Pitch In All-Santa Cruz County Cleanup Day May 9, 2026

• Time: May 5, 1 pm
• Location: Empire Grade at Quarry Bend

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Natural Bridges Drive & Rail Trail Between Natural Bridges & Fair Avenue

• Time: May 9
• Location: Bonny Doon Elementary School Life Lab/Garden Area
• On May 9th, students and community are encouraged to join the effort at Cowell's Beach.

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Downtown Boulder Creek

• Time: May 9, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.
• Location: Boulder Creek Elementary School
• Meet: Check-in will be on uppers near the BCE Multi-purpose room.
• Garbage bags and disposable gloves will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. All are welcome!

• Time: May 9, 12 pm
• Location: Cabrillo College Aptos

• Time: May 10, 12:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Garfield Park, 634 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz
  From UCSC, take Bus 20 to Delaware Ave & Almar Ave., then walk 3 minutes.

• Time: May 10, 12:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Garfield Park, 634 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz
  From UCSC, take Bus 20 to Delaware Ave & Almar Ave., then walk 3 minutes.

• Time: May 10, 12:00 p.m – 4:00 p.m.
• Location: Garfield Park, 634 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz
  From UCSC, take Bus 20 to Delaware Ave & Almar Ave., then walk 3 minutes.

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Capitola Beach

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 pm
• Cleanup: Skypark and Siltanen Parking Lot
• Specific routes will be specified a week prior to the event. Walking routes will be 102 miles, all materials and supplies will be provided for cleanup. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. Hosted lunch for volunteers afterwards at Macdorsa Park.
• Registration: https://bit.ly/svrecreation

• Time: May 9, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Location: Watsonville Youth Center, 30 Maple Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076
• El Día de la Madre | County Cleanup Day
  Celebrate Mexican Mother's day with the Youth Center and help us clean "mother earth" in our community! We will have live entertainment, food provided by Real Colima, and activities for youth and their mothers. More Details: Click Here

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am
• Location: Moran Lake Beach Parking lot - please carpool

• Time: May 9, 10 am
• Location: Santa Cruz Riverwalk between Soquel Avenue Bridge and Laurel Street Bridge

• Time: May 9, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
•  Location: Santa Cruz River Walk (San Lorenzo River)
• Join us for our River Health Day and plant and maintain native seedlings along the banks of the San Lorenzo River to increase biodiversity and revitalize the river ecosystem. Sometimes we will 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.
• It is recommended that all volunteers dress in comfortable gardening clothes, including long pants, socks and sturdy closed-toe shoes. Bring layers, sun protection and a reusable water bottle. Gloves, tools and light refreshments will be provided (RSVP).
• All ages and abilities welcome. Volunteers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
  Please RSVP to receive up-to-date location information: https://coastal-watershed.org/event/river-health-day-63/

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Pinto Lake County Park

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 pm
• Meet: Davenport Post Office
• Cleanup: Along Cement Plant Road and around Old Town.

Pajaro Levee

• Time: May 9, 7:30 am - 10:00 am
• Location: Pajaro Levee (423 Bridge St, Watsonville, CA 95076)
• We will have a tent, tables and all the equipment for the cleanup. A group will go South, and another group will go North of the Levee Path.

Paulsen Road

• Time: TBD
• Meet:Watsonville School of the Arts, 75 Whiting Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076

Pajaro Levee

• Time: May 9, 7:30 am - 10:00 am
• Location: Pajaro Levee (423 Bridge St, Watsonville, CA 95076)
• We will have a tent, tables and all the equipment for the cleanup. A group will go South, and another group will go North of the Levee Path.

Paulsen Road

• Time: TBD
• Meet:Watsonville School of the Arts, 75 Whiting Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076

• Time: May 9, 12 pm
• Location: Pending I will look to partner

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am
• Meet: South entrance of Grant Park, from the May Avenue side of the park.

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am
• Meet: South entrance of Grant Park, from the May Avenue side of the park.

• Time: May 9
• Location: Lakeview Road, Watsonville

More Information to Follow

• Time: May 9, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
• Location: 9812 Cabrillo Highway (Highway 1), Davenport
• Meet: Meet in the parking lot on the west side of Highway 1, directly across from the Davenport Post Office. Look for the Land Trust group near the parking lot entrance.
• What to bring/wear: gloves, sturdy closed-toe shoes, water, sunscreen, layers (May mornings in Davenport can be cool and foggy).
• Supplies provided: bags and grabbers will be provided.
• Contact: Emily Brouwer, Event Coordinator
  Phone: 831-281-0386
  Email: emily.brouwer@landtrustsantacruz.org

• Time: May 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• Location: Harvest Dr to Industrial Rd, between West Beach to W. Riverside, Watsonville.
• Meet: Main Reception Area, 735 W. Beach St., Watsonville, CA 95076.

• Time: May 9, 10 am
• Location: Jardines del Valle - 76 Murphy Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076
• Make sure to bring reusable water bottle, sunscreen, and comfortable shoes.

• Time: May 8, 10:00 am
• Location: Palm Beach State Park

More Information to Follow

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 pm
• Location: End of Atlantic at mosaic mural at the entrance to lighthouse walk

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
• Cleanup:Freedom Blvd. and Corralitos Road.
• Meet: El Vaquero Winery Tasting Room parking lot (2901 Freedom Blvd, Corralitos) at the corner of Freedom blvd and Corralitos road. Our teams will then head in 3 directions.

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
• Location:Freedom Blvd. and Corralitos Road.

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 am
• Location: 150 Second St Area in Watsonville

Watsonville Youth Center Cleanup:

• Time: May 9, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Location:Watsonville Youth Center, 30 Maple Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076
• El Día de la Madre | County Cleanup Day
  Celebrate Mexican Mother's day with the Youth Center and help us clean "mother earth" in our community! We will have live entertainment, food provided by Real Colima, and activities for youth and their mothers. More Details: Click Here

PHVS Campus Cleanup

• Time: May 9, Time TBD

More Information to Follow

• Time: May 7, 9 am
• Location: Coward Rd.

• Time: May 9, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• Meet: El Vaquero Winery Tasting Room parking lot (2901 Freedom Blvd, Corralitos) at the corner of Freedom blvd and Corralitos road. Our teams will then head in 3 directions

• Time: May 9, 9:30 am
• Location: In Collaboration with Watsonville Youth Center

• Time: May 9, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
• Location: Cowell/Main Beach with Save Our Shores
• Meet: Cowell Beach at the base of the stairs from the small parking lot to the right of the wharf entrance.
• Parking: Metered and paid parking lots available in the surrounding area.
• Register on Save Our Shores' Events Calendar starting in April. https://saveourshores.org/events/

• Time: May 9, 9:00am – 12:00 pm
• Location: Pinto Lake County Park (757 Green Valley Rd., Watsonville, CA)
• Gloves, buckets, grabbers will be provided.
• At the entrance to the park, at the kiosk, we will have a Park Host to direct people where to go to meet another Park Host who will have gloves, buckets, trash bags, grabbers, a trail map, and a waiver for all to sign.

Santa Cruz METRO will be encouraging staff to join the Save Our Shores and UCSC cleanups. See those listings for details.

• Time: May 9, 10 am
• Location: San Lorenzo Park

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location:
  • Cowells Main Beach: meet at base of stairs to the right of wharf entrance.
  • Capitola Beach check SOS website for registration.

• Time: Friday, May 9, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
• Meet: Second Harvest Front Patio - 800 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville

• Time: Friday, May 9, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
• Meet: Second Harvest Front Patio - 800 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville

• Time: May 9, 2025, morning (before noon)
• Location: From Lakeview Middle School to Casserly and Carlton Road intersection, Watsonville

• Time: May 9th, 9 a.m.
• Location: Brommer St. and Vern Hart Park in Scotts Valley

• Time: May 16th, 9 a.m.
• Location: Downtown / Santa Cruz High School

• Time: May 9, 10 am
• Location: UC Santa Cruz, Porter Squiggle

• Time: May 9, 9 am
• Location: Meet at 332 Morrissey Blvd
• Participants picking up trash in smaller sites, mostly parking lots, will walk down Water and/or Soquel. Bring gloves and trash grabbers.

• Meet: Victory Outreach Church of Watsonville, 1232 Buena Vista Drive, Watsonville
• Location: Buena Vista Drive near landfill and perhaps more area.

VSCC is partnering with Waste Free Santa Cruz.

• Time: May 9, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Location: San Lorenzo River between Water St Bridge & Broadway St Bridge.
• Meet: Staging area is China Town Memorial Archway at the pedestrian bridge.
• Asking participants to bring pickers, gloves, buckets, own water and lots of smiles

• Time: May 6, 2025 @ 9:45am - 12pm (clean up starts at 10am - but please arrive at 9:45 for parking and walking to meeting spot)
• Meet: Park Entrance at the end of Golf Club Drive (Emma McCrary Trailhead). 501 Golf Club Drive, Santa Cruz CA 95060
• Location: Pogonip Open Space
• Please wear hiking boots or sturdy shoes, layers for warm or cold weather and sunscreen. Volunteers will do lots of walking on the trails and some volunteers may use a wheelbarrow to remove larger items.
• Sign up online.

• Time: May 9, 9:00 a.m.
• Location: Downtown Boulder Creek

• Time: May 8, 8:27 am
• Location: Watsonville Charter School of the Arts

More Information to Follow

• Time: May 8, 3 pm
• Location: Watsonville High School Campus

More Information to Follow

Location: Landmark Elementary School, Watsonville

• Time: May 9, 9:30 a.m.
• Meet: Landmark Elementary School, 235 Ohlone Parkway, Watsonville
• Route: Walk to Ford Street and back to Landmark School via the slough trails

Location: Watsonville Youth Center

• Time: May 9, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
• Meet: Watsonville Youth Center, 30 Maple Avenue, Watsonville, CA 95076

El Día de la Madre | County Cleanup Day
Celebrate Mexican Mother's day with the Youth Center and help us clean "mother earth" in our community! We will have live entertainment, food provided by Real Colima, and activities for youth and their mothers. More Details: Click Here

• Time: May 9, 11 am
• Location: Downtown Watsonville

El Día de la Madre | County Cleanup Day
Celebrate Mexican Mother's day with the Youth Center and help us clean "mother earth" in our community! We will have live entertainment, food provided by Real Colima, and activities for youth and their mothers. More Details: Click Here