The 24th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day is
Saturday, September 20, 2008
9 AM to Noon
Note: This is an annual event. Check the Coastal Commission Website for current Details.

California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. In 2008, more than 60,000 volunteers worked together to collect more than 900,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways. California Coastal Cleanup Day has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993). Since the program started in 1985, over 800,000 Californians have removed more than 12 million pounds of debris from our state'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.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Coastal Commission and Whole Foods Market are proud to announce that the 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day will take place on Saturday, September 15th, from 9 am to Noon at over 700 locations around the state. Volunteers will clean trash and debris from 1,100 miles of the California coast as well as another 1,000 miles along the inland shorelines of bays, creeks, rivers, and lakes throughout California.

"California Coastal Cleanup Day has long been the state's largest volunteer event," said Eben Schwartz, Statewide Director of the Cleanup. "Recent actions by our state government have challenged us to build even further on this success. The California Ocean Protection Council recently passed a Resolution on Marine Debris that calls on the Coastal Commission to expand our coastal and watershed cleanups. We are taking this challenge to heart, and expect this year's Cleanup to be our biggest ever."



California Coastal Cleanup Day is the kickoff to COASTWEEKS, a three-week long celebration of California's coastal resources. The Coastal Commission is sponsoring an on-line calendar of events taking place throughout the state during this period. Volunteers are encouraged to contact the California Coastal Commission in order to sign up for Coastal Cleanup Day 2008 or to find out about COASTWEEKS events. Please contact the Commission at (800) COAST-4U or visit our Web site at http://www.coast4u.org.



For more information, contact us at (800) COAST-4U or coast4u@coastal.ca.gov. For the 22nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day.

Contact Information
Mailing address:
California Coastal Commission
Public Education Department
45 Fremont St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-2219
Email:Coast4u@coastal.ca.gov Phone:(800) Coast4u [1-800-262-7848] (415) 904-5200
FAX (415) 904-5216






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