Lynn Mason, Susan Pierszalowski, Lila Seldin
Pacific Grove Rec Trail
The three Pacific Grove residents have been picking up litter along the town’s coastline and other spots nearly every single day – for 30 years. They did so without fanfare or accolades until last year, when they showed up to a Pacific Grove City Council meeting with 25,000 cigarette butts they had collected over several months to educate the town about the dangers of butts and other litter to wildlife and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Later in the year the city gave the women awards for their service, and in February they were featured in the Weekly. They have no plans to stop picking up litter any time soon. Give them all the volunteer awards from here on out.