2009 Beach-Grass Planting Rehoboth Beach Kiwanis Family Volunteers
by Rosemary Cummings

Saturday March 21 at 9 AM., what started as a vast expanse of gray sand and blue sky beside the Atlantic Ocean, near the historic Delaware Indian River Life Saving Station became a vast mat of beach grass plants at noon. This transformation was due to the strong arms and hard work of many Rehoboth Kiwanis family members. Volunteers including Rehoboth ES and Lord Baltimore ES K-Kids, Cape Henlopen and Indian River HS Key Clubs, Kiwanis members, family, and friends worked at the annual beach grass planting which the DNREC Division of Soil and Water Conservation hosts. More than 50 volunteers turned out on the bright sunny, yet windy day that proved to be much fun for old and young. Many students were curious to explore the beach where they worked last year before a Nor'easter cut into the dunes. The grass planted this year will protect the new dune created since the May 12, 2008 storm. Some members did dual service as members of their Cub Scouts pack or their school's Environmental Club, but they all agreed to return next year.