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Earth Day 2010

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Surfrider Foundation Huntington/Seal Beach had a busy day celebrating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with two events. One at Orangewood Children’s Home and the other at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.

Orangewood Children’s Home – is an Emergency Shelter Home for abused, abandoned, and neglected children operated and owned by the County of Orange Social Services Agency with Juvenile Court authority. Orangewood Children’s Home uses a 21st century cognitive behavioral model to assist youth with social skills.
 
Tony Soriano presented to two groups;  K-6th grade first and then 7th-12th grade in their gym. Surfrider showed an interactive presentation “Sea to Summit” with Q&A.

Earth Day @ Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station

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Ohana Day 2010 Photos

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Surfrider Foundation Huntington/Seal Beach
Ohana Day 2010 – April 18, 2010
Seal Beach Pier

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Ocean Friendly Gardens – May 20th – SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

Ocean Friendly Gardens

The Surfrider Foundation of Huntington /Seal Beach, Ocean Friendly Gardens Program, would like to welcome members and anyone interested to a presentation on May 20th by Sage Landscape Designs. The presentation will discuss Ocean Friendly Gardens and how to create beautiful residential landscapes that add value and pleasure to your home while helping to improve our coast and ocean environment.

Ocean Friendly Gardens is a new Surfrider Foundation program we are launching in our local chapter. An Ocean Friendly Garden includes the three principles of: Conservation, Permeability and Retention – what we like to call “CPR for Our Coast and Ocean.”

*  Conservation is a garden design and plant selection that eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other unnecessary pollutants that can run off your garden and foul our coastal waterways and ocean;
*  Permeability is the principle of replacing “hardscape” like walkways, patios and other surfaces, with safe alternatives that allow rainwater to soak into the ground before it “sheets” off your landscape and into the stormdrain – carrying pollutants along the way;
*  Retention devices are included in the garden design to capture excess rainwater – again, eliminating polluted runoff from exiting our properties — while creating an attractive natural look to the garden.

Through these three simple principles, homeowners can create beautiful landscapes that thrive in the southern California climate, provide micro-habitats to make your garden a more pleasurable place to visit, and dramatically eliminate pollution – even in the wet season and years like this one.

Sage Landscape Designs learned their trade on the job and have created numerous beautiful gardens in Huntington Beach and the surrounding area.

Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Gardens program includes not only education for homeowners to design and transform their own landscape – but we are coordinating volunteers to help others in need to create these unique gardens throughout our chapter’s area.

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Quiksilver Foundation Beach Cleanup in Huntington Beach

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

Thank you to Quiksilver Foundation for providing t-shirts to the first 150 volunteers to help us cleanup Huntington Beach on Saturday March 27, 2010. Thank you Surfrider volunteers Seth and Jennifer Matson for organizing! More than 250 volunteers showed up Saturday to help cleanup the beach!

If you would like to help at our next beach cleanup check out our schedule here: http://hsbsurfrider.org/beach-cleanups/

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Save the Date – Ohana Day – April 18, 2010

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Ohana Day 2010

SURFRIDER HUNTINGTON/SEAL BEACH TO HOST OHANA “FAMILY” DAY

Friends and Families Invited to Join in Celebrating
Cleaner Beaches in Time for Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary

SEAL BEACH, Calif., March 29, 2010 – The Surfrider Foundation Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter to host Ohana “family” Day on Sunday, April 18th in Seal Beach from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ohana Day will be a free & fun-filled family beach day hosted by the Huntington/Seal Beach Chapter(H/SB) of Surfrider Foundation to bring friends and families out to the beaches for relaxation, fun and environmental education, just in time for Earth Day.

Ohana Day is a great opportunity for families to come out for an enjoyable and educational day at the beach. Surfrider Foundation H/SB will have plenty of volunteers on hand to talk about simple things we can all do in our own homes to improve water quality at our beaches. In addition, families can take advantage of free surf lessons courtesy of M&M Surf School, interactive information on ocean pollution courtesy of Science 2 U, a recycling demonstration turning milk cartons into treasures, a bodyboarding clinic courtesy of Alternative Surf Bodyboards, skateboard lessons courtesy of Skatedogs, a rescue demonstration by the Seal Beach Lifeguards, live music from Kevin Shima, and a raffle featuring merchandise from a variety of supporting vendors in the beach communities. Friends and families are encouraged to bring their boards, beach chairs and a picnic lunch to enjoy a fun day at the beach! Kids ages 6-12 years are welcomed to participate in the Skatedogs skateboard lesson needing only a skateboard, helmet and knee/elbow pads along with their parent to sign a release waiver for one of the two sessions (9:30 & 10:15).

H/SB Surfrider is looking forward to gathering local beach friends and families to share the environmental programs the chapter has developed. These programs include: monthly beach cleanups, Rise Above Plastics (RAP); a campaign focused on reducing single-use plastics consumption, Blue Water Task Force; which monitors water quality testing, Ocean Friendly Gardens; elementary education opportunities and “Butts Out”- a campaign to reduce the number of cigarette butt litter on our streets and beaches. All of these programs will be featured at Ohana Day – a great opportunity to get involved.

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches. Founded in 1984 by a handful of visionary surfers in Malibu, California, the Surfrider Foundation now maintains over 50,000 members and 80 chapters worldwide.
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