Day ON…not OFF!

Katie O'Looney-McCormick, Supervising Teacher at Wright Carter
 

On Monday, January 17, 2011, 25 CalSERVES AmeriCorps members participated in a National Service Day called “Day ON…not OFF!”, a day where citizens are encouraged to go out into their community and make a difference on the MLK holiday we celebrate.

We cleaned portions of the Santa Rosa creek near the intersection of Stony Point Road and Hearn Avenue. Members arrived eager and ready to clean up lots of trash! We picked up garbage for a little over 2 hours and there was still more out there! We found tires, shopping carts, coolers, baseballs, soccer balls, tons of candy wrappers and lots and lots of garbage that the winter storms had brought to the creek.

We are very fortunate for our partnership with the City of Santa Rosa and their Creek Stewardship program; a program that cleans up the creeks in Santa Rosa and teaches the importance of water and the environment to many. We’re all geared up and ready to make this a bigger 2nd annual event next year!

Thank you CalSERVES members for coming out on your day off and definitely making a difference!