| 1st Annual Downtown Cleanup April 20, 2013: Cleaner and Brighter |
219 volunteers worked to pick up litter, clean windows, remove dirt & grime, plant flowers, paint two awesome murals, the k-rail along South Railroad and the gazebo & fences in Central Park and remove two non-operable payphones & lots of graffiti.
San Matean artist Lorna Watt, her creative sister and volunteers used yarn to create colorful new features: tube socks for some parking meter poles, covers for bike racks, feet for some street furniture and made a broken parking sign into a very cool knit lollipop.
3 hours later 1,403 gallons of trash had been collected. Every project made Downtown cleaner and brighter. A Thank You BBQ in the park was hosted by the Lions Club. |
Photo Show Credit: Nancy Bush Designs |
| Bayfront Cleanup: Keeping Our Bay Healthy for 20+ Years! |
More than 800 volunteers came out for the 27th anniversary of our Bayfront Cleanup, held on Saturday, September 17, 2011.
They picked up 900 pounds of recycling and 5,600 pounds of garbage! Our cleanup in San Mateo is the most well attended single-location event for the entire Coastal Cleanup in all of the Bay Area and beyond.
We thank all of our volunteers, and hope that you had such a rewarding experience that you come back for the 2012 cleanup!! |
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| San Mateo CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) |
San Mateo CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is made up of San Mateo resident volunteers who are trained to take care of themselves and their community in the immediate aftermath of a major disaster, when first responders are overwhelmed or unable to respond in the first few hours and days because of communication or transportation difficulties.
CERT is about readiness, people helping people, rescuer safety and doing the most good for the greatest amount of people. |
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| City Employee Volunteers Working Together & 'Rebuilding Together' |
City Employee Christian Wahl has volunteered as the Construction Captain for the Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) projects for 10 years.
Chris works with RTP on assessing the scope of the work to be done and identifying the various skill levels of volunteers needed to make the necessary repairs.
A group of 30 volunteers including several other City Employees came together this year to work on a home in San Mateo rising to the occasion to get the job done by the end of the day. Pretty cool event! |
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