Community Cleanups and Recycling Events
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Lake Hodges Cleanup
*New cleanup date pending
Rancho Bernardo Glassman Recreation Center Park
18448 W Bernardo Drive, San Diego 92127
I Love A Clean San Diego has partnered with San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio and Allied Waste Services to host a cleanup of Lake Hodges and the surrounding community. After the cleanup's cancellation from Saturday, February 27th, coordinators are rescheduling and will post updated cleanup information once determined.
Volunteers should wear comfortable, closed toed shoes and bring extra water in a reusable bottle. All participants will need to sign a waiver to participate, and minors under the age of eighteen will need an additional parent or guardian signature on their form.
Creek to bay packing party
Weekday shifts between 9AM - 5PM
Tuesday, March 16th - Wednesday, March 24th
I Love A Clean San Diego office, 4891 Pacific Highway, Suite 115, San Diego 92110
Volunteers are needed to assist ILACSD as we prepare for the largescale Creek to Bay Cleanup this April. Supplies including gloves, bags, prizes, snacks, and more must be counted and assembled for each participant involved in this countywide cleanup event at each of the 60 - 70 cleanup sites involved. Help us make this event as successful as possible as we expand our reach to new cleanup sites across San Diego County!
Service forms can be provided if you need to reflect your volunteer work. Contact ILACSD at 619-291-0103 x3014 to sign up for a shift of your choice.
walk the watershed with san diego coastkeeper
Saturday, March 20th from 11AM - 2PM
Swan Canyon, meeting at Hamilton Elementary School
2807 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego 92105
I Love A Clean San Diego is partnering with San Diego Coastkeeper for a unique cleanup and awareness event, introducing San Diegans to natural areas bordering inland neighborhoods and urban areas. Participants will take a walk to identify a local watershed connecting inland areas to the coast. Educational stations will be scattered along the path through the canyon and the residential neighborhood to identify stormdrains and illustrate the difference between urban and natural watershed landscapes. Participants will be given materials for trash collection throughout the walk. Stations will consist of watershed models, native seed planting, photography and art, recycling, watershed ecology, public health and clean water, trash removal, pollution prevention, water quality monitoring and green gardening. This event is a great way to discover nature where you may not expect, while also making strides to beautify and protect it!
8th annual Creek to Bay cleanup
Saturday, April 24th from 9AM - 12noon
Over 60 coastal and inland cleanup sites countywide!
Join I Love A Clean San Diego for this large-scale celebration of Earth Month, the Great American Cleanup, and San Diego's outdoor areas! Over 4,500 volunteers participated last year, removing an astounding 173,497 pounds of debris. ILACSD is calling out to volunteers once more to donate a few hours of their time for this volunteer effort that spans across San Diego County, allowing you to get involved no matter where you live! Visit the event website at www.creektobay.org for more details, and to register to participate beginning in March 2010.
If you are interested in taking a leadership role and acting as a site captain for one of our cleanup sites, contact Natalie Roberts at 619-291-0103 x3014 for more information.
If you or your company would like to learn more about partnering with I Love A Clean San Diego to support this community event, contact Morgan Justice-Black at 619-291-0103 x3003. Details about event sponsorship including levels of giving and associated benefits can be found by downloading the Creek to Bay 2010 Sponsorship Packet.
Kid's Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup and aerial art formation
Thursday, May 27th from 7AM - 12noon
Mission Bay, Bonita Cove and Mariner's Point
I Love A Clean San Diego is looking for adult volunteers to help us coordinate a beach cleanup and aerial art image for students. This inspiring event brings local students out to the beach for a first hand experience protecting our beaches by picking up trash, and spreading the word about their plight through aerial art. Approximately 1,000 students, staff and volunteers will create an aerial art formation with an environmental message photographed from a helicopter flying above.
Be a part of a child's environmental education through this empowering event. Contact ILACSD's Volunteer Dept. at 619-291-0103 ext. 3014 for more information and to sign up yourself or a group. Volunteers will lead teams of students for the beach cleanup, help supervise students, and participate in the aerial art formation. Visit the statewide event's website at http://www.oceanday.net/2009.html to see examples of past year's aerial art formations.
Looking for ongoing volunteer projects?
If you would like to get started volunteering right away, check out volunteer programs like Adopt-A-Beach at www.adoptsd.org, or Storm Drain Stenciling at http://cleansd.org/v_stencil.php.
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