Wave Riders Against Drugs holds annual beach cleanup

Community Policing Sgt. Mike Hardie talks to a homeless couple living on the beach at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Dwayne Sluss/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers check in at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Dwayne Sluss/Special to West Hawaii Today)

Dr. Kimo Alameda Of the Hawaii Island Fentanyl Task force speaks to volunteers at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Piles of trash await pick up at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Keiki play a game of tug-of-war at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Keiki have fun at the sack race at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Keiki play a game of tug-of-war and have fun at the sack race at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers unload a truckload of trash at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

A volunteer unloads a truckload of trash at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Piles of trash await pick up at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Jeff Fear, left and Jerome Kanuha load up a vehicle with lunch plates to deliver to volunteers at Spencer Beach at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Nina Giovanelli, left, and Avery Nihill bag nets they found on the beach at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)

Volunteers Patrick Thompson, left, Chris Hoehn and Dondi Nueva pick up trash on the runway at the Wave Riders Against Drugs Beach Cleanup on Saturday at Old Kona Airport Park. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today)