The 8th Annual Makai Luau, a Grand Strand tradition, will be held June 9th, 2012 at the Hot Fish Club located in beautiful Murrells Inlet, SC. The ticket only benefit begins at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the Hot Fish Club and will feature music from Da Howlies of Wilmington, NC, a fire and [...]
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2012 Surfrider Awareness Campaign
In keeping with our ongoing campaign, we’ve completed a compelling video for Surfrider’s marine trash awareness. Many thanks to Paulphin Photography for the generous use of their dolphin footage. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paulphin-Photography/176286205760103
ChicoBag Celebrates Earth Month; Chapter Fundraiser Now Available!
Kick your single-use bag habit and support Surfrider Foundation Grand Strand Chapter! ChicoBag will donate 50% of each sale to Surfrider Foundation Grand Strand Chapter from now until 4/20/2013. Check out our profile page and order today. http://www.chicobag.com/fundraiser/surfridergs ChicoBag Company is equipping humanity with tools that will help eliminate the unnecessary use of single-use paper [...]
Earth Day Music Fest & Expo 2012
The 2012 EARTH DAY Music Fest & Expo will be Saturday, April 21 at the Grand Park at Market Commons. The event will be from 11:00am – 6pm, and will include a great lineup of local and regional music, a health and wellness expo, a Kidz Zone, the SC Fitness Challenge, interactive and educational exhibits, art and craft [...]
Celebrating Int’l Beach and River Sweep Across SC
Surfrider member Jason Noll hasn’t been able to keep up with his home chapter of Surfrider since he moved to Columbia, but he couldn’t bear to not commemorate International Beach and River Sweep Day! He cleaned up a rocky, marshy habitat near Granby Park at the Congaree River. The area is so popular with partiers [...]
Beach and River Sweep Coming Sep. 17
The 23rd annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep is scheduled for Saturday, September 17 from 9 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Each year thousands of people participate in the Sweep, South Carolina’s largest one-day litter cleanup of beaches, marshes and waterways. The S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and S.C. Department of Natural Resources organize the statewide event, which is [...]
The 12th Annual Lip-Rippin’ Chilympics Chili Cook-Off is coming to Murrells Inlet
The 12th Annual Lip-Rippin’ Chilympics Chili Cook-Off , benefiting the Grand Strand Surfrider Foundation, will be held on Sunday, October 16th, from noon to 6:00 p.m. at Spuds Waterfront Dining in Murrells Inlet. This annual chili competition will feature categories such as Best Overall, Best Restaurant, People’s Choice, Most Original,Best Theme, Best Use of South Carolina [...]
Shower Towers Up in Horry County
At long last, the Surfrider-proposed shower towers are up at locations in Garden City Beach and Surfside Beach. Thanks to careful collaboration with the respective county officials and with support from Village Surf Shoppe, the long-time-coming project is finally completed. We wish a fun, easy, family- and environmentally-friendly time at the beach for all!
Earth Day Music Fest 2011
On Saturday, April 16, 2011, Surfrider Grand Strand, Compassion Music, and the Wellness Council for South Carolina will be holding the Fourth Annual Earth Day Music Fest and Expo. The 2010 EDMF put us at 57 vendors and over 6000 attendees; 2011 is on track to be bigger than ever. This year’s event already be [...]
11th Annual Lip-Rippin’ Chilympics Benefits Surfrider Grand Strand
Save the date! Sunday, October 17th, 2010 from noon to 6 p.m. the Lip-Rippin’ Chilympics Chili Cook-Off is back with chili from our local chili masters, art from area artists, area non-profits displaying information on their programs, beer from our friends at New South Brewing Co., and music from Danielle Howle, The Noseriders (Wilmington, NC), [...]