Avengers in the Community
September 18, 2006 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Los Angeles Avengers News Release
LOS ANGELES - Even though it is the off-season, Avenger players, coaches and "A-Team" dancers regularly visit schools, hospitals and community events.
This week, wide receiver/defensive back Kevin Ingram, fullback/linebacker Michale Spicer, assistant head coach Brent Winter, front office staff and Avenger fans spent Saturday, Sept. 16 at the 22nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day at the Venice Beach Breakwater.
"One of the things that is really, really, really clear, the beaches that are regularly maintained are very clean," said Mark Gold, executive director of Heal the Bay. "However, when you go to the inland creeks and rivers like the Los Angeles River, Compton and Ballona Creeks, the story is completely different,".
The beach cleanup was in association with The Surfrider Foundation's Malibu Chapter and Heal the Bay which has organized the California Coastal Cleanup Day events in Los Angeles County since 1990, removing more than 400 tons of trash since.
At the Venice Beach Breakwater location over 100 people joined the Avengers and about 9,500 volunteers picked up trash at 58 spots across the county, including Congresswoman Jane Harman who visited Manhattan and Venice Beaches.
A breast pump, a bear trap, a can of crab cakes, a weaving loom, a bottle with a dead mouse and a mountain lion carcass were among the 65,000 pounds of trash volunteers unearthed during the coastal cleanup along Southland beaches and waterways.
The California effort was part of a worldwide cleanup effort, with activities scheduled in all 50 states and 88 nations.
The California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. On this day, more than 40,000 volunteers turn out to over 700 cleanup sites statewide to conduct what has been hailed by the Guinness Book of World Records as "the largest garbage collection" (1993).
For more information about The Surfrider Foundation, please call (949) 492-8170 or visit their website at http://www.surfrider.org/.
For more information about Heal the Bay, please call (310) 451-1500 or visit their website at http://www.healthebay.org/
For more information on the Avengers, please call 1-888-AVENGERS or visit the team's official website at www.laavengers.com.
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