The start of our Powell’s Cove North Beach cleanup!
This is what was facing us — the “exploded boat”
Volunteers got right to work and got rid of the biggest pieces
One of our earliest volunteers, former City Councilman and State Sen. Tony Avella(left) joined us, as did volunteer Alec Mahrer 
Margaret Caruso-Costa orienting one of our new volunteers
Longtime volunteer Finn Cervino hauling some trash, as longtime volunteer Matt Gillam works in the background 
We worked amidst beautiful views of the Whitestone Bridge and East River
NYPD 109th Precinct youth officers and young explorers helped immensely
Lots of high school students helped out!
Townsend Harris High School students were our largest group of volunteers 
One large & extremely heavy piece we couldn’t get was a portion of a boat hull….but we’d be back for it
Vision of times gone by
This amazing volunteer brought some tools of his own that proved useful for hauling large pieces
Alice Iannelli helped out throughout the day
Vols. up and down the beach – a beautiful sight!
Dr. James Cervino, CPN Vice President, explaining about the environmental perils of plastics
CPN President Kat Cervino and volunteer Michael Gross
Michael snags a tire!
CPN Secretary Mirjana Karcic and volunteer Margaret Caruso Costa
CPN Volunteer Elizabeth Cuccia (l)
Thanks to the Parks Dept and Partnership for Parks for providing the dumpster and tools to dispose of all of this trash!
Cleaning as the sun set…
Margaret ready to close the park for the night 🙂
This is the one piece we were unable to carry out of the park on 11.14, even with 10 people trying to lift it.
We managed to flip it over but nothing more.
Long time volunteer Wayne Rose brought his power tools the next day and sliced it into pieces 
Annemarie Desposito Melnic helped carry out the pieces that Monday, Nov. 16. 
So did Mirjana Karcic (far right), Elizabeth Cuccia (right) and Kat Cervino (left)
Volunteer Mike Grittani (right) and Brian Hyslop came and helped us haul out the pieces
We also cleared the entryway, where people constantly dump trash and construction debris
The end of another successful cleanup!
Bit by bit, we are beautifying this park!
