4,500 Students, Teachers and Volunteers “COME TOGETHER” for the Ocean at 24TH Annual KIDS OCEAN DAY

BRENTWOOD SCIENCE MAGNET AND BROCKTON ELEMENTARY PARTICIPATED

Nearly 4,500 Los Angeles-area students as well as teachers and volunteers participated today in the 24th Annual Kids Ocean Day Adopt-A-Beach Clean up at Dockweiler State Beach. Celebrating this year’s theme of “Come Together” for the ocean, students cleaned the beach and form a human aerial art piece in the sand. Third Grader Tyler Giddens from Brentwood Science Magnet was being honored for her poem “Coming Together for the Ocean,” which won a citywide poetry contest.

Kids Ocean Day is the culmination of a year-round school assembly program by the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, which teaches school children about the adverse impacts of pollution on our oceans and waterways. Kids Ocean Day is an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned in the classroom. It is a powerful and actionable step towards a healthier planet.

Kids Ocean Day’s finale is the creation of an aerial art piece. The 4,500 students, teachers and volunteers create the words “Come Together” and individual sea creatures on the sand. The resulting photo highlight the importance of teamwork to keep our oceans clean. Kids Ocean Day Los Angeles is one of six in the state of California, sponsored by the California Coastal Commission. Eight thousand children are expected to participate in Kids Ocean Day statewide, with half of them at the Los Angeles event.

Kids Ocean Day in Los Angeles is organized by the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education; LA Sanitation Watershed Protection Program; the City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works; the California Coastal Commission; California State Coastal Conservancy; and Keep Los Angeles Beautiful. The California Coastal Commission coordinates the program statewide and provides financial support through the Whale Tail License Pate Fund.