Locals to keep Hayward clean and green in shoreline cleanup

  • 2019-09-16
Residents of Hayward are being asked to help protect the community’s shoreline and salt marshes with a special shoreline cleanup event.

The Keep Hayward Clean and Green Beautification day is in conjunction with Coastal Cleanup Day 2019, where thousands of people in hundreds of communities join in a nationwide cleanup of riverbanks, shorelines and beaches.

Coastal Cleanup Day started in Texas 30 years ago as a small volunteer effort to remove and document shoreline trash. It has become the world’s largest volunteer environmental cleanup, with communities in more than 100 countries taking part.

The local event is organized by the Keep Hayward Clean and Green Task Force. Hayward City Council created the group to focus on the community’s appearance through volunteer events and to engage local businesses to get involved.

The cleanup is more than just a beautification effort. It is a chance to connect with neighbors, make new friends, and the City of Hayward will be letting participants know how to save money through its Green City environmental programs.

Community cleanups like these are perfect opportunities to use brochure printing to educate and raise awareness of environmental programs.

Registration is free, but volunteers are asked to pre-register online before this Thursday, September 19, at 3:00 pm. Participants are also asked to bring their own gloves.

The Keep Hayward Clean and Green Beautification Special Shoreline Cleanup event is this Saturday, September 21 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center, 4901 Breakwater Avenue in Hayward.