Weekly Davenport Beach cleanup program to begin this Sunday
SANTA CRUZ – Save Our Shores (SOS) announced their weekly beach cleanup and outreach program at Davenport Main Beach. From April to September of 2013 the nonprofit conducted 30 
cleanups and removed over 3,700 pounds of garbage. Roughly 300 volunteers participated in both trash removal as well as outreach to beach visitors focused on waste reduction. SOS anticipates that increased awareness and changed behavior will result in less litter this summer.
With the intent to keep illegal beach partying to a minimum, a Santa Cruz County Deputy Sheriff is scheduled for patrol duty at Davenport beach on Friday and Saturday evenings from May 30th through Labor Day.
“We especially appreciate the support of Jim Hart, Rachel Dann and the Office of Supervisor Neal Coonerty for making this program such a huge success and increasing enforcement on the beach in these busy summer months”, said Laura Kasa, Executive Director of SOS.
Additionally, the organization is grateful to see the focused cleanup effort expand as the ‘2014 Trash Hot Spots’ are unveiled as a new program supported through generous funding from REI.
“We have a laser focus on ten sites along our Monterey Bay shoreline that have the greatest need for outreach and cleanup efforts. These areas were chosen based on our data as well as input from our community. Our hope is to remove sites from this list as we are able to give them the attention they require”, said Rachel Kippen, Program Manager of SOS.
Hot Spot Locations: Davenport Main Beach, Panther Beach, Cowell/Main Beach, the San Lorenzo River, Sunny Cove Beach, Soquel Creek, Aptos Creek, Watsonville Slough, Elkhorn Slough and the beaches of Sand City.
To take part in our Adopt-a-Beach program visit: <saveourshores.org/volunteer/adopt-a-beach>
For more information, please contact SOS Program Manager Rachel Kippen at (831) 462-5660 ext.3 or [email protected]. You can always find us on the web at www.saveourshores.org.