Santa Barbara Surfrider August News & Events
SB Surfrider Mixer Thursday, August 13: Guest Speakers to Discuss Ocean Friendly Gardens Campaign
Want a garden that is easy on the environment, water-wise and beautiful? Join the Santa Barbara Chapter at our mixer this Thursday, August 15th at 7:00 pm for a fun and informative evening on Ocean Friendly Gardens. Surfrider members and City of Santa Barbara staff will offer tips on how to use “CPR” – conservation, permeability, and retention – to improve your garden and protect our precious beaches and coastal environments, and we’ll visit a demonstration OFG site at Spencer Adams Park. NOTE NEW LOCATION: Mixer will be held at the Louise Lowry Davis Center, 1232 De la Vina St (corner De la Vina & Victoria Sts)
2013 Mixer Schedule: August 15, October 17
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Hosts ‘Benefit Beers’ in August to Support SB Surfrider
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company is pleased to sponsor the Surfrider Foundation Santa Barbara Chapter with “Benefit Beers” every Wednesday in August, 2013. Customers at Figueroa Mountain Brewing’s pub, located at 137 Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara, can support Surfrider by ordering a beer from the Benefit Beers Tap. With every pull on this specially-designated tap, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company will donate a very generous 50% to Surfrider’s volunteer work to protect and preserve Santa Barbara’s incomparable beaches and coast. Benefit days and hours – August 14, 21, and 28, 11:00 am – 9:00 pm.
Vounteers! Join us to help beautify our local beaches: Saturday, Aug 17 Haskells Beach
We live in a throwaway society. Eventually, some of this unending stream of garbage makes it to our beaches. The Japanese tsunami added a jillion tons of extra junk to this quagmire, with some just starting to hit the shores of Northern California. In the spirit of taking care of your backyard, AND throwing in a little science, the Santa Barbara Chapter of Surfrider is spearheading four beach clean-ups at Haskells Beach. The purpose is to clean things up AND make note of any suspected tsunami debris. So get yourself out to western Goleta and clean up your favorite beach! Saturday August 17 from 10am-noon at Haskells Beach Goleta. Meet in the public beach access parking lot next to the Bacara or down on the beach. Bags, gloves and sincere appreciation will be provided. Email us or call 899-BLUE for more information.
The fourth and last of Surfrider’s West Coast tsunami debris Clean ups witll be held at Haskells on September 21.
Shop Ralphs, Support SB Surfrider
Santa Barbara Chapter Surfrider Foundation is pleased to be partnering once again with Ralphs’ Community Contribution Program. Supporters can go online to register. All Ralphs will make a contribution based on participant’s purchases in support of SB Surfrider. If you have participated in the past you will need to RE-Register now. To register go to www.ralphs.com, click on services/community contributions, complete the registration, and when prompted select SB Surfrider Foundation. Then just shop as you normally would and Ralphs will take care of the rest! To register click here AND REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR REUSABLE BAG!
Back to School with Surfrider
It’s back-to-school time! That means waking up early, shuttling kids to and from school, helping with homework and packing lunches. We want to make back to school cool for you and your kiddos- so for the first time ever we’re offering an exclusive Surfrider Foundation lunchbox! Our reusable and nostalgic tin lunchbox is designed with your ocean-loving kiddos in mind. With charming characters and helpful hints on how to keep the beach clean and happy, this amply sized (7 1/2″ x 6″ x 3″) lunchbox can easily hold reusable bags, containers and bottles. Not only will your kid be the first to carry a Surfrider Foundation lunchbox, they might just inspire their classmates to protect and preserve the beaches we all love!
Blue Water Task Force annual report released
The Blue Water Task Force Annual Report is the Surfrider Foundation’s water quality monitoring, education and advocacy program. The Surfrider chapters, volunteers, teachers & students that make up the Blue Water Task Force supported by Emergen-C Blue®, undertook massive water quality monitoring efforts at their local beaches during 2012. Twenty-three labs recorded data for 2,740 total tests on the BWTF website, up 42% from the 1,924 results reported in 2011.