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size=3> Is anybody interested in being the Trinity County organizer for the
September Coastal Cleanup Day (it also includes inland streams and
rivers)? If so, please contact Eben Schwartz at the number below or at
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<P><FONT size=3>eschwartz@coastal.ca.gov</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=3>February 4, 2004</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Book Antiqua" size=3>- <I>For Immediate Release
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Book Antiqua"
size=3>Contacts:<SPAN
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</SPAN>Eben Schwartz, Statewide Outreach Coordinator, (415) 904-5210</FONT></P>
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</SPAN>Judi Shils, Marketing and Sponsorship, (415) 904-5273</FONT></FONT></P>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>California
Coastal Commission Announces the “58 for 58” Campaign</FONT></H1>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Book Antiqua"><I>San Francisco</I> – The Public Education
Program of the California Coastal Commission announced today the launch of its
“58 for 58” campaign, designed to recruit volunteers and leadership in each of
California’s 58 counties over the next 58 days for this September’s California
Coastal Cleanup Day. This year’s Cleanup will celebrate the 20<SUP>th</SUP>
Anniversary of the event. In recognition of this milestone, the Coastal
Comission is working to broaden the scope of the Cleanup in order to include
volunteers from every county in the state – both coastal and inland
areas.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3>Started in 1985, California Coastal Cleanup Day is
billed as “the country’s largest volunteer event dedicated to the marine
environment.” Taking place over a three-hour span on the same day every year –
the third Saturday of September – the Cleanup has gained a prominent spot on
California’s volunteer calendar, and expands into new areas virtually every
year. In September of 2003, 47,817 people turned out in 41 of the state’s
counties to help remove almost 700,000 pounds of debris. As these numbers
indicate, Coastal Cleanup Day long ago outgrew its “coastal” moniker.</FONT></P>
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face="Book Antiqua" size=3>“We’ve been cleaning up inland areas for almost as
long as we’ve been organizing Coastal Cleanup Day,” said Eben Schwartz,
Statewide Outreach Coordinator for the California Coastal Commission. “The data
we’ve collected during the event over the years has shown that most of the trash
we pick up starts in our inland and urban areas. So why not go straight to the
source and stop that trash where it starts?”</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3>Over the next 58 days, the Coastal Commission’s
Public Education Program, which coordinates the statewide event, will be seeking
to recruit coordinators from each of the counties that do not yet participate in
Coastal Cleanup Day (see end of this release for a list of these counties). The
County Coordinators are a diverse lot, ranging from organizations or agencies
with a specific environmental mission to concerned individuals with no
organizational affiliation at all. The County Coordinator is an unpaid position
that receives training, supplies, and support from the Coastal
Commission.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3>“Coastal Cleanup Day is such a massive affair that,
if it were not for the partnerships we build with local governments, non-profit
groups, and our volunteers, we would never be able to pull it off,” Schwartz
said. “We’re looking for anyone and everyone who’s interested in being part of
this vital event this September, even if all you want to do is grab a bag and
clean up at your local creek.”</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Book Antiqua" size=3>The Commission has already sent letters to the
Departments of Public Works and Environmental Health of each of the
unrepresented counties. However, the Commission welcomes any private or public
involvement, and will be looking to fill these volunteer positions as soon as
possible. For more information, please contact Eben Schwartz at (415) 904-5210,
(800) COAST-4-U, or eschwartz@coastal.ca.gov.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Book Antiqua">Counties currently unrepresented in California Coastal
Cleanup Day:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></P><I><SPAN
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Colusa, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Mariposa, Plumas, San Benito, Shasta,
Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare,
Tuolumne.</SPAN></I></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>