Community Cleanups and Recycling Events

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Cupid's Cleanup

Sunday, February 14th from 10AM - 12noon + mingling to follow

Fletcher Cove, Solana Beach 92075

Are you single and ready to mingle this Valentines Day? ILACSD is hosting a Valentines' themed cleanup event to allow all of our single volunteers to socialize with one another while doing a service project to clean up Solana Beach, or afterwards at Pizza Port for mingling, food, and games. Meet a like-minded fellow volunteer just in time for Valentines Day!

Contact Natalie Roberts to sign up as a volunteer at 619-291-0103 x3014. Walk-on's will be accepted, but please RSVP so we can estimate our attendance. All volunteers must sign a waiver to participate, and please save time and have your waiver printed and signed to hand in when you arrive.

Lake Hodges Cleanup

Saturday, February 27th from 9AM - 12noon

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. Not only is this the perfect opportunity to support this local community and remove harmful litter and debris from this scenic lake, but it is also a chance to explore new trails and the Lake Hodges bike and pedestrian bridge that opened last year.

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.

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.