Friends of Padre

The purpose is to undertake activities that will protect, improve and restore Padre Island with our primary activity being to use funds collected to execute the Big Shell Beach Cleanup.

About FoP

For years I have been concerned about the long-term future of the Big Shell Beach Cleanup. Longtime friend, Steve Naylor, of Round Rock and I came up with the concept of forming a nonprofit C3 group to support the cleanup. Steve volunteered to fight the mountain of paperwork required to form such a group that was 100% “street legal” and also to serve as secretary/treasurer as long as I agreed to serve as president. I asked Dr. David McKee Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Texas A&M Corpus Christi and longtime co-organizer, Tyler Thorsen, to accept positions as vice presidents and the four of us comprise the board of directors.
-Billy Sandifer