40th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday September 21
It’s time to put on your Environmental Hat and join in the 40th Annual Coastal Cleanup Day for our town’s beaches, an all-volunteer all ages effort. The date is Saturday, September 21 from 9 am to 12 pm. Sign up online or show up at one of our town’s local beaches listed here:
Butterfly Beach: Channel Drive Montecito, from the Biltmore Hotel.
Site Captains: Pyp Pratt, his father Paul Pratt and mom Rali Kirova. This is their sixth year in a row as Captains for Montecito. Westmont College students also arrive to assist with the efforts.
Sponsored by Midland School where Pyp is a student: https://midland-school.org
Hammond’s/Miramar Beach/Fernald: Stairs near the access area, Eucalyptus Lane.
Site Captains: Allison Armstrong, science teacher at Laguna Blanca Lower School, and Katie Pointer,chemistry teacher for the Upper School.
Sponsored by Laguna Blanca School: www.lagunablanca.org
Lookout Park, Summerland: Next to the playground before the beach path entrance.
Site Captain: Ryan Power,Executive Director of the Montecito YMCA.
Sponsored by the Montecito YMCA: https://www.ciymca.org/
Loon Point, Summerland Beach
Site Captains: Ryan Wong and Micaela Oleson
Sponsored by Tidy Seas: www.tidyseas.org
Everyone who registers online is entered into a drawing to win some awesome prizes!
The Site Captains provide all necessary instructions and supplies. Volunteers are asked to bring gloves, buckets, and reusable cleanup supplies to lessen the plastic footprint of this event. If you don’t have any, it will be provided by the Site Captain.
The Annual Coastal Cleanup event heralds SBC Annual Creek Week, a celebration whose goal is to bring awareness of our protective stewardship of local creeks, watersheds, and the ocean. For the listings of the organizations, grass roots leaders, artists and events September 21 through September 13 – see 411.
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