Ocean Day


What is Kids Ocean Day?

Kids Ocean Day is an annual celebration and call to action for the protection of the world’s oceans. The event’s goal is to allow students to interact with the environment in order to truly lean the importance of preserving it. Sponsored by the California Coastal Commission, Ocean Day events are hosted through the state by different organizations. It includes a series of assemblies, beach clean-up, and aerial art.

875 kids, 180 adults = one cute flat fish!

Kids Ocean Day 2011: “Clean seas, please!”

It’s hard to believe that Kids Ocean Day is over.  This year has been a whirlwind, with more kids and more volunteers than ever!  Over 875 kids, over 100 volunteers, and dozens of teachers and chaperones took over Huntington State Beach for a cleanup and aerial art event. Fifteen busloads of students blanketed the beach between Magnolia and Beach Blvd, picking up thousands of pieces of plastic and styrafoam, food wrappers and cigarette butts.  Then our mighty group of over 1,ooo kids and adults joined together to create a flat fish asking us for “Clean Seas Please!”

This event would not have been possible without donations of time, supplies and funds of many generous people.  A gigantic THANK YOU to:

Volunteers:

  • Sam’s Club
  • ADP
  • Orange Coast College Circle K Club
  • Various people from CSUF, Saddleback College, and veteran Coastkeeper volunteers and interns
  • The aerial art team, headed up by the fabulous Anni Nguyen

Sponsors:

  • California Coastal Commission
  • Hurley and Morning Sun Shirt Company: 1,000 T-shirts!
  • Orange County Community Foundation
  • Mother’s Market
  • Chipotle- lunch for volunteers!
  • Surfside Sports
  • Sprouts, Fresh and Easy, Von’s

 

Kids Ocean Day 2010

In 2010, we moved our event to Huntington State Beach, and it was a hit! Over 750 Students helped clean the beach, and came together to create an aerial art image with a message to “Sustain Life.”

Thanks to our Volunteers: This year, Coastkeeper was lucky to have over 80 volunteers helping make Ocean Day a success. From creating the aerial art and setting up equipment to leading school groups and bringing us Chipotle, we couldn’t have done it without you! A special thanks to our spectacular aerial art team, and local Sam’s Club stores.
Thanks to our Sponsors: Sam’s Club; Starbucks- Newhope St, Fountain Valley; Trader Joe’s- Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach; Chipotle- Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley.
It’s hard to believe that’s it’s been almost a year since our last Ocean Day event, but it’s just around the corner. This year we’ll be bringing over 750 elementary students from across the county to Huntington State Beach. Students will help clean the beach, and come together to create an aerial art image with a message to “Sustain Life.”

 

Ocean Day 2009

Thanks to all who helped us bring over 700 elementary school students to Bolsa Chica State Beach for the 15th Annual Kids’ Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup on June 4th, 2009! Our students, teachers and over 70 volunteers created an amazing aerial art design and left Bolsa Chica a lot cleaner.

We couldn’t have done this event without the help of Save Our Beach and Sam’s Club, who helped us recruit volunteers and provided important supplies. Also, thanks to a special donation from Lexus, we were able to send each participant home with a Kids Ocean Day canvas tote, to bring home the message of reducing plastic use.

 

Ocean Day 2008

For our first year as Ocean Day coordinator, 500 students from 6 local schools participated in the beach cleanup and aerial art activities. Through this incredible program, we learned the impact that students can have in their community when you help them make a connection with their environment and show them ways they can make a difference. Click the links below to learn more:

 

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