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# One can make a difference
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/one-can-make-a-difference/
- Published: 2012-12-07T21:39:04.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:03:03.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, beach, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

Editor:  
I wanted to say thanks and congratulations on a job well done to Ms. Bayles ("Resident's beach cleanup project nears end," Dec. 5). As a former student at Wallgrove Elementary, a surfer and beach volleyball player and now owner of Shaka Shack Burgers, I have watched firsthand the contamination of our ocean and beaches in this bay we share.  
Spending more time on the beach then one would ever admit to, I realized 50 years ago that by picking up trash and putting it in the trash can I was helping to do my part and I am so happy to hear that others have jumped aboard. I hope fellow beach lovers will read about Sara's efforts and realize what a great civic act one small gesture can make.  
P.S. It works on the streets as well. Thanks again and continue on.  
Michael Anapol  
Santa Monica