Oaklanders clean up on city’s 20th Annual Earth Day
on April 29, 2014
The 20th Annual Oakland Earth Day, the city’s largest community volunteer event, drew volunteers from an array of groups including Friends of Sausal Creek, Keep Oakland Beautiful, Starbucks East Bay, the University of California and Bay Area Rapid Transit.
Volunteers rolled up their sleeves on Saturday to enhance the environment through litter pickup, graffiti removal, weeding, planting and creek restoration. Oakland Public Works sponsored the event with support from the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
To supporters, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. “More than one billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world,” according to Earth Day Network.
At Arroyo Viejo Park, Dwayne Aikens Jr., co-founder of We Lead Ours, said as many as 45 volunteers came to help his group clear trash. Volunteers also fanned out to clean and beautify public green spaces at Cesar Chavez Park, DeFremery Park, Dimond Park, East Oakland Boxing Association, FROG Park/Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt & Creek, Hardy Park, Lake Merritt Sailboat House, and Morcom Rose Garden.
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- The city provided tools and give away bags to volunteer workers at Arroyo Viejo Recreational Park.
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- We Lead Ours and Keep Oakland Beautiful organizes youth volunteers who regularly pick up at Arroyo Viejo Park.
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- Oakland City Councilmember, Libby Schaaf recognized a young volunteer at Arroyo Viejo Park’s Earth Day Celebration in East Oakland.
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- Volunteers trimmed back the shrubbery that blocked the path to the creek in Arroyo Viejo Park.
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- A volunteer hauled leaves and twigs towards the compost pile.
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- Volunteers gave a helping hand in cleaning up Arroyo Viejo Park used by kids who live in the neighborhood.
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- Libby Schaaf, Oakland City Council greeted her favorite grandmother at Cesar Chavez Park in Fruitvale.
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- 30 volunteers shoveled dirt into paper bags at Arroyo Viejo Park in East Oakland.
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- Libby Schaaf , District 4 city councilmember recognized clean up efforts at a crosswalk in East Oakland by cheering youth on with a “Thank You”.
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- At Cesar Chavez Park, the city provided the tools and 20 people came to weed the garden.
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- Volunteers picked up some litter at Cesar Chavez Park.
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- May Peace be in our Homes and Communities.
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- Allendale Recreation Center hosted their first Earth Day Festival on Saturday, April 26.
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- Marisela Saeteurn showed her son how to re-pot some flowers.
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- The First Earth Day Festival at Allendale Recreation Center was held on Saturday.
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- Face painting at Allendale Recreational Park on their first Earth Day Festival, April 26.
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- A girl modeled a butterfly mask for Earth Day Festival in Allendale Recreation Center on Saturday, April 26th.
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- I Love Oakland Mural at Allendale Recreation Center
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- Temescal neighbors picked up litter on the sidewalk on their way back to 43rd St. and Shafter Ave.
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Hi I just wanted to say thank you for mentioning We Lead Ours in the article and the work that my organization and Keep Oakland Beautiful is doing at Arroyo Park. This is a great article but you spelled my last name incorrect it should be Dwayne Aikens Jr. If you can edit it that will be great if not its okay as well.
Thanks again for the positive press
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