They found healing while cleaning RI's coastline. Now they are inviting others to join
NARRAGANSETT – Jonathan McClurg and Luis Vertentes met each other when the two men were cleaning up the emotional wreckage of their lives.
McClurg’s father died in 2021, a loss that sent him into a deep depression and excess drinking. Vertentes was similarly battling depression and alcoholism.
But that wasn’t the only thing they had in common. Both men grew up near the water – Vertentes is the son of a Portuguese fisherman – and had a deep love for it. The ocean beckoned both of them as they healed.