District 5150 Coastal Clean-up Day

Contact: Sylvia Barry
20
Sep.
2025
Sep. 20, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
multiple locations
CA
United States of America

All Rotary, Rotaract, and Interact Clubs are invited to participate in our District's 4th Annual and the 41st Annual California Coastal Clean-up Day on Saturday, September 20th, 2025 from 9 AM to 12 noon. Let's roll up our sleeves and help protect our environment: one of Rotary's Seven Areas of Focus. Plus, all three counties of District 5150 have coastlines and beaches to protect.  

This project is open to all age groups and abilities, and guests and potential members are welcome, too. You and your club can start your own clean-up project or join forces with other Rotary / Rotaract / Interact clubs, community organizations, and volunteers to clean up the same area.

Select a county to view established clean-up projects/sites to participate in or create a new project/site for your club for 2025:  

The following clubs are planning to participate as of 09-15-25.  (will update as I receive information)

  • Marin: Ignacio, Mission San Rafael, Novato, Novato Sunrise, San Rafael, San Rafael Marin Evening, Terra Linda (Scottsdale Pond, Novato Creek, Warner Creek, McInnis Park, Pickelweed, Starkweather Shoreline Path)
  • San Francisco: San Francisco, San Francisco Castro, San Francisco Chinatown, San Francisco Sunset (Ocean Beach)
  • San Mateo: Foster City (Planning, local), Global Action, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo, Woodside/Portola Valley (Dunes Beach)

Interact Clubs: Terra Linda High (McInnis Park) and Marin Catholic (Creek close to MC), Twin-Cities Community with San Rafael at Starkweather Shoreline Path.  Lowell High, Washington High will be at Ocean Beach with RC SF Chinatown and RCSF.  Carlmont High at Coyote Point, Foster City is planning to have two interact clubs.  El Camino High at Colma Creek

Rotaract Clubs:  Dominican Rotaract at McInnis Park, San Francisco Community Rotaract at Ocean Beach  

Since the start of California Coastal Clean-up Day in 1985, 1,784,556 volunteers have removed over 26,778,113 pounds of trash and recyclables (average 16.6 pounds of trash per volunteer) from our state’s beaches, lakes, and waterways. Our District had 21 clubs and 3 interact clubs participating in 2023. Let's increase that number in 2025!  The District 5150 Community Service Committee is encouraging all Rotary, Rotaract and Interact club members to support the State's largest annual volunteer event and help clean up trash from the environment before the rains come and wash it out to the coast and ocean.

We hope to have more clubs, even if only a few can from each club, participating this year. To be included in the list participating from our District or for questions or more information about this event, please contact Rotarian Sylvia Barry Sylvia.barry@mindspring.com or call/text her at 415-717-0293.