PHOTO GALLERY : The Great American Clean Up Siesta Key

Beverly Arias volunteered to pick up trash at Siesta Key Beach for the Great American Clean Up.

Paul Janis picks up trash on the beach.

Michelle Stauffer throws away a rubber band she found on the beach.

Kye Stauffer is a senior at Riverview High School. She hopes to study physics in college. She volunteered to clean the beach with her mother Michelle Stauffer.

Michelle Stauffer and her daughter Kye

Middle schoolers Katie Stager, Nicole Urschel, Lauren Hand and Caroline Dowie

Bill Irish cleans the beach.

Bill Francisco picks up trash along the water.

Beverly Arias helped pick up trash at Siesta Key Beach.

Putsie Ritchey’s family moved to Siesta Key at the end of the 1960’s. She helps keep her community clean by participating in the Great American Clean Up.

The clean up crew gets ready to head out at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 27.