Community · Newport News
Harbor Our Shore
The tide brings it in. We carry it out.
Oak & Harbor's annual shoreline cleanup, held every year on the last Saturday in June.
Where it started · June 27, 2026
One morning. One small crew. 2,800 pounds.
A week before the Fourth, a small crew of neighbors met at Monitor-Merrimac Overlook Park and Beach in Newport News. With the city's approval, they spent four hours clearing months of washed-up trash, debris, and seaweed so the beach was ready for the holiday.
2,800 lbs
of trash, debris, and seaweed
4 hours
on a Saturday morning
1 crew
of neighbors who showed up
To everyone who showed up: thank you.
Before · 8 a.m.
The crew
By noonHarbor Our Shore 2027
Saturday, June 26, 2027
8 a.m. to noon · Monitor-Merrimac Overlook Park and Beach, Newport News · All ages, children with a supervising adult
The stretch we take care ofIndividuals and families
Join the crew
Free to join. Add your name now and we'll email the details in the spring.
Staff, residents, units, classes
Bring your team
A morning outdoors together, working toward a result everyone can see. We'll save your team a stretch of shoreline.
Local businesses
Feed the crew
Cover water, gloves, or lunch for the volunteers, and be thanked by name on the day.
All year
Ways to show up between Junes
A free nature walk, every month
About 90 minutes, slow and level, and you never have to share.
Dates posted on our Facebook page
Who we are
A sailor's discipline. A guide's patience.
Oak & Harbor was founded on the Peninsula by Flint, a Navy veteran. The name holds the whole idea. Read the whole story →
Oak
Strength that grows slowly, ring by ring. Deep roots that hold through storms.
Harbor
A safe place to land, rest, and repair before heading back out.
FOUNDED BY FLINT
4,000+
one-to-one coaching sessions with adults facing crisis and homelessness
- 11 years, U.S. Navy
- Service-disabled veteran-owned
- MA, Human Services Counseling
- BS, Psychology
- Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
Non-clinical by design
Peer support and coaching that work alongside care, never in place of it.
Every path welcome
Works alongside any recovery path, including 12-step and faith-based, and requires none of them.
Citations checked by hand
Every research claim is traced to its source before it is used.
Navy discipline
Clear structure, clean records, and follow-through.