Beach Cleanup 2026 | Greg Westhoff Foundation

Large group of volunteers in yellow Greg Westhoff Foundation shirts and blue gloves posing on the sand at Jones Beach, with the ocean behind them

On Saturday, August 29, members and friends of the Greg Westhoff Foundation gathered at the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center for our fourth annual beach cleanup. It was our largest cleanup to date, and seeing so many people come out to care for the beaches Greg loved meant the world to us.

Volunteers in yellow GWF Beach Clean Up shirts gathered on the shaded deck of the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center before the cleanup

Our first cleanup T-shirts

This year, volunteers wore our first-ever beach cleanup T-shirts, designed by Julia, a member of the foundation. The back is inspired by the classic Ocean Parkway and Wantagh Parkway signs. Thank you, Julia!

Front of the yellow cleanup T-shirt, reading Greg Westhoff Foundation

Back of the yellow cleanup T-shirt: a GWF Beach Clean Up sign with a lighthouse and waves, styled after the classic Ocean Parkway and Wantagh Parkway signs

Volunteers in yellow shirts carrying trash bags along a sandy path through the dunes under a clear blue sky

Thank you to the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center for hosting us again, and to everyone who gave up their Saturday morning to help keep our shoreline clean. To learn more about the center, visit the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center.

The Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center, a long wooden building with solar panels, set behind dune grasses

Covered boardwalk at the Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center looking out toward the dunes and ocean

The night before: Remove Before Flight live

On Friday, August 28, the band Remove Before Flight played a benefit show at Ridgewood Station Tavern in Wantagh, with proceeds from the show going to the Greg Westhoff Foundation. Thank you to the band and to everyone who came out to kick off the weekend. Please check them out on Instagram at @rbf.official_. They rock!

Remove Before Flight playing at Ridgewood Station Tavern in front of a large old photo of the 1885 Ridgewood railroad station

Remove Before Flight on stage at Ridgewood Station Tavern, with a trombone player and a bassist mid-song

Flyer for Remove Before Flight live at Ridgewood Station Tavern in Wantagh, Friday, August 28 at 7 PM, proceeds go to the Greg Westhoff Foundation