"Perdue started picking up trash on Ocean Beach 11 years ago. At the time, she was troubled by anxiety and depression, and caring for her mother, who was in a care facility in the Richmond. Ocean Beach was a place where she didn't have to worry about her mom - or anything else. "Going to the beach, that was my meditation. That was my church," Perdue said."
"On a recent Tuesday inside the 1930s women's restroom, lined with cream yellow and green tiles, Jennifer Ázima and Joy Perdue were busy making small bouquets in plastic party cups. When they left, the restroom had fresh flowers on the sink, the hand-soap dispenser, and the diaper-changing station. "I have to be a little bit more creative," said Perdue, 75, as she arranged magenta wildflowers and pink spray roses in plastic cups. "I found little treasures on the beach.""
Sunlight pours through the skylight into the oceanfront restroom at Judah and La Playa streets on clear days. Inside the 1930s women's restroom, Jennifer Ázima and Joy Perdue make small bouquets in plastic party cups and place fresh flowers on the sink, hand-soap dispenser, and diaper-changing station. Perdue reuses coffee cups and colorful plastic cups found on the beach and brings flowers from her husband, garden, and walks. Perdue began picking up trash on Ocean Beach 11 years ago while coping with anxiety, depression, and caregiving. The beach served as meditation and relief, and a friendship with Ázima led to adding flowers to the Pit Stop.
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