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Upcoming Cleanups
May 10, 2025 9:00 AM-11:00 AM - TBD
Completed Cleanups
April 18, 2025 9:00 AM-11:00 AM - Pick up trash around Cerritos Library => DONE
April 22 was Earth Day and we did our small part to keep Earth clean. This time we will pick up trash around the Cerritos Library. We met in front of the waterfall with the dolphins. This cleanup date was rescheduled due to conflict with BSA Camporee. We cleaned around the library, Cerritos City Hall, neighboring church and even ventured over to Cerritos High and Heritage Park.
March 8, 2025 3:00 PM-5:00 PM - Pick up trash around Rynerson Park => DONE
This was a new park for us to clean-up. We picked up trash around the baseball fields, where games were being played as we cleaned.
February 8, 2025 9:00 AM-11:00 AM - Pick up trash around Jim Edwards Park block => DONE
We realized that we never cleaned up this block.
Only had a few people so we focused in Jim Edwards Park and Nixon Elementary School. Jim Edwards was a wonderful local citizen who served his community with passion. He was a City of Cerritos councilmember and ex-Mayor.
January 11, 2025 9:00 AM-11:00 AM - Pick up trash around the Frontier Park block => DONE
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
We picked up trash around the Frontier Park block. We had a special surprise and bumped into an ex-scout from the neighborhood, who jumped at the chance to help clean-up. There were several brush fires throughout Southern California so we encouraged people to wear a mask if they were concerned about the air quality.
December 14, 2024 9:00-11:00 AM - Picked up trash in Friendship Park block. => DONE
We went back to Friendship Park block and picked up trash around the park, Concordia Lutheran Church and Cerritos Elementary School (across the 183rd Street). We invited Cub Scouts from Pack 72 to join the event to help them earn their community service volunteer time.
November 9, 2024 2:00 PM - Picked up trash in Carmenita Middle School block. Collab with the Carmenita CJSF group. => DONE
Thankful Month
This month we focused on giving and thankfulness. We picked up trash around Joe A. Gonsalves Park, Alondra Blvd, Carmenita Rd, 166th St, and Marquadt Ave. We found the most trash around the park at the edges of the baseball fields. Surprisingly not much trash was found on the roads near the middle school showing improvement from the middle schoolers and elementary schoolers for picking up after themselves.
October 12, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Cerritos High School block. Collab with the Cerritos High School CSF group. => DONE
Spooky month cleanup
The October clean-up was a fantastic collaboration with the Cerritos High School CSF group, bringing together 12 volunteers to help keep our community clean. This month, our efforts were focused on picking up trash around the Cerritos High School block, ensuring that sidewalks, pathways, and surrounding areas were free of litter.
With the additional support from CSF, we were able to cover more ground and make a greater impact. The teamwork and enthusiasm of all the volunteers made this cleanup a huge success!
A big thank you to everyone who participated—especially the Cerritos High School CSF group—for their commitment to keeping our city beautiful. We look forward to more collaborations in the future!
September 14, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Cerritos Park East block. => DONE
This month marked a special milestone—our 1-year anniversary of community cleanups! Over the past year, our volunteers have dedicated their time and energy to making our city a cleaner and more beautiful place, and we couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished together.
For our September cleanup, two dedicated volunteers focused on Cerritos Park East block, picking up trash along the sidewalks, pathways, and surrounding areas. While it was a smaller group, the commitment to keeping our community clean remained strong, and every effort made a difference.
A huge thank you to everyone who has participated in our cleanups over the past year! Your dedication and hard work have helped improve our city one cleanup at a time. Here’s to another year of making a difference!
August 24, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Heritage Park block. => DONE
The August clean-up was a small but meaningful effort in keeping our community clean. This month, two dedicated volunteers focused on picking up trash in the Heritage Park block, making a noticeable difference in the area.
Despite the smaller turnout, we covered sidewalks, park pathways, and surrounding streets, ensuring that litter was cleared away. Heritage Park is a well-loved community space, and every bit of effort helps in keeping it beautiful for everyone to enjoy.
A huge thank you to those who showed up and contributed their time—we appreciate your dedication! Every effort counts, and we look forward to the next clean-up!
July 20, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Rosewood Park block and Gahr High School. => DONE
The July clean-up was a great success, with volunteers dedicating their time to making our community cleaner and more beautiful. This month, we had 7 volunteers working together to pick up trash in the Rosewood Park block and around Gahr High School.
Our efforts focused on clearing litter along the streets, sidewalks, and within Rosewood Park, where we found a significant amount of trash. Volunteers also worked near Gahr High School, ensuring the surrounding areas were clean and well-maintained.
The teamwork and dedication shown by everyone made a visible difference, and we’re grateful for the continued support in keeping our city clean. Thank you to all who participated!
June 8, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Palms Park block. => DONE
This cleanup's theme is on dads because of Fathers Day.
Out turnout for this cleanup was ok as we had me, 3 young scouts, and one adult, totaling to 5 people. We cleaned up in the Palms Park block covering Palms Park, and Palms elementary school. The places where we found the most trash were the walls along the park and along the sidewalks of the roads we walked through. We covered Bloomfield Ave, 207th St, E Centralia St, Del Amo Blvd, and Norwalk Blvd. On this day we had a fun surprise with a car show as a lot of the cars were old models, us young scouts had a blast to the past.
May 18, 2024 9:00 AM - Picked up trash in Liberty Park. => DONE
(because of AP tests, this was rescheduled from the original May 11, 2024 date)
This cleanup's theme was on Star Wars. With the force by our side, the volunteers and I were able to efficiently cleanup this big park and the sidewalks that accompanied it.
Our turn-out included 3 scouts, and 1 adult, which totals 4 people. Due to schedule conflicts and the majority of high school students having tests, not many people were able to come out to volunteer. Our area to cleanup was Liberty Park. Not much trash was found in the park, but we did find trash near the trash cans. Why can't people aim better and put their trash inside the bids. We did a good job picking up everything.
April 27, 2024 1:00 PM- Pick up trash in Artesia Park block. => DONE
(because of rain, this was rescheduled from the original April 13, 2024 date)
April clean-up will included volunteers from Cerritos High School's Octagon club. We had a good turn out of both scouts and helpers from Octagon club this cleanup. The theme for this cleanup was Easter themed.
Our turn out this time consisted of 6 people from the Cerritos High School Octagon Club, 4 scouts, and 1 guest, which totals 13 people. We told our volunteers to clean around the highlighted yellow areas from 183rd St, Norwalk Blvd, Pioneer Blvd, South St, and Artesia Park. The areas where we found the most trash were the park and the sides of the roads. Coincidentally we noticed that a lot of trash were found near the trash can as people missed the bin and left it there.
March 9, 2024 3:00 PM - Pick up trash in Don Knabe Regional Park and Tetzlaff Middle School blocks. => DONE
March clean-up will include volunteers from Whitney High Schools Junior Optimist International club. What better way to do spring cleaning than to spend time with fellow students making our city look more beautiful.
We had a great turnout this time as our volunteers surmounted to 14 people helping out in total. With the addition of Whitney, we expanded our cleanup area to two blocks including all of Don Knabe and Tetzlaff Academy blocks. We cleaned up in 195th street, Norwalk Blvd, Del Amo Blvd, and Don Knabe Park. The majority of our volunteers helped out in the park. Along the streets that we highlighted on the map and inside the park we found a lot of trash.
February 10, 2024 9:30 AM - Pick up trash in Heritage Park block. => DONE
February, Valentine's pickup. This month we are celebrating the love that is in the air. We will be meeting near the tennis courts at Cerritos High School.
There were 8 cleaners that came to help cleanup. We allowed them to pick up trash along the highlighted area and throughout the park of Heritage Park. From what me and my cleaners have observed, there was a lot of trash at the parking lot and a lot of trash inside the park itself. We picked up trash at Heritage Park, 183rd St, Bloomfield Ave, Shoemaker Ave, and South St.
January 13, 2024 9:30 AM - Pick up trash in Cerritos High School block. => DONE
January 13, 2024 9:30 AM-pick up trash in Cerritos High School block.
January, New Years pickup. This month we are celebrating the new year 2024. We will be meeting near the tennis courts at Cerritos High School.
There were 4 cleaners that came to help cleanup. We allowed them to pick up trash along the highlighted area and throughout the parking lot of Cerritos High School. From what me and my cleaners have observed, there was a lot of trash at the parking lot and around the road near the Cerritos High School. We picked up trash at Cerritos High School, 183rd St, Bloomfield Ave, Norwalk Blvd, and South St.
December 9, 2023 2:00 PM - Pick up trash in Friendship Park block. => DONE
December 9, 2023 2:00 PM-pick up trash in Friendship Park block.
December, Jolly pickup. This month's main holiday is Christmas and we celebrate this by being jolly and spending time with others around us. There will be special Christmas cookies to celebrate this month at the end of our pickup. We will meet at the biggest hut at Friendship Park.
The cleanup went well with 5 cleaners coming to help cleanup. We allowed for the cleaners to pick up along the highlighted area on the map and around the park. From what the cleaners have said, there seemed to be a lot of trash on the highlighted route but also a lot of trash near the houses. The trash found on the routes near the route seemed to be more abundant rather than the trash fond at Friendship Park. We picked up trash on Artesia Blvd, Marquardt Ave, 183rd St, Carmenita Road, near some houses, and in Friendship Park.
November 19, 2023 9:00 PM - Pick up trash in Gonsalves Elementary School block. => DONE
November 19, 2023 8:30 AM-pick up trash in Gonsalves Elementary School block.
November, Thankful cleanup. Since this month's main holiday will be Thanksgiving, we will prepare special sweets and an activity asking the cleaners what they are thankful for this month. Meet at Gonsalves Elementary School parking lot.
Due to weather and unprecedented circumstances the outcome of scouts was me my younger brother and my dad. Our overall route was more filled with trash as we walked along the road near the school of Carmenita Middle School. We had picked up trash at Carmenita Middle School, Gonsalves Elementary School, Stowers Elementary School, Marquardt Ave, 166th Street, Carmenita Road, and Artesia Blvd.
October 14, 2023 2:30 PM - Pick up trash in Frontier Park block. => DONE
October, spooky cleanup. With this month being October, Halloween month, we will be handing out candy at the end of the cleanup to encourage more trash collection. Met at Frontier Park shelter.
We had a good turnout of 5 scouts and 4 adults. We obtained new cloth reusable trash bags that can hold more trash than the plastic trash bags before. We had plenty of bags and pickers to provide to every scout and adult.
There weren't a lot of trash so there weren't that much to pick up. Still, areas around the school where kids leave a lot of trash after school when walking around the sidewalks had trash. We picked up trash around the Frontier Park, Whitney High School and around the streets of 166th St, Bloomfield Ave, Shoemaker Ave, and Artesia Blvd.
September 9, 2023 8:30 AM - Pick up trash in Cerritos Park East block. => DONE
9/9/23, 8:30-11:00 Today we had our first cleanup around the block of Cerritos Park East. We got a lot done but the most important thing was to learn how the layout was and how the system would work. On the first day we walked around the block of Cerritos Park East, and we noticed a lot of trash on our route following the sidewalk. Our trash bags had filled up quickly, but we were able to empty them as there were a lot of trash cans along our route. One of our grabbers for the trash bags had broken as they weren't as sturdy as we had thought. Our cleanup had ended with a loop around the Cerritos Park East loop.
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