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Help us clean our beaches and keep them on the list of best in the world! Guest today Daniel Dragan has started a new organization that has big goals to stay clean!
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Captain Brien: Welcome back guys, I missed you for a few days. We’re back with the Captain’s Log. My guest today, Daniel Dragon. Cleanourworld.org?
Daniel Dragon: .org, yes.
Captain Brien: .org. That’s interesting.
Captain Brien: Morning. I love it, I love it. So, is this a clean world outfit? What’re you wearing?
Daniel Dragon: This outfit is just related to the weather this morning, Brien.
Captain Brien: It’s so cold in Florida, right?
Daniel Dragon: It’s only 46.
Captain Brien: Yeah I woke up this morning early and a took a, I got on my bike and then I went back in the house and I got my winter coat on, ’cause it was so damn cold.
Daniel Dragon: Out of curiosity I was looking at the warmest places in Antarctica, it’s 68.
Captain Brien: Really?
Daniel Dragon: For real.
Captain Brien: Today?
Daniel Dragon: Not today.
Captain Brien: Ah.
Daniel Dragon: But that’s the record in Antarctica.
Captain Brien: Wow!
Daniel Dragon: So, thanks for having me.
Captain Brien: Yeah of course, of course.
Daniel Dragon: On the Captain’s Log.
Captain Brien: I am always interested.
Captain Brien: I try to do a lot of things with, with as you know I am a commercial fisherman. I haven’t been commercial fishing for a long time but, I do love the environment, I love the commercial fishing industry and obviously the beaches and everything that our ecosystem has here in southwest Florida, with the 10,000 islands and all the beautiful beaches in Naples. And your goal, it’s a new organization, yes?
Daniel Dragon: Yes, ah, my friends and I got together and we decided we want to help. I know there are a lot of organizations that help in cleaning the environment.
Captain Brien: Right.
Daniel Dragon: But we live here, we love this place.
Captain Brien: Absolutely.
Daniel Dragon: For a reason, we’re by the beach, so, and we have these beaches as the top 10 beaches in the world.
Captain Brien: Absolutely.
Daniel Dragon: So, we wanna keep it that way. Therefore, we want to get together and bring in as many people as we can to help clean the beaches.
Captain Brien: And you, obviously judging by the accent and the clothing, you’re not from Florida.
Daniel Dragon: I have been here for 16 years now.
Captain Brien: Okay good, you have been here a long time. I have been here 21.
Daniel Dragon: I wanted to make a comment on, it’s really been an honor to be on your log. Because you have famous people here normally and funny people, I’m not that funny. Only my wife thinks I’m hilarious.
Captain Brien: She does, well that’s good because that’s a good start. At least somebody does, usually the wife thinks you’re the least funniest.
Daniel Dragon: Yeah and to tie that in with where I’m from. Our first date, my wife and I, asked me, “What’s up with his accent?” I said, “What accent?”
Captain Brien: It’s fake.
Daniel Dragon: It’s not an accent.
Daniel Dragon: You know, when was young, I had a speech impediment.
Captain Brien: Oh
Daniel Dragon: I was speaking Romanian.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: I’m still recovering from that.
Captain Brien: I like it, I like it. So she thought that was hilarious.
Captain Brien: That was good, that was good.
Daniel Dragon: So, yeah, I have been here for quite a bit. I do love this area and the beaches here.
Captain Brien: So what got you into the idea that you wanted to start a new, you’re shooting for the goal of a 501C3.
Daniel Dragon: Yes.
Captain Brien: I’ve been through the steps myself. So it does take quite a while. How long did you start the organization? How long has it been?
Daniel Dragon: It’s been a couple of months.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: And it started off with a concert I went to where after the concert people started picking up after themselves. There were golf carts that came in and dropped trash bags and everybody started picking up the trash.
Captain Brien: Oh that’s nice, on the beach?
Daniel Dragon: That was not on the beach.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: That was at a concert.
Captain Brien: Oh okay, like it was festival.
Daniel Dragon: Correct and I loved it, I loved the idea so much. Everybody was participating and I said, “We should always do that.”
Captain Brien: Right.
Daniel Dragon: Why don’t we always to that everywhere we go. Pick up after ourselves.
Captain Brien: I have a little superstition, so my grandfather always used to say, I fish a lot and he used to take me fishing. So he’d say, “You always have to leave the place that you’re fishing cleaner than when you got there.” Not only do you not leave anything behind, you have to pick up what’s there.
Daniel Dragon: I agree.
Captain Brien: Because you use the environment, you use the fishing. You enjoyed everything.
Daniel Dragon: Yep.
Captain Brien: So clean it up so the next person can even if you didn’t make the mess so I do. So I really do believe in that. And I just think that with Naples, Florida, we have some of the top beaches in the world. What’s the guy, Dr. Beach, he give us the top 10, right?
Daniel Dragon: Right, yep.
Captain Brien: We got the top 10 beach.
Daniel Dragon: We’re proud of that, we want to keep it.
Captain Brien: It’s beautiful, we wanna keep it clean and I think that more organizations that doing that, the better. There’s never enough, there’s always, you’re always looking I’m sure for volunteers to meet up. So, when you do you guys do it and how can people follow you and meet up and start participating in your organization?
Daniel Dragon: Sorry, I was looking down, I was trying to–
Captain Brien: That’s okay, that’s okay.
Daniel Dragon: Captain’s Log profile.
Captain Brien: No one was yelling at you, they were yelling at me.
Daniel Dragon: We are, you can find us on Facebook.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: Look up cleanourworld.org.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: Or online, just type in cleanourworld.org.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: And follow the events. This is the first event we have and it’s this weekend. Saturday.
Captain Brien: And where do they meet up?
Daniel Dragon: We have four meet up points or check in locations.
Daniel Dragon: We’re also provide–
Captain Brien: Hey Rainy, how are you?
Daniel Dragon: We’ll also provide free supplies, we will bring the bags. We’ll bring the gloves.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: Even sunscreen and water.
Captain Brien: Okay
Daniel Dragon: For the volunteers, we do need more volunteers.
Captain Brien: So who’s providing, who gave you the money to start with the bags and the screen and how did you raise that those funds?
Daniel Dragon: We started, first I went through all my friends and their businesses.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: I asked them if they wanna be sponsors. We do have a few sponsors at this point. We have EcoGreen cleaning solutions.
Captain Brien: Yup.
Daniel Dragon: They help with some of the supplies. And Village Home and Office Care. They’re very happy to help with covering some of these cost.
Captain Brien: Right.
Daniel Dragon: And let’s not forget Naples FL Taxi. He’s my favorite
Daniel Dragon: Oh that’s great. taxi guy in Florida, in Naples. So, we
Captain Brien: And how many people in your organization now, that are gonna be there on Saturday? What’s your estimate, so you have four locations. You have gotta have four people, at least?
Daniel Dragon: We have four people. That’s me, my wife, my step-son and a friend of ours.
Captain Brien: Okay and each one’s gonna be at each location.
Daniel Dragon: Correct, the locations are Fort Myers Beach.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: It’ll be beach access 33, which is south of Lani Kai.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: Second one is Bonita Beach Park. Easy to find on Google Maps.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: The next one is Vanderbilt and Lowdermilk in Naples.
Captain Brien: Okay so they’ll meet there at what time?
Daniel Dragon: Eight o’clock.
Captain Brien: Eight o’clock on Saturday.
Daniel Dragon: And we plan from eight to 10 to pick up what we can find. At 10 we will start gathering all the trash bags together.
Captain Brien: Saturday the 20th?
Captain Brien: Saturday the 19th.
Captain Brien: The 19th, okay.
Captain Brien: Eight a.m.
Captain Brien: On the 19th at eight a.m.
Daniel Dragon: So eight a.m. to 10 a.m., at 10:30 we’ll leave and maybe meet up for breakfast somewhere.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: I do have all the details on the Facebook event. So look up for Beach Clean Up Southwest Florida.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: Our goal is to get this to become contagious.
Captain Brien: Absolutely, how often do you plan on doing the beach clean up?
Daniel Dragon: At least once a quarter, probably more, hopefully. But we wanna do, we start with the beach because it’s easy and fun for everyone and we’ll get involved in cleaning some other neighborhoods.
Captain Brien: You have a little cleaning device?
Daniel Dragon: Yes, well, I am a big proponent of concealed carry of a trash picker upper. Hold on I don’t know if you can see here, there you go.
Captain Brien: You gotta get it going.
Daniel Dragon: There you go
Captain Brien: Has that one actually been used yet?
Daniel Dragon: No, not yet.
Captain Brien: Not yet, that’s a clean one.
Daniel Dragon: It’s a clean one, it’s fresh.
Captain Brien: Alright, alright, that’s good.
Daniel Dragon: We have some to provide for those who can’t.
Captain Brien: That’s great. And those were donated by the first few sponsors that you already mentioned, that’s great.
Daniel Dragon: Correct, they helped in with the costs. So thank you sponsors for that. And if anybody else wants to get involved if you cannot clean but wanna be involved, please be a sponsor.
Captain Brien: And you’re going to also, not only do we want sponsors but we’re looking for volunteers.
Daniel Dragon: Correct.
Captain Brien: So after this post, when I put it up, you’ll be able to comment below and put the link on it where they can find you.
Daniel Dragon: Yes.
Captain Brien: And they can also, if they have questions, they can DM me and I can put them in touch with you. So you’re all hooked up, that’s great.
Daniel Dragon: As a thank you for all the volunteers that will come in, most locations, we’ve already figured out how to provide free parking.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: ‘Cause at the beach sometimes.
Captain Brien: Yeah absolutely.
Daniel Dragon: It’s problematic.
Captain Brien: Wait, how’d you do that? ‘Cause I wanna do that for my next event.
Daniel Dragon: Okay.
Captain Brien: My next event is just me going to the beach. So how do I do that?
Daniel Dragon: Well right now, I’ll tell you.
Captain Brien: What’s the secret?
Daniel Dragon: Big shout out to Lani Kai from Fort Meyers Beach, they provide some free parking spots.
Captain Brien: Yup.
Daniel Dragon: Right across the street there’s Norm’s Parking and right next to Lonnie Kai, Dave’s parking. They also provided.
Captain Brien: Dave’s parking?
Daniel Dragon: Yeah, I think it’s called Dave’s Sunset something.
Captain Brien: Is that Dave or Wave?
Daniel Dragon: Dave.
Captain Brien: Okay, I wasn’t sure.
Daniel Dragon: It’s the accent.
Captain Brien: It is, it’s definitely the accent, but it’s sexy. Don’t get me wrong, I mean that’s a chick magnet, right?
Daniel Dragon: Well it worked, I’m married.
Captain Brien: There you go, you got a real magnet. You got magnet, lock and key, all from the accent.
Daniel Dragon: Many other locations have provided or offered to provide free parking, all they want to identify the people that show up as volunteers to have this flyer printed and put it on the dashboard.
Captain Brien: Yep.
Daniel Dragon: And I’m gonna link this. it’s already linked on the event page.
Captain Brien: Yeah.
Daniel Dragon: On Facebook.
Captain Brien: We can post it, you can also just post that in the comments as an image.
Daniel Dragon: Yep.
Captain Brien: And then they can click on it and print it out.
Daniel Dragon: So with that, most locations will allow for free parking.
Captain Brien: So how many people do you have signed up so far? How many do you need?
Daniel Dragon: So far, we have 150 signed up.
Captain Brien: 150!
Daniel Dragon: However,
Captain Brien: That’s impressive!
Daniel Dragon:They’re interested but not everyone said they’re going.
Captain Brien: Yeah, how many are going? They better be going, everyone’s interested.
Daniel Dragon: 50 said they’re going.
Captain Brien: That’s great.
Daniel Dragon: We need more than 50.
Captain Brien: Yeah.
Daniel Dragon: And we hope to turn those interested in going.
Captain Brien: Absolutely.
Daniel Dragon: It’s gonna be fun, it’s a good cause and might as well make it a beach day.
Captain Brien: What’s the temperature gonna be?
Daniel Dragon: I saw it’s gonna be about 81.
Captain Brien: Ah so you can wear your bikini and get a tan.
Daniel Dragon: So that’s the high on Saturday.
Captain Brien: Yeah and it’s beautiful.
Daniel Dragon: Much better than today.
Captain Brien: Today is a little chilly.
Daniel Dragon: Yeah, we’re excited, let me see if I forget something.
Captain Brien: What’s the website so the people know where to find you.
Daniel Dragon: It’s easy, it’s cleanourworld.org.
Captain Brien: It’s a good website.
Daniel Dragon: Yep.
Captain Brien: That’s a good website.
Daniel Dragon: So.
Captain Brien: Good domain name.
Daniel Dragon: Yeah I dabble a little bit in marketing.
Captain Brien: Okay, okay, what’s your full time business?
Daniel Dragon: I’m an insurance guy. I provide low cost insurance for the rest of us.
Captain Brien: For healthcare or?
Daniel Dragon: All types of insurance, like people insurance. Not objects, so I don’t insure cars or homes.
Captain Brien: Okay.
Daniel Dragon: It’s life, health, disability, cancer insurance.
Captain Brien: Oh great.
Daniel Dragon: Medicare and a few others.
Captain Brien: You’re in the right area.
Daniel Dragon: Yeah and it’s been doing great and now with some free time on my hands I’d like to help the environment.
Captain Brien: So somebody is doing all the paperwork now for the 501C3?
Daniel Dragon: Correct.
Captain Brien: Are you doing that yourself or do you need somebody? ‘Cause I have somebody who does that and they really streamline it for you.
Daniel Dragon: I’ll take any help I can get.
Captain Brien: Okay, I have to figure out where in my contacts they are but I know I have somebody that does that.
Daniel Dragon: That’s awesome.
Captain Brien: And they were very good, I did it to 501C3 and it worked out well.
Daniel Dragon: Introduce me.
Captain Brien: Yeah yeah they were good, they walked me right through it. ‘Cause it’s a lot of red tape, right?
Daniel Dragon: Yeah.
Captain Brien: It’s hard.
Daniel Dragon: Yes.
Captain Brien: Some organizations spend all of their money tryin’ to become a 501C3 and they never even make it.
Daniel Dragon: Tryin’ to navigate through that right now. And it’s you know, we’re getting some head way. But we still some bumps in the road.
Captain Brien: Alright, great, well anything else you wanna tell our viewers before we call it a day here on the Captain’s Log.
Daniel Dragon: Yeah, just, I invite everyone just bring your friends, bring your coworkers.
Captain Brien: They can bring their friends and their coworkers.
Daniel Dragon: And their friends and–
Captain Brien: Bring your wives, bring your girlfriends, who else?
Daniel Dragon: And their grandmas.
Captain Brien: And their grandmas, anybody who can walk and clean.
Daniel Dragon: Whoever cannot lean down to pick up, we have these.
Captain Brien: Yes. We have it all. Well no, I appreciate your time Daniel, and Dragon. That’s not a great last name, huh, no one loves that one. Daniel Dragon is my guest on the Caption’s Log
Daniel Dragon: Thank you.
Captain Brien: We had a good time today, we talked about all your positive vibes going down the beach, cleaning ’em up. And I wish you luck man, I really hope, we’re gonna push this out there and make sure that everyone comes out on Saturday, let’s shoot for 150 people.
Daniel Dragon: Awesome.
Captain Brien: Alright buddy, thanks man.
Daniel Dragon: Thank you so much.
Captain Brien: Appreciate you joining me on the Captain’s Blog. Hey guys, don’t forget to like and share the podcast. We’re on every week, this is season two 2019. And we’re gonna turn it up this year, be good. I’ll talk to you soon, see you tomorrow. By the way tomorrow, Vickie Barballo, oh my goodness. That’s a great show, don’t miss it.