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Join Pitch In and be a part of the Annual Coastal Cleanup Day

Saturday, September 20th from 9am-12pm

This is the 41st Anniversary of the largest cleanup on the planet.
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Contact: Save Our Shores

Mark your Calendar for May 9th, 2026 for the Third Annual Pitch In All County Cleanup Day. Working together We Can Make Santa Cruz the Cleanest County in the State.

Opportunities to participate will be updated here on a regular basis.

Upcoming Cleanups

  • Join Save Our Shores cleanups
    • Annual Coastal Cleanup Day (September 20 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
      Annual Coastal Cleanup Day returns for it’s 41st Anniversary on Saturday, September 20 from 9am-12pm at sites around the Monterey Bay. Annual Coastal Cleanup Day is an amazing opportunity to get outside with your fellow community members, clean up local habitats, and prevent trash from becoming harmful marine debris. We hope you will join the thousands of volunteers worldwide that will be participating this year! Register Here to Volunteer!
  • Join us and take a walk along our beautiful sloughs and help Pitch In on our monthly cleanup.
    Westridge Drive & Struve Slough Community Cleanup!     (Thursday, September 25, 2025)
    • Time: Thursday, September 25, 2025, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
    • Park & Meet: next to Gold’s Gym, 150 Westridge Drive Watsonville
    • Everyone is invited to come out and help cleanup!
    • Volunteer waivers will need to be signed!
    • For more information call: Ramon Gomez at 831-247-5338
  • Join Coastal Watershed Council!
    • Coastal Watershed Council River Health Day @ San Lorenzo River (October 11 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm)
      Plant and maintain native seedlings along the banks of the San Lorenzo River to increase biodiversity and revitalize the river ecosystem. Generally, we meet on the east riverbank between the Laurel Street bridge and the Branciforte Creek pedestrian bridge. Sometimes we meet near Mike Fox Skate Park. Free parking is available in the CWC parking lot at 107 Dakota Ave. Paid parking is also available on Dakota Avenue or across the river in downtown Santa Cruz. The closest parking garage is at 601 Front Street. RSVP to receive up-to-date location information.
  • Keep Capitola Salty
    • Saturday, September 20, 2025
    • Saturday, October 11, 2025

Cleanups Accomplished

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Salsipuedes Creek Levee Cleanup

August 24, 2023
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On August 24th, under the early morning overcast, volunteers gathered on the levee of Salsipuedes Creek in Watsonville, for another south county cleanup.

A special thank you to Celeste Gutierrez and Ramon Gomez of 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez’s office who organized this event.

Participants of the Trash Talkers Coalition, including Christine and Bob Lyons representing of Watsonville Wetlands Watch, community member Karen Osmundson, Sergeant Nick Solano of Santa Cruz County Sheriffs,staff from the Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development and Infrastructure, and team members of Watsonville Works, used pickers donated by Cal Trans’ Clean California Department to clean up litter and debris.

The levee is used regularly by community members as a walking trail and offers shelter and habitat to birds and other wildlife.  It is in everyone’s interest to keep this area clean and safe.

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Volunteers pick up trash along Salsipuedes Creek Levee in Watsonville.
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Team members from Watsonville Works join Ramon Gomez, Chief of Staff for 4th District Supervisor Felipe Hernandez, Sergeant Nick Solano, and workers from the Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development and Infrastructure for a photo after the cleanup.
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