Newport Surfrider, Oct. 11

Chapter meeting, Thursday, October 11, 6:30pm at Bosque Cafe, South Beach. The Newport Chapter of Surfrider Foundation will hold their October chapter meeting on Thursday October 11 at 6:30pm. The meeting is at Bosque Cafe, 4590 SE Harborton in South Beach. Olivia Schroder and her 5th grade class are starting a new Surfrider Ocean Club. They will give a short talk on what they are doing in their classroom and at Sam Case School in general. To raise funds for their conservation projects, they are making beeswax wraps as an alternative to plastic wrap, and they are selling raffle tickets for a surfboard donated by Newport Surfrider and Russo Surfboards. Wraps and tickets will be available at the meeting. Drinks and food are available at Bosque. Everyone is invite to come out and see how local kids are taking care of the ocean.