2009 CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY SITE DIRECTORY

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2009 CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY SITE DIRECTORY Orange County, CA

Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine

In 2008, more than 70,000 volunteers worked together to collect more

of World Records as the largest garbage collection (1993).

removed more than 13 million pounds of debris from our state s

This year marks the 25 th Anniversary of the Clean Up.

bags (for reuse) and their own reusable water bottle to make this

1 2009 CALIFORNIA COASTAL CLEANUP DAY SITE DIRECTORY Orange County, CA Saturday, September 19, a.m. to Noon at various sites throughout Orange County California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. In 2008, more than 70,000 volunteers worked together to collect more than 1,600,000 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 13 million pounds of debris from our state s shorelines and coast. This year marks the 25 th Anniversary of the Clean Up. Volunteers are encouraged to bring their own grocery/retail plastic bags (for reuse) and their own reusable water bottle to make this event as ZERO WASTE as possible. With the help of this site directory, find a place where you can volunteer in Orange County, contact the Team Captain, and be a part of California Coastal Cleanup Day. Orange County Co-Coordinators Angeline Santiago, Orange County Parks , CleanUpOC@OCCR.cogov.com and Jim Meyer, Trails4All ,

2 Aliso Creek County Beach: Aliso Creek County Beach, West Street Beach and Aliso Creekbed Volunteer Event: Beach, Park, and Creek Cleanup Site Address: S. Pacific Coast Highway., Laguna Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Aliso Creek Beach on Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, Parking lot at Aliso Beach., Beach Minimum Age of Volunteer: 8 Maximum # of Volunteers: 200 Team Captain Name: Michael Hazzard and Rick Conkey Contact Phone: Michael or Rick rick@helpbluewater.com For more information on this site, please see: Contact envhazzard@yahoo.com; Bolsa Chica Conservancy Volunteer Event: Wetland Cleanup, Invasive Plant Removal, and General Cleanup Site Address: 3842 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA (PCH and Warner Ave) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Parking Lot across City Lot and behind Jack in the Box at the end of Warner running north., Wetlands Maximum # of Volunteers: 200 Team Captain Name: Vickie Price Contact Phone: Contact vickie@bolsachica.org For more information on this site, please see: Bolsa Chica State Beach Site Address: Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Outside Headquarters Building Team Captain Name: Melanie Launius Contact Phone: Contact Mlaunius@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: Bolsa Chica Wetlands (South Lot) Volunteer Event: General Cleanup of Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Site Address: Pacific Coast Highway, halfway between Warner Avenue and Seapoint Drive. Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: The South Lot across the street from the enterance of Bolsa Chica State Beach. Pacific Coast Highway halfway between Warner Avenue and Seapoint Drive. Carpooling and/or drop off is highly encouraged as parking is limited. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Wetlands Minimum Age of Volunteer: 8. Ages 8 to 11 with adult supervision. Age 12 and older welcome without adult supervision. Maximum # of Volunteers: 100 Team Captain Name: Jim Robins Contact Phone: Contact jjrobins@dslextreme.com For more information on this site, please see: 2

3 Caspers Wildernes Park (San Juan Creek) Volunteer Event: Park Cleanup Site Address: Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Left side of park booth in front of park. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Trail Minimum Age of Volunteer: 18 Maximum # of Volunteers: 40 Team Captain Name: Candi Hubert Contact Phone: Contact Candice.Hubert@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Clark Regional Park Volunteer Event: Non-Native Plant Removal Site Address: 8800 Rosecrans Avenue, Buena Park, CA (Rosecrans between Beach Boulevard and Gilbert) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Park Attendant will direct volunteers to Parking lot #1. CLEA UP CATEGORY: Trail Minimum Age of Volunteer: 10 Maximum # of Volunteers: 50 Team Captain Name: Carrol Baldwin Contact Phone: Contact Carroll.Baldwin@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Corona del Mar Main Beach and Little Corona Site Address: The beach can be reached via an access road near the intersection of Iris Street and Ocean Boulevard in Corona del Mar. Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Main Beach Lifeguard Building. Maximum # of Volunteers: 600 Team Captain Name: Michelle Clemente Contact Phone: Contact mclemente@city.newport-beach.ca.us For more information on this site, please see: Craig Regional Park Volunteer Event: Park and Creek Cleanup, Non-Native Plant Removal and Native Plant Enhacement (if donations are received) Site Address: 3300 State College Boulevard., Fullerton, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Turf area outside of the Maintanence Yard., volunteers under 16 need adult supervision Maximum # of Volunteers: 25 Team Captain Name: Chris Lorenzi Contact Phone: Contact Christopher.Lorenzi@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Crystal Cove State Park Site Address: Pacific Coast Highway and Reef Point or Pacific Coast Highway and Newport Coast Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Reef Point Parking Lot 3

4 Maximum # of Volunteers: 250 Team Captain Name: Winter Bonnin Contact Phone: Contact wbonnin@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: crystalcovestatepark.com Dana Point Marine Conservation Area (behind Ocean Institute) Volunteer Event: As tides permit we will clean the rocky shoreline of the Dana Point Marine Conservation Area and the West Jetty (if it is open), If these areas are not accessable due to the tides and surf, we will clean the west end of Harbor and the Harbor Island shoreline. Site Address: Dana Point Harbor Dr., Dana Point, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: West end of Dana Point Harbor, behind the Ocean Institute at the steps to the Dana Point Marine Protected Area. Minimum Age of Volunteer: 4 Maximum # of Volunteers: 100 LARGE GROUPS, Team Captain Name: Linda Blanchard and Serena Neff Contact Phone: ext 314 Contact Lblanchard@ocean-institute.org For more information on this site, please see: Doheny State Beach Volunteer Event: Cleaning the shoreline, the general park grounds and jetty. Site Address: Dana Point Harbor Drive, Dana Point, CA (adjcent to Dana Point Harbor). Cross streets: PCH and Dana Point Harbor Drive. Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Lifeguard Headquarters and volunteers are encouraged to bring their own working gloves. We will provide all other supplies. A BBQ courtesey of City of Dana Point will take place after the event. Team Captain Name: Vicki Wiker Contact Phone: Contact vwiker@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: Huntington City Beach Site Address: Pacfiic Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA (PCH and Main Street) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: North side of Huntington Beach pier. Maximum # of Volunteers: 450 Team Captain Name: Tim Turner Contact Phone: Contact tim.turner@surfcity-hb.org For more information on this site, please see: Huntington State Beach Site Address: Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Outside Headquarters Building. Team Captain Name: Melanie Launius Contact Phone: Contact Mlaunius@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: 4

5 Irvine Regional Park Volunteer Event: Trash Pickup Site Address: 1 Irvine Park Road, Orange, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Park attendant will direct volunteers to Parking Lot #3. Minimum Age of Volunteer: 10 Maximum # of Volunteers: 50 Team Captain Name: Steve Jax Contact Phone: Contact Steve.Jax@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Laguna Beach Site Locations: Crescent Bay Beach, Main Beach, Victoria Beach, Treasure Island Beach (below The Montage Resort & Spa) Site Address: Check website for maps of multiple sites. Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Check website for maps of multiple sites., Creekbed Minimum Age of Volunteer: 5 Maximum # of Volunteers: 800 Team Captain Name: Roger von Bütow Contact Phone: Contact ROGERBUTOW@mac.com For more information on this site, please see: Laguna Niguel Regional Park Volunteer Event: Park Cleanup, Creek Cleanup, Lake Perimeter Cleanup and Non-Native Plant Removal Site Address: La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Inside the park entry on turf next to Park Ranger office. Signage will be posted.. Volunteers under 18 need adult supervision. Maximum # of Volunteers: 50 Team Captain Name: Diane Wollenberg Contact Phone: Contact Diane.Wollenberg@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Mason Regional Park Volunteer Event: Trash Pickup Site Address: University Drive, Irvine, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Park in the eastern most lot. Tell the attendant that you are a volunteer with Back to Natives, cross Culver using the crosswalk, enter the "natural area" and meet under the blue canopy. Minimum Age of Volunteer: 14 Maximum # of Volunteers: 100 Team Captain Name: Lori Whalen Contact Phone: Contact lori@backtonatives.org For more information on this site, please see: 5

6 Newport Pier Site Address: Newport Pier, Newport Beach, CA (Off Balboa Boulevard at McFadden Place and Ocean Front Street) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Pier Lifeguard Building Maximum # of Volunteers: 600 Team Captain Name: Michelle Clemente Contact Phone: Contact mclemente@city.newport-beach.ca.us For more information on this site, please see: O'Neill Regional Park and Arroyo Trabuco Wilderness Area Volunteer Event: Park clean up, Trabuco Creek Clean Up and non native plant removal Site Address: Trabuco Canyon Road, Trabuco Canyon, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Meet at Park Day-Use Area, Arroyo Trabuco Trailhead. Minimum Age of Volunteer: Volunteers under 18 need adult supervision. Team Captain Name: Raul Murillo Contact Phone: Contact Raul.Murillo@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Peters Canyon Regional Park Volunteer Event: Non-Native Plant Removal and Park Cleanup Site Address: 8548 E. Canyon View Avenue, Orange, CA (Cross Streets: Jamboree & Canyon View) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Park Office, Trail Maximum # of Volunteers: 50 Team Captain Name: Jamie Montgomery Contact Phone: Contact Jamie.Montgomery@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Riley Wilderness Park Volunteer Event: Park Cleanup Site Address: Oso Parkway, Coto De Caza, CA (From 5 freeway, go 6 miles east on Oso Parkway. The Riley Park driveway will be on the right just before Oso Parkway ends near the entrance of Coto de Caza.) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Nature Center in the middle of the butterfly garden next to the lot. Minimum Age of Volunteer: 7 Maximum # of Volunteers: 50 Team Captain Name: John Gump Contact Phone: Contact John.Gump@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: San Clemente Pier (City of San Clemente) Site Address: 611 Avenida Victoria, San Clemente, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: San Clemente Pier 6

7 Maximum # of Volunteers: 150 Team Captain Name: Mary Vondrak Contact Phone: Contact VondrakM@san-clemente.org For more information on this site, please see: San Clemente State Beach Site Address: 225 W. Avenida Calafia, San Clemente, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Calafia Parking Lot Team Captain Name: Cryssie Brommer Contact Phone: Contact cbrommer@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: San Juan Creek (City of Dana Point) Volunteer Event: San Juan Creek Cleanup and Park Cleanup Site Address: Access to San Juan Creek from meeting point at Del Obispo Park Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Meet at Del Obispo Park, Del Obispo, Dana Point, CA. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Creek Team Captain Name for Creek: Lisa Zawaski Contact Phone: Contact lzawaski@danapoint.org For more information on this site, please see: San Juan & Trabuco Creek Volunteer Event: Creek Cleanup Site Address: Volunteers will park at City Hall: Paseo Adelanto, San Juan Capistrano, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Descanso Park just south of City Hall CLEANUP CATEGORY: Creek Minimum Age of Volunteer: 3 Team Captain Name: Ziad Mazboudi Contact Phone: Contact zmazboudi@sanjuancapistrano.org For more information on this site, please see: San Onofre State Beach Site Address: San Onofre State Beach does not have a physical address. The closest address is: 5200 S. Pacific Coast Highway, San Clemente, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Off Basilone Road. Team Captain Name: Cryssie Brommer and Mary Jane Johnson Contact Phone: Contact cbrommer@parks.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: 7

8 Santiago Oaks Regional Park Volunteer Event: Litter and debris pick up in the park and on the trails Site Address: 2145 N Windes Drive, Orange CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Santiago Oaks Front Office Minimum Age of Volunteer: 13 Maximum # of Volunteers: 20 Team Captain Name: Maureen Beckman Contact Phone: Contact santiagooaks@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Seal Beach: Marina Drive at San Gabriel Riverbed (City of Seal Beach and Save Our Beach) Volunteer Event: Riverbed Cleanup Site Address: 250 Marina Drive, Long Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Check website: Directions & Parking: 22 FWY towards 7th Street in Long Beach. Get off on Studebaker exit, make left on Studebaker. Make right on Westminster, make left on Pacific Coast Hwy, Make right onto Studebaker Rd, just past Mimi s Cafe. Make a left onto Marina Dr and follow road until it dead ends into a parking lot. You can park here for 2 hours or you can turn in right before the parking lot by the Crab Pot and park in this parking lot except for 1st row of parking by the marina. Walk or take white van shuttle (bus stop is at blue canopy) go toward the riverbed along Marina Drive and sign in at the green canopy. FREE air conditioned Van Shuttles (16 passenger) will run continuously from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. White vans have City of Seal Beach on the front cab above windshield) picking up & dropping off at the bright blue 10 x10 canopies at this location. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Riverbed Minimum Age of Volunteer: 5 Team Captain Name: Kim Masoner Contact Phone: Kim Contact kim@saveourbeach.org For more information on this site, please see: Seal Beach: 1st and Ocean Avenue (City of Seal Beach and Save Our Beach) Site Address: 15 1st Street, Seal Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Check website: Directions & Parking: 405 FWY to Seal Beach Boulevard, make a left (S) onto Seal Beach Boulevard. Take Seal Beach Boulevard to Pacific Coast Hwy and make a right. Take Pacific Coast Highway to 1st Street and make a left and legally park on any of the residential streets nearby the parking lot at 1st & Ocean as parking lot will be full. Even though it s marked one hour parking, you will not receive a ticket from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Walk or take white van shuttle (bus stop is at blue canopy) toward the parking lot and sign in at the green canopy on the right as you enter the parking lot. FREE air conditioned Van Shuttles (16 passenger) will run continuously from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. White vans have City of Seal Beach on the front cab above windshield) picking up & dropping off at the bright blue 10 x10 canopies at this location. Minimum Age of Volunteer: 5 Team Captain Name: Kim Masoner Contact Phone: Kim Contact kim@saveourbeach.org For more information on this site, please see: 8

9 Seal Beach: 1st and Pacific Coast Highway (City of Seal Beach and Save Our Beach) Volunteer Event: Riverbed Cleanup Site Address: 399 1st Street, Seal Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Check website: Directions & Parking: 405 FWY to Seal Beach Boulevard, make a left (S) onto Seal Beach Boulevard. Take Seal Beach Boulevard to Pacific Coast Hwy and make a right. Take Pacific Coast Highway to 1st Street and make a right and park diagonally along the service road or as instructed by volunteers. Walk or take white van shuttle (bus stop is at blue canopy) toward riverbed and sign in at the green canopy. FREE air conditioned Van Shuttles (16 passenger) will run continuously from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. White vans have City of Seal Beach on the front cab above windshield) picking up & dropping off at the bright blue 10 x10 canopies at this location. Seal Beach Host Lions provide free hot dogs, chips, cookies & refreshments from 11 a.m. until Noon. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Riverbed Minimum Age of Volunteer: 5 Team Captain Name: Kim Masoner Contact Phone: Kim Contact kim@saveourbeach.org For more information on this site, please see: Sunset Beach Site Address: Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Parking is located on Pacific Avenue just south of Pacific Coast Highway between Warner Street and Anderson Street. Parking is FREE. Meet at the Broadway and the Sand. Maximum # of Volunteers: 100 Team Captain Name: Sara Girard Contact Phone: Contact Sara.Girard@ocparks.com For more information on this site, please see: Treasure Island Beach, Montage Laguna Beach Volunteer Event: Underwater Cleanup Site Address: South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: All volunteers are allowed to park in the Montage resort garage. Access the garage through the middle entrance (between Montage Resort Drive and Wesley Drive on Coast Highway). One of the Security Officers will be posted by the garage card reader to admit volunteers. CLEANUP CATEGORY: Underwater Dive Site Minimum Age of Volunteer: 10 years old and scuba diving certified Maximum # of Volunteers: 100 Team Captain Name: Lauren Wiskerson Contact Phone: ext Contact Lauren.wiskerson@projectaware.org For more information on this site, please see: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve Volunteer Event: General Land Cleanup Site Address: 2301 University Drive, Newport Beach, CA Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Parking Lot at the Interpretive Center on Irvine Avenue & University Drive., Trail, volunteers under 18 need adult supervision 9

10 Team Captain Name: Bill Reiter Contact Phone: or Contact For more information on this site, please see: Upper Newport Bay Water Cleanup and Water Cleanup Site Address: 600 Shellmaker Rd, Newport Beach, CA (Cross streets: Jamboree & Back Bay Drive) Volunteer Sign-in and Meeting Location: Back Bay Science Center Parking Lot. There is limited parking avaliable. Volunteers are encouraged to be dropped off or to carpool or park along Back Bay Drive. CLEAN UP CATEGORY: Back Bay Science Center Minimum Age of Volunteer: 12 Maximum # of Volunteers: 250 Team Captain Name: Robin Madrid Contact Phone: Contact rmadrid@dfg.ca.gov For more information on this site, please see: Trails4All For More Information on Inner Coastal & Watershed Cleanup Sites, please contact Jim Meyer, , 10

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