Save the Date!
25th Anniversary of California Coastal Cleanup Day
Saturday, September 19th, 2009 - 9am to 12noon
This year marks the 25th Anniversary of California Coastal Cleanup Day (CCD) – that’s 25 years of protecting and restoring our beautiful California communities! San Diego Coastkeeper and I Love A Clean San Diego, in partnership with the California Coastal Commission, will continue to coordinate San Diego’s largest volunteer event in support of the marine environment. The mission of CCD is to engage people to remove debris from the California’s beaches and waterways; to identify the sources of marine debris; and ultimately change the behaviors that cause pollution.
CCD 2008 proved to be another record setting year in San Diego. The event grew by nearly 1,500 volunteers in San Diego County, up to 7,729 volunteers that cleaned up 150 miles of beaches, bays, estuaries, canyons, creeks, rivers and urban areas, removing 160,000 pounds of debris!
In addition, the event grew by nearly 10,000 volunteers statewide, bringing out more than 70,000 volunteers who collected 1.6 million pounds of debris. CCD is also a part of International Coastal Cleanup, which included 400,000 volunteers at 6,485 sites in 104 countries and 42 U.S. states. In total, volunteers collected more than 6.8 million pounds of trash. Volunteers not only cleaned up trash, they recorded 11.4 million items from cigarette butts to fast food wrappers to cast-off appliances helping to provide a global snapshot of marine debris around the world.
Without the help of amazing volunteers like you, most of the debris collected would ultimately end up polluting our waterways, contaminating soil, damaging fragile marine ecosystems and endangering marine life. Please SAVE THE DATE for CCD 2009. Registration for this event will open in August. Stay tuned for updates that are to come.
To learn more about sponsorship of this event and how your company can help to protect and restore our environment, download the sponsorship packet or contact Morgan Justice-Black at (619) 291-0103 ext 3003 or Alicia Glassco, at (619) 758-7743 ext. 125. With your support, we can ensure a clean, safe, and healthy coastline for all.
