Saturday, November 14, 2026
Anthony Filippini gets ready for the Tigertail Beach Cleanup.
Noe Gonzalez from Marco Island Public Works adds his name to the cleanup crew.
Violet and Cora Billingsly from Marco Island Charter Middle School and Marco Island Academy.
Tom and Linda are from Canada and decided to help clean the beach.
Liam Smith and Christian Rizo from Marco Island Academy with one of two tires found on the beach.
Friends of Tigertail board members Susan Lagrotta, Linda Colombo, and Lynn Livingston by the new bench donated by Nancy Sineni.
On December 2, 32 volunteers met at the Kiosk to clean Tigertail beach for the last quarterly clean-up of 2023 sponsored by Friends of Tigertail. The group was comprised of Friends members including four board members, 11 students from Marco Island Academy and Marco Island Charter Middle School, Noe Gonzales from Marco Island Public Works, residents, visitors, and a few walkers who decided to pitch in. 84 pounds of trash were collected, including two old tires, one filled with barnacles. Friends of Tigertail has been cleaning the beach since 1998. Statistics have been kept since 2006, and since then the sponsored cleanups have collected more than three tons of trash.
After the cleanup, the board members went to the lagoon beach to view a new cement bench generously donated by one of the Friends' founders, Nancy Sineni. She and the other founders started the group that in 25 years has had a positive impact on the beach and park.
For more information about Friends of Tigertail, visit their Facebook page or their website at FriendsofTigertail.com.
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