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Coastal Cleanup volunteers needed Saturday |
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24th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
9am to noon
Join thousands of San Mateo County residents in the
state’s largest volunteer event focused on protecting the marine
environment. Each year, San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (SMCWPPP) and the California Coastal Commission
partner to coordinate Coastal Cleanup Day in an effort to engage people
to remove debris from the bay and inland waterways; identify the
sources of debris; and ultimately change the behaviors that cause
pollution.
Since
the program started in 1985, nearly 700,000 Californians have removed
more than 10 million pounds of debris from our state's shorelines and
coast. When combined with the International Coastal Cleanup, organized
by The Ocean Conservancy
that takes place on the same day, California Coastal Cleanup Day
becomes part of one of the largest volunteer events of the year.
To learn more about how you can volunteer and help protect and restore our environment, please contact Ana Clayton at (650) 372-6214 or at
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Coastal Cleanup Day has a My Space page: www.myspace.com/coastalcleanupday
K-12 Grade Students Participate in our Drawing Contest! Click here for more information
Last year volunteers came out to help cleanup local beaches, creeks, and the bay.
September 15, 2007 San Mateo County Cleanup Results:
2,183 Volunteers
19,983 lbs of trash
4,050 lbs of recyclables
53.25 miles of shoreline cleaned
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