September 19th is the annual California Coastal Cleanup, with events along the Richmond and Pinole shorelines.
I hope you’ll join us for a morning picking up trash from our San Francisco Bay shoreline. We work hard for a great cause, and have fun! This is my 25th year sponsoring a cleanup at Marina Bay in Richmond, in partnership with the Watershed Project and the City of Richmond.
This service event is a great opportunity to join friends and neighbors as environmental stewards, improving the health and beauty of our San Francisco Bay shoreline. A free healthy lunch will also be served.
Wear sturdy shoes, and bring a sunhat, refillable water bottle and debris bucket, if you have one.
To quote Mahatma Ghandi, ” … service is noblest which is rendered for its own sake.”
Here are the locations for cleanup events in West County, including a special cleanup at San Pablo Creek in El Sobrante on September 12**.
Richmond Shoreline Cleanup Where: Meet at Shimada Friendship Park (Marina Bay Parkway at the Bay) Time: 9 a.m. to noon. Free healthy lunch at noon! Registration: Email liza@thewatershedproject.org or click here. Contact: Robert Rogers at 510-231-8688 Pt. Isabel Cleanup, Richmond Where: Pt. Isabel Regional Shoreline Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon. Getting there: End of Rydin Road (near Costco) Registration: Click here. Contact: 510-544-2515 Pt. Pinole Shoreline Cleanup Where: Pt. Pinole Regional Shoreline. Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon. Getting there: Take Giant Road exit off Richmond Parkway to park entrance. Registration: Click here. Contact: 510-544-2515 Richmond Greenway at Carlson Avenue Where: Greenway Trail near Carlson Avenue Time: 8:30 a.m. to noon. Contact: Sarah Calderon at 510-847-5031
North Richmond Ballpark Where: Near 2000 Giaramita St., Richmond, 94801 More: email Christina McGhee-Esquivel at christina@earthteam.net
San Pablo Creek Where: El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante 94803 ** When: Saturday, September 12, 9:30 a.m. to noon More: Contact SPAWNERS at helen@thewatershedproject.org
For more information and a complete list countywide, visit the Watershed Project’s Coastal Cleanup Day page. See you there, John John Gioia Supervisor, District One Contra Costa County 11780 San Pablo Avenue, Suite D El Cerrito, CA 94530 510-231-8686 Phone 510-374-3429 Fax John_Gioia@bos.cccounty.us www.cocobos.org/gioia