Saturday Creek Clean Up Near Heritage Oaks Park Part of a National River Day

Don't be alarmed if you hear voices coming from Permanente Creek near . Roll up your sleeves and join 'em.

Saturday is the 20th anniversary National River Cleanup and Greentown Los Altos is spearheading a clean up of the diversion channel of Permanente Creek in south Los Altos.

Some see the national river cleanup as the harbinger of summer, the way the national beach cleanup signals the end of the summer.

Here's information from Greentown Los Altos site about the event, from 9 a.m. to noon:

Join Greentown volunteers to clean up the Permanente Creek Diversion Channel. All youth under the age of 18 must bring the Waiver of Liability, signed by a parent or guardian. Volunteer verification forms will be available for up to 3 hours of community service for cleanup.

For more details and to print the waiver go to: www.cleanacreek.org and scroll down to Los Altos, Site #4

Event Day Details:

• We will meet at the picnic tables nearest the new childrens play structure in Heritage Oaks Park, corner of Portland and Miramonte Avenue. There is limited parking at Heritage Oaks. 
• Ride your bike and park it behind a locked gate when we move from the park to the channel.
• We will tour/work in the park first and move to the diversion channel about 10a.m.
• Wear Long sleeves, long pants, and sturdy shoes.  We won't be walking in the creek.

Please bring:

• Reuseable water bottle (light refreshments provided)
• Your own gloves (we will provide if you don't have them)
• "Grabber" if you happen to have one (saves lots of bending) or a ski pole or cane or stick for searching under Ivy, etc.
• Bucket with a handle for gathering trash (if you prefer it to the plastic bags we'll provide)

  For more information, email water@greentownlosaltos.org.