The Town of Fort Myers Beach Marine and Environmental Resources Task Force has awarded Chris King with its monthly Murphy Award for her daily cleanup walks on Fort Myers Beach. It’s a task she began shortly after Hurricane Ian.
Over the past couple of years, Chris believes she’s removed hundreds of pounds of items ranging from siding to lengths of PVC pipe, furniture, pilings. garbage cans, carpeting and bedding. She walks about 3 miles every day picking up debris and trash along the way on the south end of the island. Her company rewards her cleanup activity with dollars she can contribute to FMB non-profits annually, and her steps for the first half of this year also provide dollars to the V Foundation for Cancer Research through another of her company’s programs.
Chris also chairs the Town’s Anchorage Advisory Committee and she’s a member of the Fort Myers Beach Woman’s Club.