Registration for I Love A Clean San Diego’s signature event, the Creek to Bay Cleanup, is now open at CreekToBay.org. I Love A Clean San Diego anticipates 6,000 volunteers to register for this year’s event, happening on Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. to noon at 107 locations. The event’s tagline, Your Neighborhood, Our Environment, encourages volunteers to sign up for a site in their neighborhood to contribute to the health and beauty of the entire region. A complete list of cleanup sites and volunteer registration are available at CreekToBay.org. In 2015, more than 5,500 volunteers removed 187,000 pounds of debris during the three-hour event. I Love A Clean San Diego will host a record number of 107 sites countywide while strengthening community partnerships in Logan Heights, Escondido and 4S Ranch. While trash removal is a large focus of the event, volunteers will also contribute their time to beautification projects including native planting projects and graffiti removal. These beautification projects restore local outdoor areas and evoke a strong sense of community pride across the county. I Love A Clean San Diego focuses its attention on inland communities (82 sites) wherein 80 percent of marine debris originates. I Love A Clean San Diego invites volunteers to take the Bring Your Own Reusables pledge when they register at CreekToBay.org. When volunteers bring their own reusable water bottle, work gloves and bucket to collect litter, they help divert thousands of single-use bags and disposable gloves from San Diego’s crowded landfills.
Building upon the momentum of Earth Month, I Love A Clean San Diego has launched its first Matching Campaign. All funds raised will be matched up to $25,000 and will be used to further energize volunteer cleanup efforts like the Creek to Bay Cleanup. I Love A Clean San Diego invites the community to see the impact of their donations at a cleanup site near them on April 23. Gifts of all sizes are welcome and can be made securely at CleanSD.org.
For more information, to volunteer or to donate, visit cleansd.org or call (619) 291-0103. Connect with the effort on facebook.com/iloveacleansd, twitter.com/iloveacleansd and instagram.com/iloveacleansd.
