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Volunteers help clean up Shimada Friendship Park in Richmond during a California Coastal Cleanup event hosted by Supervisor John Gioia back in 2012 (photo posted by Gioia on Facebook). The supervisor is set to hold his 27th Coastal Cleanup at the same park site.The annual California Coastal Cleanup is this Saturday and volunteers are encouraged to join one of several in the Richmond area.For the 27th year, Supervisor John Gioia is sponsoring the Richmond Marina shoreline cleanup based at Shimada Friendship Park, located at the end of Marina Bay Parkway. The event runs Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and includes coffee, snacks, supplies and free lunch. Participants are asked to bring gloves, refillable water bottles, and a debris bucket if possible.Additionally on Saturday, the East Bay Regional Park District is hosting Coastal Cleanup events throughout the East Bay including at Point Isabel Regional Shoreline (meet at 2701 Isabel St.) as well as Point Pinole Regional Shoreline (5551 Giant Hwy) in Richmond, with both eve... (Richmond Standard)
East Bay shoreline in several cities, as well as waterways that flow to the Bay.Here are some of the local cleanup events:A cleanup at Shimada Friendship Park at Peninsula Drive and Marina Bay Parkway in Richmond from 9 a.m. to noon, hosted by The Watershed Project and county Supervisor John Gioia, will remove trash and debris from the edge of the salt marsh along the Bay Trail. There will be a free barbecue for volunteers at noon. Details: Supervisor Gioia’s office 510-231-8691 or The Watershed Project 510-665-3430.The Albany Bulb, at the foot of Buchanan Street in Albany, is the focus of a cleanup that needs volunteers for a cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon. Sand-sifting tools are helpful if you have them. Hosted by The Watershed Project in partnership with the City of Albany. Contact Sharon Gibbons for further information at sharon@thewatershedproject.org. Please RSVP for groups of 10 or more. Register onsite or pre-register online here.A Flotsam Flotilla on the shoreline at Barbara and Jay Vincent Park on Peninsula Drive off Marina Bay Parkway in Richmond will be working from 8 a.m. to noon, hosted by The Watershed Project and Rivers for Change. “Join us with your kayak or board for a paddle and trash pickup along the Richmond shoreline.” Lunch at adjacent Shimada Park at noon. Contact John Dye at john@riversforchange.org for more details.The Wildcat Marsh Staging Area between Pittsburg and Gertrude avenues in Richmond will be the site of a cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon. Contact nathan@urbantilth.org for more details.The East Bay Regional Park District is sponsoring cleanups at Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, 5551 Giant Highway in Richmond, and Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, 2701 Isabel St. (at the end of Central Avenue) in Richmond, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Details: www.ebparks.org/about/getinvolved/volunteer/events.Pinole will hold a cleanup at Bayfront Park, 1 Tennent Ave., from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Registration is required. Call 510-724-9018 for more details.Berkeley-based group Friends of Five Creeks is holding a cleanup from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. along the new trail at Codornices Cr... (East Bay Times)
Johnny Tsacoumangos, a 4-year-old boy in Kirkwood, Mo., has formed a friendship with Bill Fair, the sanitation worker who services his home. Tsacoumangos’ dream job is to become a sanitation worker, and to get a jumpstart on his career, he has begun helping out with simple trash cleanup duties.To show his appreciation for Fair, Tsacoumangos drew him a picture of a recycling truck to hang in his locker. In return, Fair helped organize a sanitation-themed birthday party for Tsacoumangos.To learn about other special friendships between sanitation workers and customers, click here.1010 WINS has more details:We all had dream jobs when we were kids, but one 4-year-old has already started preparing.Johnny Tsacoumangos from Kirkwood, MO has big aspirations of becoming a sanitation worker and he’s ready to get his hands dirty. Tsacoumangos likes to think “about picking up the trash when I’m going to be an adult.”Every Wednesday, Tsacoumangos waits outside of his house, eager to see the recycling truck and his favorite driver, Billy Fair, pull up.Read the full st... (waste360)
