Things To Do in Jupiter – Local Kids Clean Up the Lox

6/30/2021

THINGS TO DO IN JUPITER!

Members of Kids Conservation Club show off a few of the bags of trash they collected on The Lox River as part of Things To Do in Jupiter with the help of JUPITER OUTDOOR CENTER

Flip-flops, plastic containers, shirts, bait bags, candy wrappers, bottle tops — and a five-foot-long chunk of PVC pipe — were hauled from the Loxahatchee River on Wednesday by the Kids Conservation Club.
“Turtles, fish or other animals could have been injured eating this trash. It also teaches children to respect the river environment,” said Christie Nelson, who did the trash-collecting paddle to the second dam and back with her son Isaac.

The paddle is one of many Things To Do in Jupiter on the Loxahatchee River.

Club members preparing for their adventure — one of many Things To Do in Jupiter.

Jupiter Outdoor Center donated the dozen kayaks for about 12 children and their parents for the adventure. JOC also donates one hour of free canoe time on Wednesday mornings to paddlers who bring a plastic bag with them to collect trash during their paddle on the river.

The free canoe/kayak time for trash collection is among Things To Do in Jupiter at JOC.

Check out JOC’s Summer Adventure Youth Program.