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
- River Levee Cleanup @ San Lorenzo River (November 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
  - Time: November 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  - Location: San Lorenzo River @ Laurel St 119 Broadway, Santa Cruz
  - Meet: Please meet us on the river levee near the Mimi De Marta Dog Park, 119 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. Cleanup will take place on both sides of the river from Laurel St to the river mouth at Main Beach.
  - Facilities & Accessibility: There are no restrooms or drinking fountains on site. Limited street parking, but there is metered street parking and pay parking garages available downtown.
  - Registration is required
- Beach Cleanup @ Capitola Beach (November 15 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am)
  - Time: November 15 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  - Location: Capitola Beach 120 Monterey Ave, Capitola
  - Meet: 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.
  - Registration is required
- Beach Cleanup @ Zmudowski State Beach (November 22 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
  - Time: November 22 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  - Location: Zmudowski State Beach 201 Giberson Rd, Moss Landing
  - Meet: Please meet us in the parking lot at the end of Giberson Rd.
  - Facilities & Accessibility: There are no restrooms or drinking fountains on site. Parking available in small dirt/sand lot.
  - Registration is required

Join Surfrider Beach Cleanup at Rio Del Mar State Beach! (December 7, 2025 @ 9:00am - 11:00am)
- Time: Sunday, Dec 7th @ 9-11am
- Registration and More Info: Click Here

Join Coastal Watershed Council!
- River Health Day - Santa Cruz Riverwalk (November 8 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
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- River Health Day - Santa Cruz Riverwalk (December 13 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
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- River Health Day - Santa Cruz Riverwalk (January 10, 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm)
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Cleanups Accomplished

Watsonville Highschool Cleanup Day

September 26, 2024

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More than ten volunteers worked their way around and through the Watsonville High School Campus picking up volumes of litter and garbage.

It is time to end the behavior of littering. Litter ends up in our agricultural fields and into the food we eat and down drains into our Monterey Bay Sanctuary harming wildlife.

Cleanups To Date

Upcoming Cleanups

Cleanups Accomplished

Watsonville Highschool Cleanup Day