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SOS News for June, 2012
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We want YOU to get Patriotic for Clean Beaches
Make Pollution Prevention Patriotic with Save Our Shores this Fourth of July. It's fun, easy and you're on the beach!
 On Wednesday, July 4th, 1-5pm: Pollution Prevention volunteers are needed to hand out trash and recycling bags on our busiest beaches. You'll also encourage beach-goers to properly dispose of and pack their trash.On Thursday, July 5th, from 8-10am: Patriotic volunteers will join forces for the Star Spangled Beach Cleanup, the second largest beach cleanup of the year!
Why? Because when the revelry is over and the visitors have gone, our beaches are left trashed with thousands of pounds of debris.
Join us on June 7th for our World Oceans Day
Happy Hour on Cannery Row
When: Thursday, June 7, from 5-7pm
Where: Light & Motion, 300 Cannery Row, Monterey
In honor of World Oceans Day, we're throwing a FREE happy hour on beautiful Cannery Row for our friends and fellow ocean-advocates in Monterey County. Attendees can learn how to Take Action in support of ocean conservation by joining forces with Save Our Shores.
Thank you to our friends at Light and Motion and Peter B's Brewpub for hosting and Sponsoring this World Oceans Day event!
Doin' it for the Ocean: Our Star-Studded PSA
What began as a prize won in a bowling game by John Laird, California's Secretary for Natural Resources (we hear he's quite the bowler)... Evolved into a fun and flawless PSA shoot with Save Our Shores, our local PSA stars, and the amazing crew from Community TV of Santa Cruz County. Thank you to our stars Robert "Wingnut" Weaver, John Laird, and Fred Keeley for lending us your time and bringing laughs to everyone on set. Check out the photo album from the PSA shoot...
Save the Date for the Toast to the Coast  When: The evening of Sunday, August 26 Where: Seascape Beach Resort, Aptos Mark your calendars for the Toast to the Coast! With your toes in the sand and dolphins playing offshore, you'll watch the sunset on the Bay and then dance the night away at our annual summer party. Santa Cruz Hula School will bring the beauty of hula dance, attendees will sip on locally produced beer and wine, and Seascape will provide the full dinner spread with lots of options - featuring a sustainable clambake dinner. Tickets will be available soon and our Grand Prize raffle is already lining up. Let the Summer Raffle excitement begin! See all the fun we had at last year's Toast...
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Advocacy Update
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On June 26, the Santa Cruz City Council will vote on a city-wide plastic bag ban. Join Save Our Shores and let your voice be heard on this important ocean-protecting ordinance at 7pm in Council Chambers.
On June 5, the Carmel City Council will cast their vote for a plastic bag ban in Carmel. Take Action by joining Save Our Shores in support of the bag ban at at 4:30pm in Council Chambers.
People often ask us why they still receive plastic bags at the store even after Santa Cruz County outlawed plastic bags. Here's why:
The bag ban for Santa Cruz County does not apply to the incorporated cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Watsonville, and Scotts Valley - which each have their own governance - the City Council. So it's a good thing Watsonville swiftly passed a bag ban last month and Santa Cruz is moving full speed ahead. This will leave just Capitola and Scotts Valley to go plastic bag-free before a FULL county-wide ban is set.
Plastic bag bans around the state and around the world:
- LA becomes largest US city to ban plastic bags!
- Solana Beach, Watsonville, and Mendocino County ban the bag.
- Hawaii becomes first US state to ban plastic bags AND paper bags made with less than 40% recycled content!
- Davao City in the Philippines and Mahabaleshwar, Srirangam, and Samayapuramm in India ban plastic bags.
- Sea World theme parks begin plastic bag phase out!
Help us win the fight against plastic pollution!
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Volunteer with Save Our Shores!
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- Saturday, June 2, 10am-Noon: San Lorenzo River Cleanup at Riverside Ave. Bridge to river mouth, Santa Cruz
- Saturday, June 9, 10am-Noon: Monterey Monthly Beach Cleanup at Carmel Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Saturday, June 16, 10am-Noon: Santa Cruz Monthly Beach Cleanup at Sunset State Beach
- Saturday, June 16, 9am-1pm: Prevent oil spills with the DockWalker team at the Santa Cruz Harbor
Visit our Calendar for more information...
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Join Team Save
Our Shores! |
At SOS headquarters, we work hard to protect our ocean. And we need a new Intern to join our team! Join the 'Best Non-Profit in Santa Cruz' and learn what grassroots organizing and education is all about!
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Thank You to our
May Online Donors!
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Thank you to our online donors for Saving Our Shores in May!
- Dan & Rebecca Haifley
- Sandy Nguyen
- Lynette Tamayo
Save Your Shores
this June!
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Dive the Bay June 8-10 |
Are you a diver or kayaker looking for a new way to enjoy the water?
Check out Dive the Bay June 8-10. It starts with a social gathering on Friday night and you'll spend the next two days diving orkayaking in beautiful Monterey Bay.
SOS will be onsite spreading awareness about Marine Protected Areas - our underwater State Parks.
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A $500 Matched Challenge for Neighbors of Seabright Beach! | |
Due to the threat of impending closures of Seabright Beach this summer, SOS friend and neighbor Traci Bliss decided to take matters into her own hands.
She's offering a $500 Donation to keep Seabright Beach clean and pristine - and she wants YOU to MATCH it!
Thank you, Traci, for being a champion for clean beaches! Save Our Shores pledges to protect our local beaches with your generous support!
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Thank You |
| Save Our Shores thanks our many volunteers, sponsors, partners, and contributors for helping Save Our Shores continue our work of caring for the marine environment through Ocean Awareness, Advocacy, and Citizen Action!
The ocean and its inhabitants thank you, too.
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SOS: Winner of Best Non-Profit of 20112 | 
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SOS: Winner of Best Non-Profit of 2011! | 
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SOS: Winner of Best Non-Profit of 2010! | 
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