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www.cleanacreek.org to register!

Join thousands of your neighbors and community groups who take part in this annual event to remove trash from our creeks, rivers and streams. Earn community service credits!

Sponsored by the Creek Connections Action Group (CCAG); a partnership of the City of Palo Alto, City of San José Departments of Environmental Services and Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, City of Milpitas, City of Cupertino, City of Santa Clara, City of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation, Santa Clara Valley Water District, and various other stakeholder groups. CCAG has sponsored and organized over 39 creek cleanup events (including the annual National River Cleanup and California Coastal Cleanup Days) since its inception in 1996, and have worked with over 27,000 volunteers who have removed over a quarter million pounds of trash around Santa Clara County.

Just like the name says, it’s a FUN fair with a focus on fitness and health! Stop by the Watershed Watch booth to learn about less-toxic pest control and other ways to protect the health and wellbeing of your family, pets and neighborhood. Better choices for you are usually better choices for our creeks and the Bay, too!

Come celebrate the 10^th annual Mission College Eco Fair along with the Watershed Watch campaign. There are exhibits, information and entertainment designed to help you adopt a more eco-conscious lifestyle.

This FREE, family-friendly event will mark the 31st year the National Arbor Day Foundation presents the City of Santa Clara with a Tree City USA award to recognize our tree program.

The community is invited to engage in the festivities featuring environmental education for a healthy lifestyle and a healthy planet.

Are you interested in what’s happening in Stevens Creek? The City of Sunnyvale and Grassroots Ecology invite you to join us for our local World Water Monitoring Challenge event. Activities will include water quality testing, insect wildlife observations in the creek, and a watershed pollution prevention presentation. The monitoring activities are easy and fun to carry out.

Participants of all ages are welcome, although children under 16 need to be accompanied by an adult. Due to space limitations, participation is limited to the first 60 volunteers who pre-register. For more information or to sign up for the event, visit Eventbrite

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Back by popular demand! A perfect opportunity to safely dispose of mercury-containing fever thermometers and unused or expired medications.

Thermometer Exchange Info: Residents who bring in their mercury thermometers will receive a free, r digital fever thermometer in exchange (limited to one (1) per household). To avoid breakage and contamination, mercury fever thermometers MUST be contained in an unbreakable, closed container – (i.e. the original case, a plastic toothbrush holder, or a soda/water bottle with a screw-on cap). As a second measure of protection, the closed container must be placed in a plastic zip-locked bag. Other mercury-containing products will not be accepted at this event.

MedDrop Info: Residents can bring their unneeded prescription and over-the-counter medications, ointments and creams for proper disposal. Pill containers are not accepted, please place all pills in a sealed zip-locked bag, and remove all personal information from ointments, liquids, and creams. This program does not collect sharps, vitamins, or personal hygiene items.

For more information call 408-730-7717 or email