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Peace Arch News, Voice of White Rock and South Surrey, Friday March 25th edition, (Vol. 41 No. 24). “Beyond border running: Wight an eye toward raising awareness of Indonesia’s waste-management problems, David Pennington is embarking on a grueling 2,700 km run from the Mexican border to Vancouver – read more…

Cowichan Valley Citizen, Friday March 18th edition. “David Pennington’s 2,700-kilometre run takes aim at ocean plastic mess. Running for cleaner oceans and communities, one kilometre at a time – read more…

The Source forum of diversity – Vancouver, Tuesday March 22nd edition, (Vol. 16, issue 17). “Saving ocean treasures from plastic pollution, David Pennington will hit the road from the Mexican boarder for the Ocean Rescue Run on April 18” – read more…

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David Pennington plans on pushing himself to the brink of exhaustion by running from the US/Mexican border to Vancouver to raise awareness about plastic waste in the oceans, sea life, coral habitat, and the culture of Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

The 2,700-kilometre journey is expected to take two months. Pennington, co-Founder of the Friendly Drifter Foundation, which creates sustainable waste management solutions for remote areas, plans to speak to as many people as possible along his way – read more…

Times Standard, Eureka California: Friendly Drifter stops through Eureka.  David Pennington, seen here during a cleanup of a Sorong, Indonesia beach in spring 2015, is currently running along the Pacific Coast Highway from Mexico to Canada to raise money for a recycling and waste management system on an archipelago called Raja Ampat – read more…

The World Link, Brookings Oregon  – A man running 1,740 miles along the Pacific coast to raise awareness of ocean waste has reached the halfway point of his journey.

David Pennington, cofounder of the Friendly Drifter Foundation, is making his way north from Brookings after traveling over 925 miles in the past 35 days from the U.S./Mexican border – read more…

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Man runs Pacific coast in Poseidon costume, on mission to rescue ocean. by Jackie Lebrecque, KATU News
PORTLAND, Ore. — A typical morning along Portland’s waterfront includes walkers, joggers and cyclists, but one man stands out like a sore thumb, wearing a Poseidon costume. See more…

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The is running 1700-miles to raise awareness on the dangers of plastics in our ocean. Met up with him in Lynnwood. by Katie Stern .

My name is David Pennington, I’ve ran from Mexico to here so far (Seattle, WA). So far…David has run 1300-miles in a 1700-mile journey. He’s running to raise awareness about of plastic waste in our oceans. See more…

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Emotional finish for twice-delayed Ocean Rescue runner. by Better late than never. That’s the philosophy of 31-year-old South Surrey native David Pennington, who, in the spring in 2016, embarked on what he intended to be a 42-day run – from the California-Mexico border all the way to Vancouver – which he dubbed the Ocean Rescue Run. It was intended to raise awareness of waste-management and water issues that threaten Raja Ampat, Indonesia, a region made up of 1,500 islands – read more…

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3192 Gibbins Road
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778.988.7191

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