimed at educating residents about the value of embracing native plants, understanding and helping to preserve our environment, planting free native trees, and learning about the wildlife living along the Loop which were held between January and May of 2025.
Special thanks to Nancy Galdo for organizing and leading ReGrow the Loop 2025 and to the following partners who came together to make it a huge success.
Ormond Scenic Loop & Trail, Papaw Chapter of Florida Native Plant Society, Dream Green Volusia, Halifax River Audubon, Tomoka State Parks, UF/IFAS, City of Ormond Beach and Volusia County

The Coastal Strand Walk this morning was attended by 15 people and there was good interest by all, especially those who had never seen a Coastal Strand habitat before. Bryce Merritt led the group walk with Laura Ureta assisting.

Ormond Mainstreet Riverfest Seafood Festival
Kid's Zone, a great opportunity to get the word out about the OSLT and all the projects we are involved in. Thanks to the volunteers who gave of themselves to man our tent and be there for the kids:

OBPD National Night Out, Free Family Fun!
OSLT was an exhibitor at this event In addition to information about the Loop, we had crafts, fishing and ring toss games for the kids with a small prize for each child.The children had a great time and appreciated the Play-Doh, bubbles, and candy Walmart donated.by Walmart Supercenter on Granada.

OSLT "FRENCHMAN'S FIELD" NATURE TRAIL WALK
The newest trail on the Loop, this one and a-half mile hike traverses through an upland hardwood forest parallel to the Old Dixie Highway. We had about 15 people join us on the hike. Our guide, Paul Rebmann taught us about the plants along the 2-mile trail.
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