City of Oceanside Earth Day Community Event

Oceanside’s annual Earth Day festivities are back and take place on Saturday, April 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at Alamosa Park (Mesa Drive and Alamosa).

Come join the Green Oceanside Team and other environmentally-focused participants for an event filled with educational booths, activities for kids, music, games, and more! Visitors can meet the Green Oceanside team and connect with local non-profit groups and City organizations all centered around taking action for the environment and community.

At Alamosa Park, guests will experience a fun, family-friendly environment and have the opportunity to learn how to become an environmental steward to preserve and protect our community. While there, play zero waste cornhole, participate in a park cleanup, view the Waste Management mini collection truck, spin the ‘Green O’ prize wheel, grab fun giveaways like cool stickers coloring books, and more!  The Water Utilities Department will also have a water trailer onsite to provide delicious, locally produced tap water from the City’s drinking water system, so bring your reusable water bottle. Supporting organizations including the Oceanside Public Library, ProduceGood, Buena Vista Audubon Society, Friends of El Corazon, Waste Management, Camp Pendleton, Sierra Club, and others.

In partnership with “I Love A Clean San Diego,” Green Oceanside will also be hosting three sites for the 23^rd annual Creek to Bay Cleanup on April 26, the largest Earth Week cleanup in San Diego County. Locations in Oceanside will have giveaways and cleanup supplies- just be sure to bring a reusable water bottle and sunscreen! Register at www.cleansd.org.

There are many Oceanside programs and resources that can help you and your family be more sustainable and environmentally friendly:

• Residents can schedule a FREE pick of their backyard produce with ProduceGood to benefit local feeding agencies while also preventing food waste. Those with excess backyard fruit can contact ProduceGood at www.producegood.org

• Additionally, Oceanside residents with a low water use landscape are encouraged to enter in the annual WaterSmart Landscape Contest. To showcase your landscaping and for a chance to win fun prizes enter the contest at www.landscapecontest.com.

• Upcoming Oceanside Donation Weeks are April 7-18. Call (619) 337-9244 to schedule a donation pickup of up to 8 gently used items. On the scheduled day, residents can leave donations curbside and Veteran’s Thrift Store of Oceanside will pick them up.

• Residents can also schedule additional pickups during biannual Landfill Weeks from April 21-May 2.  If residents cannot make these dates, they can also schedule a pickup of large items beyond reuse or repair of up to five times per year. Call Waste Management at (760) 439-2824 to request a large item landfill pickup. Household hazardous waste (HHW) is not accepted in this program.

We hope you’ll join us at Earth Day and participate in the many other programs offered!