Project: Community Service

Jerald La Madrid's Temescal Wash Community Service
Project Name : Jerald La Madrid's Temescal Wash Community Service
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Gambassa Point : 240.00
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What volunteer activity do you plan on participating in?
I participated in the "Temescal Wash" cleanup.
Where is the volunteer location?
The volunteer location was in Corona, California.
When will this activity occur?
The "Temescal Wash" cleanup occured October 22, 2011.
What will be your responsibilities?
My responsibilities at the "Temescal Wash" was to help pick up trash that is present throughout our location; I was also filming this event for my TV production class because it could be great footage in the future.
Who will be supervisor signing off on your volunteer hours?
Ken Pitts
How many hours total do you anticipate participating in this volunteer activity?
I participated from approximately 8:00a.m. until 12:00a.m. so around 4 hours.
What do you hope to accomplish?
I hoped to accomplish helping clean up most of the trash that is present and hidden because I know for a fact that there is trash underneath the dirt.

Which organization did you volunteer for?
The City of Corona and the Department of Water and Power
Coordinator Contact info:
http://www.discovercorona.com/City-Departments/Department-of-Water---Power.aspx
Start Date
2011-10-22
End Date
2011-10-22
In hours, how much time did you volunteer?
4 hours
Describe your volunteer activities in detail.
During the temescal cleanup, my group(David, Janell, Mary) and I found a ton of ripped plastic bags, stuffed animals, cans, beer bottles, shopping carts, potato chip bags, and clothes.
What were your accomplishments?
My group felt accomplished after filling about 3 bags individually; it was interesting when we would find shopping carts because we wouldn't expect that at all. I also accomplished great footage from my camera, that may be good for future videos that will help promote cleaning the environment.
What did you learn?
I learned that trash travels everywhere and it could end up building up and become hidden; plastic is significantly found everywhere, for example the plastic grocery bags were everywhere ripped and caught onto tree branches. I hope that in the future we get to participate more of these cleanups.
Attach any videos, images, audio, files, links or other documents related to your volunteer work, such as 'before and after' images, or videos of the volunteering in action. Give clear names and descriptions to the items so as to educate about your experience.
File Type File Name Attachment Description
Temescal Wash
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Attach a link to the website of the organization.
File Type File Name Attachment Description
Department Of Water and Power
Location
Corona, CA
Other Notes
This was an interesting experience because of the amount of trash I found; I feel like we have to constantly do this to reduce as much trash as possible; I'm sure to participate in more of these clean-ups they are fun!

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