**Please read carefully!**
To sign-up for the kayak clean-up, please email rachel@sandiegoriver.org. Using the sign up button above will not automatically register you.
Participants must bring their own kayak. You must be 12 years or older to participate in the kayak clean-up, but anybody under 16 will need to be in a tandem kayak with a parent.
Event information and location details will be sent to you after signing up with Rachel.
Each year, San Diego River Park Foundation volunteers remove more than 200,000 pounds of trash from our River. Without our amazing volunteers, this trash would be left to pollute native animal habitats, create unsightly piles in our parks and public spaces, leach contaminants into the water, and could be washed out into our ocean and beaches! This event is a crucial event as it's our final attempt to remove trash from the river before rainy season begins. This effort is vital to prevent the debris from reaching and polluting our oceans. We need all the help we can get! As we like to say, many hands make light work.
This event is a unique experience to kayak in the San Diego Riverbed, where it generally is not allowed! We get special permission from the City of San Diego and work in tandem with bird watchers, riverbed rangers, and other staff to ensure this event has a minimal impact on the local wildlife.
Park & Meet: The meeting location is NEAR the address listed. The exact meeting location will be at Tesla charging stations in Fashion Valley Mall. Please park in the empty spots just south of the chargers. Address for the mall is 7007 Friars Rd, San Diego, CA 92108. Drive to the Southeast side of the mall parking lot just before Hazard Center Drive. Park in the uncovered parking lot on the corner of Avenida del Rio and Hazard Center Dr.
Meet Location Map Links:
Here are a few tips to help you prepare for the event:
- Check-In: 9:30 AM
- Attire: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required
- You must provide your own life-jacket
- All clean-up tools and supplies will be provided
- Items to Bring: Reusable water bottle, hat, other forms of sun protection
- Weather: Light rain will not cancel the event
- For safety reasons, no pets are allowed at this event
- Community Service hours can be verified for those who need them.
- You must be 12 years or older to participate in the kayak clean-up, but anybody under 16 will need to be in a tandem kayak with a parent.
- If you would like to sign up as a group, please email us at rachel@sandiegoriver.org, or have each member of your group sign up individually.
