Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato To Help Clean Up St. Pete Area Gulf Coast

Posted Sep 1, 2010 by Walt Belcher

Updated Sep 1, 2010 at 09:53 AM

  When the Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and other stars of Disney Channel’s “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” come to the Tampa area next week for a concert, they also will tape an event that promotes cleaning up the Gulf coast beaches.

On the morning of Sept. 8, they will visit a Pinellas County location to kick off an International Coastal Cleanup in the Gulf.  The event will not be open to the public. But fans can see it later on The Disney Channel.

The young musicians/actors will be promoting Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green (http://www.disney.com/projectgreen) – a movement that helps kids help the planet. Radio Disney and other media will also be on site. The event will shine a light on the Gulf region and draw attention to the importance of keeping the world’s waterways clean.

Disney’s Friends for Change also will honor 11-year Olivia Bouler, ayoung artist from New York whose creative work to help the affected wildlife in the Gulf has garnered national attention.  Highlights of the event will be featured this month on Disney Channel and the Disney’s Friends for Change web site (http://www.disney.com/projectgreen) to inspire kids to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day on September 25.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup which engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place.