This month’s volunteer spotlight recognizes all of those who participated in the 23rd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. This year’s cleanup was the most successful cleanup ever in San Diego County! An astounding 6,203 volunteers came out to perform cleanups at 62 sites county wide. Thanks for helping to keep CCD the largest volunteer event in San Diego!!

Vance Sharp - Project Manager
Vance Sharp was recently promoted to the Project Manager position at ILACSD. As our newest Project Manager, Vance will evaluate and implement ILACSD’s contracts and grants. Vance offers a multitude of experiences after running the Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Database and Hotline as ILACSD’s Administrative Coordinator. We are happy to have Vance show his skills in this new role.

Victor Hernandez - Administrative Coordinator
We are pleased to announce that Victor Hernandez has rejoined the team as ILACSD’s Administrative Coordinator. Victor was recently re-hired for the Administrative Coordinator position and is back managing ILACSD’s Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Hotline and Hotline staff. Victor also manages all ILACSD technology including computer server and recycling database functionality and maintenance. His knowledge of recycling issues in San Diego is vast, and he is a great asset to our team.

Natalie Roberts - Events Assistant
Many of you may have had the opportunity to meet Natalie at Coastal Cleanup Day, or on a recent visit to the office. Natalie Roberts is our new Events Assistant. She assists in the organization and promotion of programs and events such as Adopt-A-Beach, Coastal Cleanup Day, Beautify Chula Vista Day, and Storm Drain Stenciling. She also assists with website updates, correspondence with volunteers, and ILACSD’s volunteer newsletter. A recent graduate of UC Irvine, we are happy to welcome Natalie aboard!

Cindy Skach - Board Member
ILACSD would like to welcome Cindy Skach to its Board of Directors as our newest board member. Cindy recently moved to San Diego to continue her marketing career with Time Warner Cable. She joined ILACSD’s board to help keep San Diego beautiful and further her interest in environmental conservation. She has previous board experience, having previously served on the Big Brothers Big Sisters board in Kansas City and the Pike’s Peak Advertising Federation in Colorado Springs.

San Diego County coordinators I Love A Clean San Diego and San Diego Coastkeeper are pleased to announce that this years Coastal Cleanup Day was the most successful in San Diego County history. Thousands of volunteers collected about 100,000 pounds of debris! This success was due in part to the generosity of many local organizations and businesses who sponsored this years event.

This year, CCD was presented by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, through the support of Supervisor Greg Cox, and Supervisor Pam Slater-Price. Countywide sponsors included Time Warner Cable and Sempra Energy, whose generosity and volunteer support were of great help to the event. Media sponsors included KGTV 10 News, Azteca America SD, KPRI 102.1FM, and Radio Latina 104.5. Other sponsors of this years event included: Cymer, Inc., the City of San Diego’s Think Blue Program, Digiteers, Vulcan Materials Company– Western Division, Palomar Transit Mix, Hornblower Cruises & Events, SeaWorld Adventure Park San Diego, J & S Travel, Clif Bar, Vitamin Water, Birch Aquarium, General Dynamics NASSCO, City of La Mesa, Fitness and Wellness Insurance, EDCO, Waste Management, Allied Waste Services, Newport Pizza & Alehouse, KEEN Footwear and Dog Beach Dog Wash.

To view more results from this years Coastal Cleanup Day, please visit www.cleanupday.org!