On Sunday, October 6th, 2019, a group of like-minded entrepreneurs and philanthropists teamed up to produce the Be Great! Health & Wellness Beach Cleanup in Santa Monica, CA. The mission: to conduct the first-ever large-scale beach cleanup in a fun festival-type format all surrounding health & wellness. The vision: to pioneer a new trend in cleaning up communities, protecting our earth, and educating people on healthier lifestyle habits while producing a fun event. Utilizing a space larger than a football field, over 25 local businesses, vendors, sponsors and producers popped up their canopy booths on the beach and on the grass as thousands of Santa Monica tourists walked through. To capture everyone’s attention, they featured live music from Mitch Bradford, Skip Johnson, Our Truth, David Mason, and DPAK from Robot Nature. From 1:00-6:00 PM hundreds of people gathered around lifeguard Tower 26 at 2600 Ocean Front Walk in Santa Monica for this free, fun, collaborative community event participating in a wide variety of health & wellness sports, games and beach activities combined with entertainment, arts, vendors, a photo booth, professional networking, and a live beach cleanup. The event was free and open to all ages so it attracted a variety of kids, business professionals, families, celebrities, athletes, business supporters, and local community members who have a passion for the environment, healthy lifestyles, personal well-being, and a desire to collaborate. Attendees received a variety of complementary products and services such as massages from Heal at Wheel, chiropractic services from Kolt Chiropractic, nutritional health coaching from Sugar-Free Self-Care, readings from Alex Your Fortune Teller, transpersonal healing sessions from Grounded Heart Healing, snacks from Little Jasmine & Bare, drinks from Vital Proteins, OKI, Suja & NOCCO, holistic healing sessions from Rise To Ritual, yoga classes from Beach Yoga...... Read more on Full Issue!