[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 💥 Post-Cleanup Report – Samoa Peninsula! 💥 What an incredible turnout! This cleanup was a powerful collaboration between the City of Eureka and the Samoa Fire Department, tackling one of the peninsula’s biggest illegal dumping hot spots. 💪 We found the remnants of a home remodel dumped, plus multiple piles of trash that had been hauled in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 🌤️ North Town Arcata Cleanup Recap! 🌿 It was a beautiful, mellow morning in North Town Arcata as our team tackled the stretch between 14th Street and Sunset. Most of the trash was found near the highway exits and on-ramps, but overall, the area looked great considering it’s been a year since our last cleanup here!...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Eureka 90-Minute Trash Bash Recap – A Beautiful Morning of Teamwork! It was a beautiful morning for another bi-monthly Eureka 90-Minute Trash Bash! We had a great turnout and focused our efforts on the trails running both north and south of the Hikshari Trail parking lot off Hilfiker Road. During the cleanup, we came across several abandoned...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Zane Middle School Greenbelt Cleanup 🌿✨ This week’s cleanup was a special one, focusing on the greenbelts surrounding Zane Middle School. When we arrived, we found a significant amount of abandoned homeless trash scattered throughout the area—including several large bags of cannabis. Definitely not something middle school students should be stumbling across in their daily routines. We...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Celebrating 10 Years of McKinleyville Trash Bashes! 🎉🌎 This month marked a huge milestone—our 10-year anniversary of hosting bi-monthly, town-wide cleanups in McKinleyville! What started as a small community effort has grown into a decade of impact, and we couldn’t be more proud of the difference we’ve made together. For this special cleanup, over 33 incredible volunteers...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fortuna Cleanup Recap 🌎💚 We had another great turnout for our latest cleanup in Fortuna—thank you to everyone who came out and gave just 90 minutes to make a big difference! Our team made the rounds through all the usual hot spots in town. To our surprise, the area behind the Safeway shopping center—normally one of our...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 🌟 What an Incredible Evening! 🌟 Last Saturday, we hosted our very first Fundraising Dinner at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka—and it was a huge success! 🙌💚 ✨ We raffled off some amazing prizes🏆 Honored our Environmental Heroes & Hall of Fame supporters🌍 And celebrated a community that truly cares about protecting our outdoor spaces for future...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The weather wasn’t really in our favor for this cleanup. We had about 20 minutes of rain, but since it stayed warm and humid, it didn’t slow our volunteers down. We came across lots of small piles of trash throughout the waterfront trail and managed to fill most of the dumpsters. One highlight of the day...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This weekend’s cleanup brought out a lot of big, bulky trash from several abandoned homeless camps. With the help of members of the homeless community, we were able to locate and clean up these abandoned sites. 💪 It was a great turnout, and together we were able to address several critical areas. Everyone kicked butt out...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] 🔥 Mad River Beach Cleanup Report 🔥 Today we removed over 50 lbs of rusty nails (a full 5-gallon bucket!) from fire pits at Mad River Beach. Many of these came from burned pallets. On average, a single pallet contains about 80 nails—so when several are burned, hundreds of rusty nails are left just under the...
