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Michelle Perry, CFP ®

First Vice President

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Almost 40 years ago, an 18-yearold AJ Rey was invited to Hollister Ranch and found herself completely alone sitting in the sand watching the dolphins. “It was surreal and very cool. I knew then and there in my heart that the ocean and everything in it were going to be a major part of my life.”

It has. Since then, AJ’s love of the ocean has inspired her to go completely plastic free and encourage others to do likewise. “If you are at the grocery store and they ask you, ‘Paper or plastic?’ you say paper.”

Unfortunately, not everyone shares these same convictions. Every day around 8 million pieces of plastic wind up in our oceans. “It is completely unacceptable, but it is a reality,” says AJ. “It is shocking to think that, at this rate, by 2050 there will be more plastics than sh in our oceans by weight. It is frightening.”

AJ has teamed up with the pioneers of poly lumber-constructed furniture to promote a beautiful line of Adirondack chairs designed to pay tribute to our magni cent oceans. Each chair is made from over 1,000 recycled and recovered plastic bottles and jugs that would otherwise be ocean and land ll bound. “We are very excited to be able to o er such cool furniture and augment our oceans’ overall health,” says AJ.

The Wave Collection by Polywood comes in numerous colors and nishes,is weather resistant, constructed to withstand the harshest of weather conditions, virtually maintenance free, and comes with a 20-year residential warranty.

For each chair sold, OurOceans will make one Oceana Symbolic Sea Creature Adoption in the customer’s name of choice. “It is a fantastic way to support the repurposing of plastics into gorgeous furniture that will be part of your home for generations, protect the integrity of our oceans, and help our defenseless, amazing marine life,” says AJ. “We messed it up; now we clean it up.”