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MISSION: To prevent the pollution of creeks that serve as habitats for the organisms living in it and the surrounding community.
MISSION: To prevent the pollution of creeks that serve as habitats for the organisms living in it and the surrounding community.
Board of Directors:
Founder: Kate Retivykh
Vice-President: President: Allen Loomis
Outreach Manager: Samantha Marecek
Social Media Marketing: Saanika Gad
Data Analyzer: Elizabeth Garzon
Creeks are home to mass amounts of biodiversity. Let's avoid killing it all!
Creeks are home to mass amounts of biodiversity. Let's avoid killing it all!
Allen Loomis
Allen Loomis
Although young, I enjoy being out in nature and recognize the importance of our project. Creeks are homes to so much biodiversity that they need to be kept clean.
Samantha Marecek
Samantha Marecek
I have lived by the creek all my life and therefore care deeply about the health of our creek. Creeks are a valuable source of water, and thus, it is important to take care of creeks along with other water sources.
Saanika Gad
Saanika Gad
I feel that the creek has character; something I strive to enhance and beautify through this organization.
Elizabeth Garzon
Elizabeth Garzon
The creek is something beautiful that has turned into a dump. Hopefully with this organization we can change that.
Kate Retivykh
Kate Retivykh
During my free time I like harvesting pumpkins with Allen because we bake pies out of them.
Wilcox High School
Our Problem
Our Problem
The Calabazas Creek faces eutrophication (lack of oxygen). This 13.3 mile long creek is a part of many communities and homes to several ecosystems. Due to fertilizer runoff from the surrounding community, the creek is polluted. The nitrate and phosphate content in fertilizer extract enters the creek, causing algae to grow. In addition, the creek is polluted with trash such as straws, water bottles, and cups, which easily wash down and pollute other water sources such as the bay. These two factors combined lead to eutrophication. Glyphosate herbicide is used and while it dissolves quickly and won't flow into the bay, it harms the wildlife living nearby, and is known to cause cancer.
Our Solutions
Our Solutions
Reach out to our local city council to advocate for the protection and regulation of our creeks
Reach out to our local city council to advocate for the protection and regulation of our creeks
Host volunteer clean ups
Host volunteer clean ups
Reach out to other bodies of government to try and organize stricter pollution and fertilizer laws.
Reach out to other bodies of government to try and organize stricter pollution and fertilizer laws.
How Can You Help ?
How Can You Help ?
DONATE! VOLUNTEER! EDUCATE!
Get yourself (or your wallets) out there and volunteer to help us clean up the creek. Use less fertilizer and use it responsibly on your lawns. (Lawns only need a few applications of fertilizer a year and less than half an inch will do!) You can sign some of our petitions and letters to local officials. These letters call for action and for the politicians' education to understand the importance of the creeks.
Follow Us At...
Follow Us At...
Instagram: @cleancreekcrew
Instagram: @cleancreekcrew
Email: cleancreekcrew@gmail.com
Email: cleancreekcrew@gmail.com
This was our last finding in the creek, an old drill that was laying casually among ducks, maybe someone from the robotics or auto-shop failed to organize an e-waste drive.
Why do we need to clean the creek at WHS?
Why do we need to clean the creek at WHS?
As a group of proud Chargers we feel that the creek does not represent our school in the best form possible. Daily, pounds of trash are being thrown into it. Our school scores high on the national testings of students' academic knowledge, but at the same time those AP kidz don't even throw trash in the litter bins.
As a group of proud Chargers we feel that the creek does not represent our school in the best form possible. Daily, pounds of trash are being thrown into it. Our school scores high on the national testings of students' academic knowledge, but at the same time those AP kidz don't even throw trash in the litter bins.
Being Hot Mess might be okay for a person, but not for the human. Throw trash, don't be trash!
Being Hot Mess might be okay for a person, but not for the human. Throw trash, don't be trash!
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