Annual Fallbrook Cleanup Day scheduled for Sept. 19

FALLBROOK – Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green, a division of the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance, has scheduled their annual community-wide Clean Up Day for Saturday, Sept. 19, in conjunction with the statewide California Coastal Cleanup Day and International Coastal Cleanup held by I Love a Clean San Diego, and the California Coastal Commission.

In San Diego County alone, the event brings together roughly 7,500 volunteers, local businesses, community organizations and government agencies, all working towards the same goal: a cleaner and healthier county. Locally, Fallbrook residents will have an opportunity to participate in cleanup activities organized at two Fallbrook locations, picking up litter on neighborhood streets and roadways.

Roadside debris is often the result of deliberate or accidental actions by people. Improperly covered trash bins, litter, debris left in streets and parks, and items thrown from cars or uncovered truck beds, all end up along our roadways, impacting the beauty and health of Fallbrook, and which may also travel through storm drains, before landing on our shorelines or settling in the ocean.

Volunteers should register in advance at: www.cleanupday.org to select one of the two Fallbrook Clean Up sites listed under Zone 2 North County Inland. The two locations are: Downtown Fallbrook (parking lot on Alvarado located between the Fallbrook Art Center and the Fallbrook Library), and the Live Oak Park (parking lot at 2746 Reche Road). On the day of the event, participants are to meet at 9 a.m. at their selected location, where they will be assigned a street to collect debris.

Bags, gloves and water will be provided, but volunteers are encouraged to help reduce their use, by bringing along their own reusable bucket or burlap, gardening gloves, and reusable water bottle.

The Clean Up event will conclude at noon. All interested

volunteers are welcome, including walk-ins and groups.

Note: Every volunteer needs to sign a waiver, available on the web site, and anyone under the age of 18 needs a parent or guardian signature to participate!

Additional information about the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance and other exciting projects underway to enhance Fallbrook, may be found at www.fallbrookbeautification.org.