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Earn Good Karma at the Beach

Published on August 12, 2009 in Community Service. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

This Saturday we’re going to have a good time and keep a lot of trash out of the ocean. Here’s the plan:

What: A nice walk to the beach during which you happen to pick up a lot of trash. Surfrider Foundation will provide bags and gloves. There’s no nicer way to earn volunteer hours.

When: Saturday, August 15, at 10 a.m. – Noonish

Where: Ellwood beach bluffs. We’ll meet at the corner of Phelps and Cannon Green.

Directions: 101 North to Glen Annie/Storke. Exit and turn left toward the ocean. Pass Hollister and the shopping center. Turn right on Phelps (a light). Go straight until the road curves sharply to the right. Park on the dirt to your left and look for us!

Next steps: (1) Please RSVP to liz@sbrotaract.com to confirm that you can attend. (2) Invite more friends. If enough people sign up, we’ll bring donuts, too.

Why: We like clean, safe beaches and healthy oceans, dolphins and fish.

We Cleaned the Beach!

Published on March 9, 2009 in Community Service. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .

There is less trash on a Goleta beach now thanks to the hard work of 11 Rotaractors and 2 Surfrider volunteers who spent a couple of hours on Saturday morning cleaning up a beach near Ellwood. They donned latex gloves and struggled with fragile corn-starch trash bags to collect all sorts of trash that would otherwise have washed out into the ocean.
Great work, team! Photos are posted on our Flickr page. 
Special thanks to Surfrider for joining us, teaching us a bit about the coast and giving us very cool canvas bags so that we can use plastic ones less often in the store.

 

Beach Cleanup on Saturday, March 7

Published on March 2, 2009 in Community Service. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Help us keep trash out of the ocean and clutter out of our green areas.

When: 10 a.m. – Noon  on Saturday, March 7

Where:  at the intersection of Phelps and Canon Green in Goleta. From 101 northbound, exit Storke. Left onto Storke. Right onto Hollister. Left at Pacific Oaks. Right onto Phelps.

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What: We’ll spread out to clean up part of the Ellwood Bluffs and the coastline.

Why: We don’t like trash in the ocean. And you can learn where the hidden trampoline is while getting service hours for Rotaract.

Notes: We’ll provide gloves and trash bags. If you have any trash-grabbing tools other than your hands, please bring those along.  I recommend bringing a water bottle. Snacks will be provided.