Cleanups To Date

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

Upcoming Cleanups

  • December 12 (9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.)
    Show your Holiday spirit for Mother Earth and join us for a Community Cleanup in Watsonville
    near Rolling Hills Middle School in Watsonville
    • Meet at 255 Holm Road
    • Parking lot of church of Latter Day Saints
  • Join Save Our Shores for these winter cleanups
    • Beach Cleanup @ Corcoran Lagoon Beach (January 11, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us at the end of 20th Ave at the top of the stairs that lead to the beach
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There are no restrooms or drinking fountains on site. Parking is limited, so please plan accordingly.
    • Beach Cleanup @ Capitola Beach (January 18, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us in the Esplanade Park at 120 Monterey Ave.
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There are restrooms and drinking fountains available on site. Paid parking in the village is limited, additional large parking lot available at 426 Capitola Ave, please plan accordingly.
    • Beach Cleanup @ Hidden Beach (January 25, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
      • Registration is required
      • Meet Up Location: Please meet us by the benches overlooking the beach near the end of the path, past the playground.
      • Facilities & Accessibility: There is a porta potty on site, no drinking fountain available. Parking is limited in park lot, please plan accordingly. Overflow parking available on neighborhood streets, Save Our Shores has been informed by the County of Santa Cruz the permit parking only signs on neighborhood streets are not valid or enforced.
  • Join Coastal Watershed Council for River Health Days!
    River Health Day

    Date: December 14, 2024
    Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Location: Santa Cruz Riverwalk

    All ages and abilities welcome. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. See Below for additional information and dates:

    Call (831) 464 9200 x104, or email CWC River Ecologist Kaiya Giuliano-Monroy with any questions before the event. RSVP for this and other River Health Day events.

    Sign up for the day you would like to volunteer!*
    • Sat, December 14th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
    • Sat, January 11th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
    • Sat, February 8th 10:00 a.m.-12:00pm
  • Every Monday Main Beach Cleanup in front of Board Walk at 8:00AM (join us!)

    "We really need the community to step up and help clean Main Beach, especially after Memorial Day. Today we found two dead sea birds, a dead sea otter pup along with what we regularly pick up, numerous cans, food packaging waste and cigarette butts."
    - citizen activist Donna Maurillo

Cleanups Accomplished

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Drew Lake Cleanup

April 5, 2023
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Frost still lingered when we arrived at the neighborhood of Drew Lake in Watsonville, on the morning of April 5th. Flood damaged debris was piled in driveways, and along the roadside. Twenty or more people were hauling carpet, furniture, appliances, paintings, clothing, and personal belonging to an already full dumpster. Mud was underfoot. Ramon Gomez, Chief of Staff to 4th District Supervisor Filipe Hernandez directed volunteers from Watsonville Wetlands Watch, community members and teams from Watsonville Works on how to best assist homeowners.

Eddy Rocha whose home was particularly impacted stood in his living room where sheet rock had been removed due to rising water. The air was musty, and light penetrated through the open walls. Most of his belongings were not salvageable. "One cannot get depressed," he said, putting a positive spin on the situation. "We are ok. We are healthy, and it is just a house. You just have to move on." Then he paused and said: "Thank you for your help, it really means a lot."

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Ramon Gomez directs volunteers at the Drew Lake Cleanup.
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Sisters Emilia and Camila Guadian, who volunteer for Watsonville Wetlands Watch muscle a bookcase toward the Green Waste dumpster.
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Kitty Mizino, a retired teacher does her part removing damaged carpet padding from an impacted home.
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Community volunteers and members of Watsonville Works demonstrate good will in the flooded neighborhood.
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Eddie Rocha's home.
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