Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Community members help pick up trash along Main Ave. during the Saturday, Sept. 19 Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green event organized by the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance. The event was held in tandem with the I Love A Clean San Diego effort. Shane Gibson photo
Alexis Rhoads, 6, of Girls Scouts of San Gorgonio does her part to Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green on Sept. 19. Shane Gibson photo
Fallbrook Cleanup Day participants pickup trash along Main St. in Fallbrook on Sept. 19. Shane Gibson photo
Loraine Genovese (left) and Ronne Branson do their part to "help Fallbrook get clean and green" during the annual Fallbrook Cleanup Day on Sept. 19. Shane Gibson photo
Martin Quiroz and Michelle Verdugo clean up a neglected area behind a dumpster at the public parking lot in downtown Fallbrook during the annual Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green event. Shane Gibson photo
Cardin Boyd, 7, of Brownie Pack Troop #2362 picks up trash at Don Dussault County Park during the annual Fallbrook Cleanup Day on Sept. 19. Shane Gibson photo
David Toney, center, with his son Logan, 3, and daughter Addison, 7, pick up trash at Don Dussault County Park during the annual Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green event on Sept. 19. Shane Gibson photo
The team that picked up the most trash on Fallbrook's Sept. 19 clean-up day is Kim Steel & Associates Weichert Realtors, Murphy & Murphy, from left, Adam Nogueira, Erica Hooper, Kim Steel, and Chet Smith. Courtesy photo
Members of the community lent their support to Keep Fallbrook Clean and Green, the annual, large-scale clean-up effort organized by the Fallbrook Beautification Alliance (FBA) on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 9 a.m. to noon.
According to FBA representative Mary Jo Bacik, "Eighty-two people volunteered their time to clean up in the downtown area alone; more helped at Live Oak Park." Bacik said of the downtown volunteers, 35 percent were children.
"Many of them decorated buckets from home to use to collect debris," she said.
The FBA made sure to have bags, gloves, pickers, and vests on hand for the volunteers.
In downtown Fallbrook, 65 bags of trash and recyclable material was collected – which amounted to 1,028 lbs. of debris off the streets.
"I estimate about 10 miles worth of streets were cleaned," said Bacik. "Volunteers also reported back on other areas of concern, such as locations where graffiti, shopping carts, illegally dumped items for follow-up action."
Bacik announced the group that collected the most trash during the effort.
"A team from Kim Steel & Associates of Weichert Realtors, Murphy & Murphy collected the most trash (by weight), bringing in 281 lbs of debris, including seven discarded tires," she reported. "They were closely followed by Girl Scout Troop 2858 who collected 274 lbs of trash and recyclables."
Help came from many facets of the community. "Individuals, families, and teams came together or met up that morning, including the Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton First Class Petty Officers Association," said Bacik.
Fallbrook's clean-up day was scheduled in conjunction with the 31st annual "I Love A Clean San Diego" event.
"Fallbrook joined over 100 other communities and clean-up sites that combined removed an estimated 105 tons of debris from local rivers, creeks, canyons, neighborhoods, parks, beaches, and bays," said Bacik.
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