Sat Sept. 20 Is CA Coastal Clean-Up Day: LB Water Dept. Will Be At Bluff Park Beach (Offering Volunteer High School/College Service Credits, Scouting Merit Badge Credit And Community Service Credits); Other LB Beach Cleanups Taking Place At Alamitos Bay Marina, Alamitos Beach, Belmont Pier, Mothers Beach and 1 S. Granada
(Sept. 18, 2014) -- The Long Beach Water Department will be part of CA's statewide Coastal Cleanup Day events on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to noon with a booth above Bluff Park Beach offering volunteer service credits for high school and college students, merit badge credit for Scouts, and community service credit for others needing it.
You don't have to be among those groups to take part; there's no preregistration required; just show up (bring a hat, shoes and sunscreen) at the intersection of E. Ocean Blvd. at Coronado Drive between 9 a.m. and noon this Saturday. The LB Water Dept. will provide trash bags, gloves, volunteer service verification forms...and there'll be free giveaways plus an official recognition from LB's Board of Water Commissioners.
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The LB Water Dept holds beach clean-up events quarterly, and their September event is coordinated with the statewide effort.
File photo, LB Water Dept.
Other Long Beach area Coastal Clean-Up Day events will take place (also 9 a.m. to noon) at:
Alamitos Beach (Ocean Blvd. at Alamitos Ave.)
Alamitos Bay Marina (255 N. Marina Drive.)
Belmont Pier (15 38th Pl)
Mother's Beach.(E. Appian Way under the 2nd St. bridge)
The City of Long Beach says parking will be free for the duration of the events. All participants must sign a liability waiver form (available on-site or downloadable here.)
Justin Rudd's monthly Beach Clean-Up also coincides with the statewide effort and takes place at 1 S. Granada Ave. (as it does on the third Saturday of each month.) 9:35 a.m. arrival. Free parking.
The CA Coastal Commision says Coastal Clean-Up Day is the state's largest volunteer event with over 58,000 volunteers taking part in 2013 when they removed "almost 750,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California's beaches, lakes, and waterways." The Coastal Commission says the event is part of "International Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Ocean Conservancy, which is the largest volunteer event on the planet."
[Coastal Comm'n website text] Vast amounts of plastic debris litter the world's oceans causing all manner of harm, and most of this debris comes from land. Our beaches are collecting spots for trash from city streets and highways. Trash travels - via inland waterways, storm drains, sewers, and on the wind, and eventually ends up on the coast. If not removed, this debris will end up in the ocean. Beach cleanups are a last line of defense - to prevent debris from causing harm to our oceans, to wildlife, to our coastal economies, and even to beach-goers (ouch!).
