{"id":14677,"date":"2025-08-21T21:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=14677"},"modified":"2025-08-21T21:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T21:56:22","slug":"california-coastal-cleanup-day-transforms-into-worlds-largest-scavenger-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/?p=14677","title":{"rendered":"California Coastal Cleanup Day transforms into world\u2019s largest scavenger hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>SAN FRANCISCO <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>California Coastal Cleanup Day will celebrate its 41st year this September with its first ever \u201cTrashure Hunt.\u201d The state\u2019s largest volunteer event is expected to draw more than 50,000 people at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastal.ca.gov\/publiced\/ccd\/ccd.html#map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hundreds of locations<\/a>\u00a0across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The California Coastal Commission organizes the annual cleanup, which this year promises to be the world\u2019s largest scavenger hunt. Participants can win everything from hotel stays, tickets to theme and amusement parks, gift cards, tickets to a Giants baseball game, a ceremonial first pitch at an A\u2019s game, an e-bike, and many more worthy prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details about the Trashure Hunt \u2014 which is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 20 \u2014 can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastal.ca.gov\/publiced\/ccd\/trashurehunt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about this year\u2019s creative twist on Coastal Cleanup Day,\u201d said Executive Director Kate Huckelbridge. \u201cCalifornians have repeatedly shown up to protect the state\u2019s iconic shoreline, and this is our way of celebrating that dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past cleanup events have proven so successful that the Coastal Commission introduced a self-guided program in 2020 to allow participation across the entire month of September. Last year, more than 47,000 volunteers turned out, including at over 700 cleanup sites on Coastal Cleanup Day itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVolunteers are already giving so much to help protect our precious natural resources,\u201d said Jamie Barrett, chief creative officer with pro bono ad agency Barrett Hofherr, which helped design this year\u2019s event. \u201cWe thought it was time to reward those efforts wherever we could and hopefully entice more people to come join in on the fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coastal Commission organizes the event with help from hundreds of governments and nonprofit agencies throughout the state. About 1.8 million volunteers have helped remove more than 13,500 tons of trash since the event\u2019s launch in 1985. The most&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastal.ca.gov\/publiced\/ccd\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">common items<\/a>&nbsp;include cigarette filters, food wrappers, plastic straws, and other utensils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter rains in California can flush trash and other debris through rivers, creeks and channels from inland areas across hundreds of miles to the ocean. That means that even volunteers participating in places such as Sacramento and Riverside can help protect the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the closest cleanup event near you, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastal.ca.gov\/publiced\/ccd\/ccd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coastalcleanupday.org<\/a>. Publicity posters and t-shirts are also available at the website. Follow statewide efforts on social media at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CaliforniaCoast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook.com\/CaliforniaCoast<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecaliforniacoast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instagram.com\/thecaliforniacoast\/.<\/a>&nbsp;Please share your cleanup experience on social media using the hashtag #coastalcleanupday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014\u00a0California&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category--others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14678,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14677\/revisions\/14678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacyf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}