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g TAX-DEDUCTIBLE GIFT
Please Support Beach Cleanups
 RIGHT NOW, while the need is in your mind, won't you please donate?
WE HOPE YOU share our love for animals, kids and the environment, and our wish is that you'll consider a gift of $25, $50, $100 or another amount so that we can continue to bring you clean and safe beaches.
CHECKS to BEACH CLEANUP, Attn. Justin Rudd, 5209 E. The Toledo #1, Long Beach, CA 90803.
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MARK TWAIN once wrote: "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
MY MOTTO IS "EXPLORE. DREAM. DISCOVER."
I WANT TO Explore, Dream and Discover as much as possible in my life here on earth, and I want my Web sites to empower, equip and incite others to do the same.
I WANT TO help folks to find something new and exciting to do and experience. That's why I I formed my charitable organization and named it the "Community Action Team"— a name that I feel encompasses all the varied activities and events that I have (and will continue to) organized for the good of our community.
Yours truly,
Justin Rudd!
THE MAIN PURPOSE of the Community Action Team (CAT) is to promote social well-being among the general public. As a 501c3 nonprofit corporation governed by a board of directors, contributions to CAT are tax deductible and are used to help produce quality events within our community that benefit children, animals, and the environment.
C.A.T. IS AN UMBRELLA organization that includes
4 Halloween Kids' Costume Contest
4 July 4 Kids' Bike Parade
4 Haute Dog Poetry Contest
4 Interfaith Blessing of the Animals
4 $1,000 SoCal Spelling Bee Championship
4 Nat'l Adult Spelling Bee
4 Belmont Shore Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest
4 Haute Dogs on the Beach events
4 Haute Dog Easter Parade
4 Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade
4 Operation Easter Basket
4 Operation Santa Paws
4 5k/10k Grunion Run
4 5k/10k Long Beach Turkey Trot
4 monthly 30-Minute Beach Cleanups
4 Beds, Bikes, Bears & Blankets giveaway to those in need
4 Clothing giveaways to the underserved
4 Bulldog Beauty Contest
I AM A FIRM believer in the collective power of individuals joined in a spirit of goodwill and generous giving to bring about the success of a community.
-Justin Rudd!
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Biodegradeable Products Take a Lot of Time
Cigarette butts can take 12 years to break down because of the plastic filters; plastic six-pack rings can take 100+ years to break down; and a glass bottle will take 1,000+ years. You don't want to swim in that mess do you? Do yourself and your fellow Californians a favor, don't litter.
Here's how long it takes for some commonly used products to biodegrade, when they are scattered about as litter:
Cotton rags |
1-5 months |
Paper |
2-5 months |
Rope |
3-14 months |
Orange peels |
6 months |
Wool socks |
1-5 years |
Cigarette butts |
1-12 years |
Plastic coated paper milk cartons |
5 years |
Plastic bags |
10-20 years |
Leather shoes |
25-40 years |
Nylon fabric |
30-40 years |
Tin cans |
50-100 years |
Aluminum cans |
80-100 years |
Plastic 6-pack holder rings |
450 years |
Glass bottles |
1 million years |
Plastic bottles |
Forever |
RECYCLING
Reducing & Reusing
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How does it actually help?
 Use
Less Stuff
Many of our pollution problems are really problems of misplaced resources.
For every item we recycle or reuse, that's one less piece of trash that
can become a part of the marine debris cycle threatening people and
wildlife. Everything we use in our daily lives is made from natural
resources such as trees, petroleum, sand, water, soil, and metals, many
of which are nonrenewable.
By throwing these materials into our landfills,
we drastically reduce the remaining supply of nonrenewable natural resources.
 Recycling
Is the Solution to Ocean Pollution
Many of our pollution problems are really problems of misplaced resources.
It may be something as simple as a recyclable can or bottle carelessly
tossed on a beach, or as complex as a sewage outfall dumping organic
waste that could be processed into fertilizer, or an industrial plant
discharging materials that could be recaptured and reused in the manufacturing
process. In each case changes in our attitude
could eliminate the problem. By instilling the simple message that the
proper place for a can or bottle is in the recycling bin and not on
our beaches, parks, and streets, we point the way to solving the bigger
problems we face.
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Why
Recycle? |
| - It's Profitable:
Under California's "bottle bill" law, you will be paid
for beverage containers turned in to your local certified recycling
center. |
| - It's Free:
The City of Long Beach offers free, weekly curbside recycling. For
more information, call the City's recycling department at 562/570-2876. |
| - Garbage:
We are drowning in a sea of garbage. Our country is facing a garbage
crisis and we're running out of places to put our waste. Solid waste
landfills are becoming scarcer and more expensive. |
| - Paper:
Waste paper can be turned into raw material for new paper and paper
products. Each ton of recycled office paper saves approximately
380 gallons of oil. |
| - Glass:
Glass does not decompose. It can be recycled to make new glass,
insulation, and asphalt in road paving. |
| - Metal:
Nearly 75 percent of all metal is used just once and discarded.
Recycling metal reduces air and water pollution and requires 70
percent less energy than producing it from raw materials. |
The Solution
The debris that we
collect from our beaches is a symptom of a much larger water pollution
problem that is caused by everyday people doing every day things. Rain
scours oil from parking lots, fertilizer from lawns, pet droppings from
sidewalks and other contaminants from "nonpoint" sources and
transports this toxic stew down storm drains and over land into the
ocean.
These
toxins are poisoning marine life and our water sources. We can all be
part of the solution by recycling used motor oil and repairing car leaks,
picking up after our pets and switching to nontoxic products and improve
other everyday practices to help keep our waterways clear and clean.
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How
can I help to keep our beaches clean? |
| - Reduce,
reuse and recycle at home, work and school. |
| - Buy products
made from recycled materials with little or no packaging. |
| - Keep storm
drains clean - they drain to beaches. |
| - Keep cigarette
butts off streets and beaches. |
| - Properly
dispose of fishing lines, nets and hooks. |
| - Buy a "whale tail" license plate. For details, click
here |
| - Participate in the Coastal
Commission's programs, call (800) COAST-4U: |
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Volunteer for Coastal Cleanup Day on the third Sat. in Sept., click
here |
| - Volunteer for the
30-Minute Beach Cleanup in Long Beach on the third Sat. of every
month at 10 a.m. at 1 Granada Ave., Belmont Shore |
 MARK
YOUR CALENDAR
Coastal Cleanup Day
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Third Saturday of Sept.
During
last year’s California Coastal Cleanup Day residents from across
the state pulled together as one community in a massive effort to maintain
our shoreline as the jewel of our Golden State.
The Coastal Cleanup is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. On this day, 50,000 volunteers turn out to over 700 cleanup sites statewide to conduct what has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993). Since the program started in 1985, over 750,000 Californians have removed more than 12 million pounds of debris from our state's shorelines and coast. When combined with the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by The Ocean Conservancy and taking place on the same day, California Coastal Cleanup Day becomes part of one of the largest volunteer events of the year.
Drop-in Sites for Long Beach:
- Belmont Plaza, 4000 Olympic Plaza
- Pierpoint Landing, Behind Aquarium of the Pacific at 100 Aquarium Way
- Alamitos Park, 72nd Place and Ocean Boulevard
- Bluff Park, Ocean Boulevard between 20th & 36th Place
- Alamitos Beach, Between Alamitos Avenue & 15th Place
- Granada Beach, Granada Avenue & Ocean Boulevard
- Colorado Lagoon, 5119 E. Colorado Street
Find location information (click
here) for your county!
 Save
the Beach. Buy a Plate.
The Whale Tail License Plate sponsored by the California Coastal Commission
gives drivers a way to help protect and restore the priceless resources
of California's coast and ocean. Proceeds from the plate will support
the annual Coastal Cleanup Day, which turns out thousands of volunteers
to clean beaches, waterways, and parks each fall. The plate will also
support the year 'round Adopt-A-Beach programs. Click
here for details
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Resources
Long Beach
Adopt-A-Beach Program
Meaghan O'Neill
7550 East Spring St.
Long Beach, CA 90815
562/570-1471
Peter Douglas,
Executive Director
California Coastal Commission
45 Fremont Street #2000
San Francisco, California 94105-2219
(415) 904-5200:
California
Coastal
Commission
Adopt-A-Beach Program
45 Fremont Street, Ste. 2000
San Francisco, CA 94105
(800) COAST-4U
http://www.coastal.ca.
gov/web/
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Robert
Palmer, Chairman
Surfrider Foundation,
Long Beach Chapter
P. O. Box 14627
LB 90853
562/438-8089
LBSnkBrkWl@aol.com
http://www.surfrider.org/
longbeach/
Center for
Marine
Conservation
1725 DeSales Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(800) CMC-BEACH
www.cmc-ocean.org
1-800-CLEAN-UP
Charles Posner,
Staff
California Coastal Commission
200 Oceangate LB 90802
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Call for information on where to
recycle and how to dispose of household hazardous waste: (562) 570-2876
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