DID YOU KNOW the Statewide California Coastal Commission Clean Up day was this past Saturday but Redwood City's Fall Clean Up day isn't until this Coming Saturday?

If you are berating yourself for not having joined the over 54,124 volunteers that participated in this past Saturday’s coastal clean-up don’t despair you have another chance right here in Redwood City. Next Saturday September 27th is Redwood City’s Fall Clean Up Day.

Just so you understand how much of a difference this type of group volunteering can make. According to the California Coastal Commission’s email report this past Saturday in just about three hours with seventy five percent of areas reporting volunteers had already picked up 576,571 pounds of trash and an additional 109,494 pounds of recyclable materials, for a total of 686,065 pounds or 343 tons.

Although every day debris and plastic that travel through storm drains, creeks, and rivers to beaches and the ocean are the most common form of debris picked up by the volunteers there are always some unexpected award winning items. This year the winners of the 2014 Most Unusual Item contest were a polar bear costume found in Ventura County and a preserved blowfish ornament found in San Joaquin County. So make it a treasure hunt and have even more fun.

Your next chance is this coming Saturday September 27th for Fall Clean Up right here in Redwood City. This year, the cleanup will focus on sprucing up: Chestnut Street, Downtown, Hoover School, Marshall Street, Redwood Creek, Rolison Road, Stulsaft Park, Union Cemetery, Veterans’ Boulevard and Woodside Road.

The City invites you to bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a complimentary continental breakfast at 8:30 am at the Department of Public Works located at 1400 Broadway. After breakfast volunteers will grab pails and pickers and break up into clean up teams each one targeting a different area. (Bring your own boots and gloves.) Then after three or so hours everyone will return back to the Department of Public Works where a special free “Thank-you” BBQ lunch will be provided. Not only will you have fun but you will have helped the entire community.

So put it on your calendar now. If you already helped out last week on the water, this time try a land based location. Or if you just like the water, help clean up Redwood Creek.