creek cleanup volunteers

There are four main groups of volunteers for Creek Cleanup;

Creek Honchos
Cleanup Teams
Coordination
Individual Cleaner

Duties and commitment levels are explained further on this page.

CREEK HONCHOSTwo Creek Honchos are stationed at each of the cleanup locations from 8:30am to 12:00 noon.  These folks sign individual cleaners up, hand out bags and gloves, and direct traffic to areas along the creek that need to be picked-up.
Honchos need to attend one meeting the week prior to the event and should also walk their section of the creek to scout for trashy areas. To sign up as a Honcho please contact Holly at the office to find out what locations are in need of Honchos.

CLEANUP TEAMS
Teams are formed by interested individuals and their co-workers or friends. You can have whomever you would like on your team and there can be any number of people you want. The Team Leader signs up their team by filling out the form on this site at the Team Sign-Up page. You can select a specific location to work on or indicate no preference and we will assign you to an area of need.
Team leaders will collect sign-in sheets to be filled out by each of their team members and will deliver them to the Honcho for their site on or before the day of the event. The Team Leader should also call the Honcho on the day of the event to check in.
Team Leaders will need to come into the office during the week before the event to collect bags and gloves for their team.

COORDINATION VOLUNTEERSThese folks include runners who will be assigned several locations to assist. Runners need to use their own car and will have extra gloves, bags, and other items on hand. The runners will provide support to the Honchos from 9:00 till 12:00 on the morning of the event.
Additionally we need some folks stationed at the Valley of the Moon Park from 9:00 to 3:00 on the day of the event to help in a variety of ways. We need folks to check-in the Honchos when they return, help set-up for the BBQ, man the trash awards table, etc.
If you would like to help in this way please contact Holly at the office.

INDIVIDUAL CLEANERS
If you just want to come out to a creek and help pick up trash on the morning of the event then all you have to do is go to one of the locations listed on the Locations page at this site, sign-in with the Honcho, and go to it!
Remember to attend the free BBQ at Valley of the Moon Park at 12:00 and enjoy the free food, a live band, and presentation of the coveted Trash Awards.