Join this community effort and help keep our environment safe, clean, and beautiful!

Since 1986, volunteers for the SLV Annual River & Road Clean Up days have removed tons of trash and recycling from our rivers and roads throughout the San Lorenzo Valley. You’d think our environment would be pristine after these many annual clean-ups! But every year trash accumulates back into our forests and streams, threatening wildlife, ecosystems, and the watershed. We are fortunate to partner with Save Our Shores, which monitors the clean-up efforts to influence policy and increase awareness of how humans impact our environment.
The VWC invites you to join in on the Annual SLV Annual River & Road Clean Up and help in the effort to nurture our mountain habitat!
River & Road Clean Up News
Despite a long-awaited rain, the 27th Annual River & Road Clean Up was a big success this year. Total numbers of volunteers as well as the volume of trash and recycling collected surpassed the totals from the previous year (see chart, below). The rain held off just long enough that over 150 volunteers were able
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Help us get the word out about this important clean-up event! River & Road Marketing Tools: Press Release Printable color flyer (.pdf) Logo (.jpg) Flyer as image (.jpg) Web page – like it Facebook Page – like it! Google Map of all Santa Cruz County locations
27th Annual River & Road Clean Up Takes Place Saturday, September 21, 2013 River Road Marketing Tools Map of all Santa Cruz County cleanup locations The rivers and roads of the San Lorenzo Valley that flow into the Monterey Bay will get a lot cleaner on Saturday, September 21, 2013 when hundreds of volunteers band
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The 26th Annual Al Haynes Memorial SLV River & Road Clean-up, organized by The Valley Women’s Club, takes place this year on Saturday, September 15th, joining again with Save Our Shores’ annual Coastal Clean-up effort, to raise public awareness about the link between the health of our San Lorenzo River Watershed to the health of the ocean.
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