1. SATURDAY: Marco Island beach cleanup
There will be a beach cleanup from 8 until 10 a.m., Saturday, May 9, at South Beach, Marco Island. All are welcome!
Only non-organic material is picked up: Plastic, paper, straws, food wrappers, cigarette butts and general trash! Do not remove sea life or naturally occurring marine debris. For more information, email gmhelp@cityofmarcoisland.com.
The city of Marco Island Beach & Coastal Resources Advisory Committee provides bags, gloves and a limited supply of buckets and grabbers for use by cleanup volunteers.
More at cityofmarcoisland.com.
2. THIS WEEKEND: Art Exhibit – ‘Through the Light of the Estuary’
From May 9 through October 29 – The art gallery hosts several exhibitions each year.
A partnership with United Arts Collier brings annual exhibitions of painting, photography and mixed media by artists from Collier and Lee County.
The exhibits are juried by local art experts and follow Rookery Bay’s environmental mission with a central theme of plants, waters and wildlife of Southwest Florida. Most works are available for purchase. Free with admission.
For more information, visit RookeryBay.org or call 239-530-5972.
3. SUNDAY: Celebrate Mother’s Day at Corkscrew
Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary invites families to craft a bouquet of paper native wildflowers from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, May 9.
Admission to the Sanctuary will include the supplies needed to color in paper flower outlines while learning about many of the species that bloom at the Sanctuary, 375 Sanctuary Road W.
This fun-for-all-ages activity to create a one-of-a-kind, beautiful bouquet is included with admission and free for Sanctuary members. More at audubon.org.
This article originally appeared on Marco Eagle: 3 To Do: Marco beach cleanup; Rookery exhibit and a Mother’s Day event
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