Dockweiler Beach Clean Up

Yooo, I'm Claudia! (the one holding the bag) I am currently a freshman in Ms. Hernandez's English class. This past Sunday we went out to Dockweiler Beach to clean up the bay from 9am-11am. This event was hosted by Heal The Bay. I honestly thought that this beach was going to be super dirty but it wasn't too bad. It was actually pretty clean, though my group and I did find interesting trash. We found socks, beer bottles, glow sticks, foam plates, and of course cigarette buds, and many more. While we cleaned up the bay we were able to enjoy each others company and spark up interesting conversations. We even made a new friend from another class. This field trip allowed us to make a difference in our community as well as making fun memories with classmates.

Dockweiler beach clean up

My name is Chris and I am a freshman in Ximena Hernandez's English class. This was my first time cleaning up a beach,and it was a really great experience. I never noticed how much trash there was buried in the sand, or just laying on top of the sand. I don't understand how people don't just dispose of their trash, there is trash cans surrounding the beach every where you look. When I was picking up every piece of trash I felt proud, it wasn't much but I felt like I was doing my part. I could only imagine how much more trash there is buried deep down under the sand. Seeing how much trash there was, only made me wonder how much more trash there is at all the other beaches, this was just one beach. Our society doesn't realize how bad we are polluting our beaches, cause I sure didn't realize it until today. It would be nice if more people volunteered and helped clean up the beach as well. I know I will be cleaning up more beaches each and every one I visit. Do your part, help the world be a better place, help improve our environment.

Dockweiler Beach Clean-Up, October 20 2013.

    Hi, my name is pinman zhang. I am a freshman of professor Hernandez, in Cal State LA.  Today, I went to Dockweiler Beach to clean-up.  When I met my professor she put other three student with me in a group, then she give us a big garbage bag and one list for clean-up. (we are going to clean up the beach together. this is my fist time to participate in collective labor, so I’m so excited\(≧▽≦)/.)  The beach is so cold in the morning, so there are not have a lot of people in the seaside, this brought convenient for us to clean up in the beach. We picked up a lot of cigarette butts, disposable cups, wrapping paper, and the bottle cap in the beach.  In addition, there is a piece of broken glass, I put careful to pick it up in the bag.  I think if someone stepped on it, that is must be so pain! Why do people littering?  I think I have to remind my friends, don't litter. We should protect the environment.  For Earth's tomorrow, for our tomorrow.  we must start from the now diligently.  this service learning showed us how we can change the way things are in our environment.  I would be glad to part in the activity of today, and I think it is very meaningful to me!

LA River Clean-up 2013

My name is Carolyn Molina (the one in white shirt). I currently attend Cal State LA as a freshman. This quarter a group of students had the opportunity to attend the Great LA River Clean up. When my professors first mentioned LA had a river, it surprised me because I really did not know there was a river in LA. When you usually think of a river you see trees, plants, rocks, and a beautiful place where you would go to relax. Before going to the river I Googled some pictures just to get a view of what I was expecting when I attended. The main thing I saw when I seen these pictures were bridges and the river surrounded by concrete, it didn't even look like a river almost like a ditch of some kind. I was excited to go because it would be pretty cool to volunteer to clean up a historical place. When I got there I saw the middle part of the river and it was beautiful, nothing that I ever expected. It didn't seem like there was too much trash but there was a few pieces here and there. We started walking down to pick up any trash we found, the main trash we collected were aluminum cans. I seriously thought I would get a lot of money if I took them in to recycle. As we turned the curve to try to get to the other side it seemed to get a bit boring because there wasn't as much trash to pick up, so we walked back where we started and were on our way home. This was a great experience to help protect our environment and I think I will volunteer again to help keep our home clean. :)      

LA River Clean Up

Hello peeps. My name is Kevin Garibay and I am a CSULA student. I never knew that the LA River was a place that people could be around. I thought that it was all cement until I actually went to this FOLAR event and experienced the nature firsthand. After having seen this side of the river, I noticed that a change can happen and it can happen for the good. I really thought that it was going to be a little more messier than it was, but it really wasn't and with my good luck I had found an old, torn up $100 bill. Apart from that it was good. It really seemed like a good workout, because my group had to dig up 2 shopping carts that were stuck under trees and pounds of dirt. If it was any different, the river would end up being cleaner than it was that day. If it was cleaner than more people would appreciate it and keep it clean for as long as possible.

Los Angeles River Clean-Up

Hello everyone

My name is Melissa Hernandez and I am a Calstate L.A  student. I knew that in Los Angeles was a river but I never went there until the clean-up. Cleaning the river was a really good experience, even though at I was not sure about the idea of going there to clean, at the end I would never change that experience. Where I began to clean looked really clean, there was a little of trash, but as I keep walking I saw more and more trash, I saw cloth and plastic in the trees, I saw 4 shopping carts, and lots and lots of wrappers, cups and plastic bottles. Some of the trash I couldn't reach it because there was water between the land where the trash was. I saw many spiders and different type of plants, and some ducks. The only thing I didn't like about being there was that I got a little allergic reaction in the skin from a plant but it went away in a couple of hours. Overall I had a good time being there, and I am happy there I went to help and enjoy a little what nature gave to us.

Hello, my name is Kelsey Amezquita. I went to the LA river cleanup not thinking much of it. But being there and seeing all the trash wrapped in the trees. Did have a big impact on me. Knowing that most of our trash gets stuck in the river and trees grow over the trash. Seeing all this trash in the river makes me wonder, how many people know we have a river? Before i went to the LA river, i never knew we had a river that close to us. After seeing the river and seeing all the wildlife around the river makes me want to go back to enjoy the river. Cleaning the river was enjoyable because there were so many people there that were helping the environment, by cleaning the river up. River cleanup was fun my group of 4 people had fun finding some random items like clothes, beer bottles, hubcap,  shopping carts, and lots of plastic. Also one of my group members did fall in to the river. She just got out and cleaned herself off and after this accident we walked back to the start of clean up and saw all the trash that was collected from all the other people. We saw a couple of shopping carts, lots of plastic bags and much more. Getting close to the end we went in the middle of the grass area on the river to see the other side of the river where there was no vegetation. But over all the experience was enjoyable.