Volunteers help clean up Clear Lake shoreline
- Elizabeth Larson
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Two dozen volunteers joined local agencies and braved the heat on the morning of June 19 to take part in the Clear Lake Shoreline Clean-Up.
The Lake County Water Resources Department’s AmeriCorps CivicSpark Fellows organized the four-hour event.
The fellows partnered with Lake County Special Districts, the cities of Clearlake and Lakeport, C&S Waste Solutions and Lake County Public Services in carrying out the cleanup.
Cleanup sites were located at Library Park in Lakeport, Redbud Park in Clearlake and Lucerne Harbor Park.
Lake County Water Resources reported that the cleanup resulted in four trailers and 32 bags of trash collected, totaling more than 1,300 pounds of waste.
Over 1,000 pounds were collected at Library Park in Lakeport, 120 pounds were collected at Redbud Park in Clearlake and 224 pounds were collected at Lucerne Harbor Park in Lucerne, according to a report from CivicSpark Fellow Nikol Damato.
Damato said the cleanup was a success, exceeding the goal of having between 15 and 20 volunteers.
In total, 24 community members volunteered, Damato said, with 11 in Lakeport, eight in Clearlake and five in Lucerne.
City Manager Kevin Ingram said in a report on the event that the city of Lakeport was grateful for the volunteers of all ages who worked to clean up the trash and debris from Lakeport’s shoreline.
“Some volunteers focused on the area between Library Park and the site of the new Lakefront Park on North Main Street,” said Ingram.
He added, “Another group led by City Councilmember Michael Froio tackled the shoreline along Lakeshore Boulevard.”
Damato said volunteers served for an average of 1.5 hours each for a total of approximately 36 hours served for the event.
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