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Four Poway locations are part of April 25 Creek to Bay Cleanup

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The 13th annual Creek to Bay Cleanup, one of I Love a Clean San Diego’s biggest events of the year, is being held on Saturday, April 25 and Powegians can be a part of it.

There are three new sites in Poway that will be part of the cleanup event: Poway Community Park, Starridge Park and Hilleary Park. These new sites join the Iron Mountain cleanup site, making a total of four cleanup sites available to volunteers in Poway.

The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 25 and will be held simultaneously at 106 sites county-wide.

This year, the event is hoping to draw more than 6,000 volunteers, ranging from Alpine to Ocean Beach and San Ysidro to Oceanside.

Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to sign up at www.CreektoBay.org prior to April 25 to participate in the event. Volunteers are needed for all four Poway locations.

In 2014, volunteers braved stormy weather to remove over 100 tons of trash and debris from the cleanup sites.

In addition to removing trash, volunteers also beautify the areas by removing graffiti, planting native plants, removing invasive plant growth and performing park maintenance.

Volunteers are asked to reduce waste generated by this event by bringing their own reusable cleaning products. These include a plastic bucket, work gloves and a canteen for water.

I Love a Clean San Diego is hosting a Bling Your Bucket contest, where kids can decorate their own reusable plastic bucket and snap a photo of them using it at the cleanup.

All scout troops that participate in the cleanup event can request patches to commemorate their volunteer efforts.

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