Creek to Bay 2020 Packing Party

Our 18th Annual Creek to Bay cleanup is on Saturday, April 25th from 9am-12pm! At last year’s event, 4,900 volunteers removed over 108,970 pounds of litter and debris from 117 sites throughout San Diego! This incredible impact was made possible by volunteers like you at the Packing Party last March, who assembled the supplies for each of those 117 sites in just four days.

In preparation for this year’s cleanup, we are looking for volunteers for our Packing Party to assist in assembling boxes of supplies to make this 18th Annual Creek to Bay cleanup a huge success. Volunteers will report to one of two locations in Kearny Mesa: our new office located at 5797 Chesapeake Court, Suite 200, San Diego, CA 92123 (Thursday 3/12), or the Kearny Mesa Recreation Center located at 3170 Armstrong Street, San Diego, CA 92111 (Friday 3/13 and 3/16-3/18).

Tasks include counting and bundling supplies, packing boxes with specific quantities of items, double checking the packed boxes to ensure all of the supplies are there, and helping load the packed boxes into our truck and back to our office. Some heavy lifting may be needed, but is not required. Volunteers will sit, stand, bend, and walk. Volunteers aged 14 and up are preferred, as attention to detail and counting are a crucial part of this assembly.

Whether you sign up for a full day or just a few hours, we would love your help! A minimum of 2 hours per day is required. We will offer service forms for those in need, and this opportunity is available for court-ordered hours. If you or anyone you know is interested in helping, please sign up by emailing Jackie Blumenthal with the date(s) and time(s) you would like to volunteer at jblumenthal@cleansd.org or (619) 787-2604.

THURSDAY

3/12

FRIDAY

 3/13

MONDAY

3/16

TUESDAY

3/17

WEDNESDAY

3/18

10AM-4PM

10AM-4PM

 10AM-4PM 10AM-4PM

10AM-4PM
ILACSD Office

5797 Chesapeake Ct Ste 200
San Diego, CA 92123
 Kearny Mesa Rec

Center

3170 Armstrong St
San Diego, CA 92111

Kearny Mesa Rec

Center

3170 Armstrong St
San Diego, CA 92111
 Kearny Mesa Rec

Center

3170 Armstrong St
San Diego, CA 92111

Kearny Mesa Rec

Center

3170 Armstrong St
San Diego, CA 92111
Second Floor Meeting Room Meeting Room Craft Room

Craft Room

Watershed Warriors: Spring Valley Community Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Spring Valley! We will pick up trash from around Spring Valley County Park to divert waste from the Sweetwater watershed and preserve the area’s natural beauty!

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring all the cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring your own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero-waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL: Si se requiere ayuda con la registración, llame a Carly Keen (619) 704-2774 o mande un email a ckeen@cleansd.org.

Watershed Warriors: Flinn Springs Community Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, the County of San Diego, and Flinn Springs County Park for a litter cleanup in Flinn Springs! We will meet in Area #3 of the park and comb through to divert waste and remove invasive species from the San Diego watershed!

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring all the cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring their own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero-waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL: Si se requiere ayuda con la registración, llame a Carly Keen (619) 704-2774 o mande un email a ckeen@cleansd.org.

Watershed Warriors: De Luz Community Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, the Fallbrook Trails Council, the Wildlands Conservancy, and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in De Luz! We will collect trash along the Santa Margarita River hiking trail to divert waste from the watershed and preserve the natural beauty of this beloved area.

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed, as well as verify community service hours. This is a great opportunity to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring your own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

Download the English Waiver Here

Download the Spanish Waiver Here

*Please use the coordinates (33.413466, -117.241120) when typing this location into your maps application! The same address comes up for both the southern Preserve and the northern Hiking Trail – we are meeting at the northern Hiking Trail!

Creek to Bay Cleanup 2020

Creek to Bay 2020

18th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup Goes Virtual with Facebook Live Kickoff

This is the first major cleanup run by you! Get out in your neighborhood along with thousands of other small cleanup efforts to make a lasting environmental impact.

Registration is now open at CreektoBay.org

As an adjustment to our typical cleanup events, we are excited to transition the 18th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup to a virtual cleanup! On Saturday June 20th, we invite you and your family to get outside, get active, and collect litter close to home. By getting out in your local community to remove trash – together virtually and physically apart – you can support your neighborhood and protect our San Diego watersheds. No matter where you live in San Diego, you live in a watershed – together we can take responsibility for the debris entering our ocean and impacting the wildlife that calls this place home! Now, more than ever, it is essential that we take care of our environment and keep this planet trash-free.

Register here, then, tune-in to the live broadcast event kick-off Saturday from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM on our Facebook page. It will feature hosts from I Love A Clean San Diego and partners, with important volunteer and safety information. Throughout the day, we will cover live check-ins with participants across the county who will share their experience and what pollutants they are finding.

Although Creek to Bay typically runs for three hours, 9 a.m. to noon, organizers want as many people as possible to spend what time they can in their communities, so volunteers are able to participate anytime during the day.

We are also excited to launch the Volunteer Impact Map. This participatory map allows volunteers countywide to submit their cleanup location and stats to create visual and quantitative measurement of the day’s cleanup efforts. Everyone is asked to check-in throughout the day to see the stats and locations expand.

“Your Neighborhood, Our Environment.”

In years past, about 5,000 volunteers have cleaned up an average of 140,000 pounds of litter at more than 100 sites in need countywide at each event. Even with this year’s restrictions, organizers at I Love A Clean San Diego are excited to see the results from the many small efforts countywide and hope the Creek to Bay’s tagline, “Your Neighborhood, Our Environment,” highlights the importance of taking action locally to contribute regionally and beyond.

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A Day With Bea Johnson: Beach Cleanup

Bea Johnson to present with I Love A Clean San Diego

Join I Love A Clean San Diego as we partner with Scisters Salon and San Diego State University Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs to welcome Bea Johnson, the creator of the zero waste lifestyle movement, to San Diego!

Get outside for a cleanup with Bea in the morning, and later that evening come out to SDSU for a lecture and Q&A delivered by the “priestess of zero waste” herself!

When/Where:

Monday, December 9th 2019
10:00AM – 12:00PM Pick litter with Bea at South Shores Park (S Shores Park Dy, San Diego, CA 92109)
6:30PM – 8:00PM Lecture followed by Q&A at SDSU’s Conrad Prebys Aztec Union Theater (6075 Aztec Cir Dr, San Diego, CA 92182)

Cost: FREE! Please register to ensure your seat at the lecture.

Bea Johnson and her family have produced a mere pint of trash per year since 2008. With a blog turned international bestselling book (Zero Waste Home), Bea initiated a global movement. She has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to adopt waste-free living, open unpackaged shops, conceive reusable products, and launch organizations.

As a leading spokesperson for the zero waste lifestyle, she has completed 19 international speaking tours and given talks in over 60 countries. Her clients include Google, Amazon, Starbucks, IKEA, TEDx, the European Parliament and the United Nations. She is a Grand Prize winner of The Green Awards and the founder of Bulk Finder, a web-based app with 46K+ bulk locations in 160+ countries. She is a French native who currently lives in Mill Valley, California.

LOVE our events?

Please consider a donation to keep our programs thriving by clicking here! I Love A Clean San Diego is a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3).

A Day With Bea Johnson: Lecture and Q&A

Bea Johnson to present with I Love A Clean San Diego

Join I Love A Clean San Diego as we partner with Scisters Salon and San Diego State University Institute for Ethics and Public Affairs to welcome Bea Johnson, the creator of the zero waste lifestyle movement, to San Diego!

Get outside for a cleanup with Bea in the morning, and later that evening come out to SDSU for a lecture and Q&A delivered by the “priestess of zero waste” herself!

When/Where:

Monday, December 9th 2019
10:00AM – 12:00PM Pick litter with Bea at South Shores Park (S Shores Park Dy, San Diego, CA 92109)
6:30PM – 8:00PM Lecture followed by Q&A at SDSU’s Conrad Prebys Aztec Union Theater (6075 Aztec Cir Dr, San Diego, CA 92182)

Cost: FREE! Please register to ensure your seat at the lecture.

Bea Johnson and her family have produced a mere pint of trash per year since 2008. With a blog turned international bestselling book (Zero Waste Home), Bea initiated a global movement. She has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to adopt waste-free living, open unpackaged shops, conceive reusable products, and launch organizations.

As a leading spokesperson for the zero waste lifestyle, she has completed 19 international speaking tours and given talks in over 60 countries. Her clients include Google, Amazon, Starbucks, IKEA, TEDx, the European Parliament and the United Nations. She is a Grand Prize winner of The Green Awards and the founder of Bulk Finder, a web-based app with 46K+ bulk locations in 160+ countries. She is a French native who currently lives in Mill Valley, California.

LOVE our events?

Please consider a donation to keep our programs thriving by clicking here! I Love A Clean San Diego is a registered nonprofit 501(c)(3).

Watershed Warriors: Dos Picos Community Cleanup

Watershed Warriors Dos Picos Cleanup

Watershed Warriors! Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Dos Picos. We will pick up trash around Dos Picos County Park to divert waste from the San Diego watershed and maintain the natural beauty of the community!

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring all the cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring your own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero-waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

Watershed Warriors: Bonsall Community Cleanup

Watershed Warriors Bonsall

Join I Love A Clean San Diego, the County of San Diego, Vista Skatepark Coalition, Miss Bonsall Pageant, and North County Celtic Queen for a litter cleanup in Bonsall! We will pick up trash around the Historic San Luis Rey Bridge and along the Bonsall Preserve to divert waste from the San Luis Rey watershed and maintain the natural beauty of the community!

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring all the cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring your own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero-waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

Watershed Warriors: Woodhaven Community Cleanup

Watershed Warrior Woodhaven Cleanup

Join I Love A Clean San Diego and the County of San Diego for a litter cleanup in Rancho San Diego! We will pick up trash from Woodhaven County Park and the surrounding neighborhood to divert waste from the Sweetwater watershed and preserve the area’s natural beauty!

I Love A Clean San Diego will bring all the cleanup supplies and explain the impact of this cleanup on our watershed. We also provide community service hours and Letters of Appreciation for volunteers. This is a great opportunity for students and families to learn ways to protect our local environment!

We encourage volunteers to bring your own reusable items such as water bottles, work gloves, and buckets to promote zero-waste practices and help us in our mission to have a zero waste, litter free and environmentally engaged San Diego region!

All volunteers are required to fill out a waiver form to participate and anyone under the age of 18 needs a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

See you there!

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL: Si se requiere ayuda con la registración, llame a Carly Keen (619) 704-2774 o mande un email a ckeen@cleansd.org.