Volunteer

Volunteer Spotlight

February 2012 - US Marine Corps


I Love A Clean San Diego would like to recognize members of the United States Marine Corps for this month's Volunteer Spotlight! More than 20 marines joined ILACSD and San Diego River Park Foundation at January's San Diego River Cleanup. They proved to be major assets as they showed no hesitation in wading through the river, stepping over rocks, and crawling into "the pit" to collect the hard-to-reach debris. As a result of their tenacity and 200 other volunteers' participation, more than 5100 pounds of trash and recyclables were collected at the event, and were prevented from washing into the ocean during the following day's rain. Thank you USMC for your service at our event and throughout the year!

2011 Volunteer Statistics

Volunteers perform a valuable service to ILACSD, and are instrumental in achieving our mission, helping us to raise public awareness throughout the community. ILACSD would like to thank all the volunteers who donate their time to ensure the health and safety of our environment.

In 2011, 28,616 volunteers contributed 71,602 hours toward environmental education and conservation projects with I Love A Clean San Diego.  These totals break down into the following activities:

• 8,910 volunteers participated in the Adopt-A-Beach program countywide.
• 307 volunteers stenciled 659 drains within the community.
• 18,822 San Diegans volunteered at ILACSD events, removing 401,492 pounds of debris from local beaches, bays, creeks, canyons, and lagoons. 
• Volunteers staffed environmental education events and booths, helped with administrative tasks and event preparation in the ILACSD office, and much more.

Great work!

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Would you like to volunteer and be a part of I Love A Clean San Diego?  If so, check out our Calendar for Current Cleanups.

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