National Public Lands Day 2017

Toyota Volunteer 2017 Team

Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge and The U.S. Navy welcomes, the Toyota Volunteer 2017 Team. Toyota Motor North America, is the Corporate sponsor  of (NPLD) National Public Lands Day 2017. Toyota Volunteers once again have stepped up and have given assistance to the Refuge in support of this special day. National Public Lands Day is a single-day volunteer event for public lands. Typically the event is held annually on the last Saturday in September. Seal Beach (NWR) National Wildlife Refuge and Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station have had to modify this date to meet everyone’s availability. A Pre-National Public Lands Day exclusive to Toyota and an additional day were added for the Public.

Toyota Volunteers 2017 Restore Habitat

Before the cleanup

September 29, Toyota Volunteers showed that they were “Driven” to give. Their work will make the habitat and Refuge a better place for all. They would like to encourage all to make a difference. Nationally, this event brings together hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations that will collectively help restore America’s public lands.

Making the world a better place are not just words from a song, it is what you can do in your own backyard. Whether you visit one our Country’s National Parks, Refuges or even a city park, make everyday a Public Lands Day and put liter in its place.

Toyota Volunteers

Toyota Volunteers getting started

Make a Difference

The Toyota Volunteers came to the event eager and smiling. Participants enjoyed their day cleaning the trash debris that has been piling up along the shoreline of the salt marsh on the Refuge. They were amazed at what they had found and the amount of trash collected in the small strip of the Refuge where they worked. Many were heard to say, “Our families will stop using straws and Styrofoam containers.” Therefore, even if they do not, it would be nice if all this trash found its way into trash bins and stayed out of the waterways. By the end of the afternoon it was clear that this group had made a difference and the trailer full of trash proved it.

Success!

Invitation to Give Back

The Public has been invited to participate in this National Public Lands Day 2017 event on October 14, 2017, from 8 A.M. till 12 P.M. Bring your family, friends, students, or coworkers to spend the day outdoors giving back to your community by picking up trash, that has found its way onto a beautiful stretch of Orange County beach that needs some love and a little less trash. Most of all, your work will help ensure that our public lands continue to be beautiful places for all to enjoy!