Mike Brown, who once celebrated his 50th birthday raising money for the Special Olympics by unicycling from Manchester to Plum Island and Back!!!! is at it again. This time the cause is ocean conservation and coastal clean up.

August 9, 2008 is the 1st Annual Cape Cod Bay Challenge Event.  A small group of stand-up paddle surfers will attempt a grueling 22 mile marathon paddle across Cape Cod Bay from Plymouth to Provincetown to raise awareness and money to help stop the ever growing problem of pollution in our oceans and along our shores.  Trash in the ocean kills more than one million seabirds and 100,000 marine mammals and turtles each year through ingestion and entanglement.  All proceeds from the event will benefit the Ocean Conservancy, a non-profit dedicated to promoting healthy and diverse ocean ecosystems.  Part of the proceeds of this event will go towards the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Clean Up on September 20, 2008.  The International Coastal Clean Up is a year-round volunteer effort to keep our oceans and waterways free of trash – and healthier for humans and marine life.

for more info and to donate click the picture above.