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Hands Across The Sand Is Coming Soon To Your Beach
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Opportunity

In the near future the Citizens of Florida will have an opportunity to show their opposition to oil drilling as close as 3 to 10 miles off our coast. This movement will be made of people of all walks of life and will cross political affiliations. This movement is not about politics; it is about protection of our shoreline, our tourism, our valuable properties and our way of life. Let us share our knowledge, energies and passion for protecting our waterways and beaches from the devastating effects of oil drilling.

Hands Across The Sand…
We are Protesting to Protect

Hands Across The Sand is devoted to protecting our coastline and waterways from the devastating environmental effects of oil exploration and support industries.

Mission Statement

  1. To raise awareness about pending Florida legislation to drill for oil in our coastal waters.
  2. To organize a statewide coastal movement to protest this legislation. This protest will bring thousands of Florida's citizens to our beaches and will draw metaphorical and actual lines in the sand; human lines in the sand against near shore oil drilling in our waters. This event will be held on Saturday February 13, 2010.
  3. To convince our Legislators and Governor to drop any and all Legislation that would allow this folly.

How Do I Help?

  1. Hands Across the Sand is a nonprofit organization. Help us pay for advertising about this event by making a donation.
  2. Click here for resources to organize your beach on February 13.
  3. Write to your legislators via Protect Florida’s Beaches.
  4. Learn more about the dangers of oil drilling by visiting any of the links below:

Event Date

Join us in creating what could become the largest public gathering in the history of our state: February 13, 2010.

Key Beach Locations

Click a region for a growing list of key beaches where Hands will occur. View a Google map of all current locations.

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Hands Across the Sand Event Date

NO oil in our waters...NO oil on our beaches!

until February 13, 2010


What To Do On…
February 13, 2010

STEP 1 Go to the beach at 1:00 PM Eastern/12:00 PM Central Time for one hour, rain or shine.
STEP 2 At 1:30 PM EST/12:30 PM CST, join hands for 10 minutes forming lines in the sand against oil drilling in our coastal waters.
STEP 3 Leave only your footprints.


Tips of the Day…

  1. Use only approved beach accesses and parking.
  2. Create as long a line or as many lines as you wish.
  3. Be courteous and respectful to those who disagree with your view.
  4. …enjoy yourself, it's the beach!
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