Coastal Cleanup Day Sept 19
Posted on September 22, 2009
Filed Under Lake Tahoe Eco-Tips
While we all do our part every day, it’s fun to tap into the energy of the biggest Clean UP day of the year with the entire world.
It’s the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept 19.
What a great excuse to go to the beach!
Volunteer at these locations to keep trash from flowing into nearby rivers, streams and Lake Tahoe.
September 19th
International Coastal Cleanup Day in Lake Tahoe
North Shore:
Incline Village and East Shore beaches, 9am to noon
Meet at 9am at Sierra Nevada College
IVGID Waste Not Program – call (775) 832-1284 for more info.
Kings Beach, 9am to noon
Sponsored by the League to Save Lake Tahoe
To volunteer, contact Cozette at the League at 530-541-5388.
South Shore:
Contact Ellen Nunes at the Clean Tahoe Program for specific locations at 530-544-4210. OR – Meet at Eldorado Beach at 9am for a map.
California Coastal Cleanup Day
On this day, 50,000 volunteers turn out to over 700 cleanup sites statewide to conduct what has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as “the largest garbage collection” (1993). Since the program started in 1985, over 750,000 Californians have removed more than 12 million pounds of debris from California’s shorelines and coast.
When combined with the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by The Ocean Conservancy and taking place on the same day, California Coastal Cleanup Day becomes part of one of the largest volunteer events of the year.
Photo by Mark Edwards, Tikiglow Media Services
