Event Details
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Date: Saturday, September 21, 2024
Time: 9AM – 12PM
Location: List of site options will be available when registration opens on Friday, September 1.
About
About Coastal Cleanup Day
Over 269,000 volunteers and 5 million pounds of litter and debris removed since 1985.
I Love A Clean San Diego has served as the official organizer of Coastal Cleanup Day in San Diego County since it was founded in 1985. The event is a major part of International Coastal Cleanup, which is facilitated by The Ocean Conservancy and includes many U.S. states and territories and over 70 countries. In California, data is reported to the California Coastal Commission to be funneled into the world’s largest marine database. You are joining hundreds of thousands of volunteers all over the world to remove pollution from our ecosystems!
Our Mission
Why Volunteer?
By 2050, there could be more plastic than fish by weight in the world’s oceans if we don’t defend our waterways from litter.
Because we LOVE where we live.
Get Involved!
Anyone can do it! Volunteer as an individual, with friends and family or as a corporate team.
Corporate partnership is critical to sustaining these vital events that protect our waterways and marine life. Our partnerships are turnkey and create excellent employee volunteer opportunities. Check out our Partnership Deck for more information on how to get support this event today!
FAQ
There are many ways to support the efforts of Creek to Bay with I Love A Clean San Diego:
- Volunteering on the day – choose from any of the cleanup sites around the county
- Volunteering to be a site captain and lead the cleanup yourself for members of the public
- Donating – financial support or giveaways/supplies for our volunteers
- Sponsoring the event
- Promoting the event and spreading the message
Registration opens April 1, this is when you will be able to see all the site options. To register you must create an account on our Community Hub. From there you can pick any location you would like and register as an individual or for a whole group when you click the blue sign up button on the specific location’s webpage. Here are the step by step instructions for registering a group:
- Select “Group” when you click the blue sign up button on your specific location’s webpage.
- In the pop up box type under the instructions select the group you want to register by their name.
- Next put your group size (including yourself).
- In Step 3 if the information looks good select “Reserve and Invite”.
- The URL link should be shared with all the members of your group that you just registered for that event (send it over email or Facebook message). If you get emailed any more information about the event it is your responsibility to forward that information to your group members.
- If more or less of your group members will be coming to the event you can adjust the numbers by going back to the “Dashboard” page and scrolling down to your “Upcoming Schedule”.
- Find the event you want to adjust and click on the “Change Group Info” link to prompt the original pop up box to appear. Change the information you need to by clicking through the steps and adjusting the values you put in originally. You can also remove your group and yourself if needed.
This event does qualify for community service hours and court ordered hours at all the designated cleanup locations. In order to receive volunteer hours, service forms and Letter of Appreciation, volunteer will need to be:
- Registered for the event through I Love A Clean San Diego’s Community Hub.
- Participate in the cleanup
- Capture a photo of your active participation in the cleanup
- Log your hours and complete the logbook survey post cleanup through your profile on Community Hub (this is where you can request a Letter of Appreciation)
- Site captains will also have a hard copy available on site upon request.