Elk Grove Anti-Trash Volunteers

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Elk Grove Anti-Trash Volunteers Tired of trash and litter in your neighborhood, streets, parks, creeks and open space? Join the group! Absolutely NO political posts or rants allowed.

Also, please consider donating to our fiscal sponsor, Sac Area Creeks Council https://saccreeks.org/get-involved/ By joining community cleanups, know that you do so at your own risk. By liking this page and joining events, you agree to hold harmless any organizer, person, and/or organization involved. Page moderators reserve the right to remove posts that do not relate to cleanups and community efforts. Positivity appreciated.

10/20/2026

North Laguna Creek Area
In dedication to a troubled soul lost too soon, Ore Herr, an urban legend…
22 volunteers set out on a gorgeous Saturday morning to clean up North Laguna Creek and the areas nearby.
We always welcome the opportunity to return to spots that need periodic maintenance. And boy were we spot on!
Although we will have to return to finish working further downstream, the volunteers were incredibly successful cleaning up a portion of Center Parkway, Bruceville Road, the creek, the trail, and the embankments nearby.
Besides the typical trash, we found abandoned encampments and cleaned those up. A couple of designer purses made the cleanup stage, and Bruce and Liz were able to take down a bunch of illegal signs. We always have fun together and when Anoop needed to offload his batteries, we played battery basketball 🏀 😅
We are so grateful to Cosumnes Parks & Recreation for promptly removing our pile on that very day. 
Big thank you to Blue Agave restaurant for providing complementary beverages to our group afterwards.
Also thanks to Sacramento Area Creeks Council for supporting our meal.
Find us in support of SACC on Saturday, October 24. See link.

https://fb.me/e/8lmjytyms?mibextid=wwXIfr

We return to the Bufferlands on Sunday, October 25. Link below.

https://fb.me/e/7ANSy9RVP?mibextid=wwXIfr

And we will be back on November 7 at North Laguna Creek to push further downstream.

Always grateful to all of our partners and supporters!

Sacramento Area Sewer District - SacSewer
Sky River Casino
City of Sacramento, Government
Republic Services
Caltrans HQ
City of Sacramento Department of Utilities
City of Elk Grove - City Hall
EG Cleanup Chalkboard!




Please take care of your mental health 🩵

EGAT is at the Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival! David made our newest member, Brandon Irons, keeping Elk Grove clean at Scare...
10/03/2026

EGAT is at the Elk Grove Pumpkin Festival! David made our newest member, Brandon Irons, keeping Elk Grove clean at Scarecrow Alley and promoting the Elk Grove is Worth the Work Campaign.

If you're at the Pumpkin Fest tomorrow, please consider voting for us.

Thanks to David Irons, Michael Wong, Randy and Liz Irons for assembling the guy. Furthermore, most of the stuff for the scarecrow was found trashing. The hat was found at Robla Creek, the wig from Steelhead Creek, the sunglasses from Camden Lake, the shirt from Calvine road, the gloves from RCWA, the hands from Rudy Garcia. Shoes from Liz Irons.

09/30/2026

Bufferlands Collaboration Cleanup 22, 9/27/2026
We had a great time at our Bufferlands collaborative cleanup with our friends, River City Waterway Alliance this past Sunday.

Over the years we've been cleaning the Bufferlands we've cleaned up and down the property. As per the routine, we split into land crew and water crew. The land crew, full of seasoned regulars and passionate newbies, have an astounding knack for finding hidden trash and scouring an area we've hit many times before. The Bufferlands is a sprawling property and a tranquil place to leave your troubles behind on Sacramento Area Sewer District’s Open Trail Days and completely free. Our land crew time and time again surprises everyone with what they manage to find.

The water crew, a dozen or so volunteers, cleaned along the creek headed upstream, covering thrice the amount of ground they typically do and found considerable more trash, washed in from camps upstream over the past couple of years. Anoop Sagar was Captain of the Barge this time and taught Bosun David Irons the ways of the water. Together they ferried trash from the water crew to where the Bufferlands staff could collect it near where the boat shoved off and across the creek on a service trail with extra help from Fabian Lara.

We've come full circle with our cleanups and revisited areas we did when we started the Bufferlands cleanups, which unfortunately means we have our work cut out for us for next time because we have our sights set further upstream. What we scouted looks so bad it could be mistaken for the aftermath of a hurricane. We really want to get that trash out of there in October, weather permitting, before rains flushed and scatter it downstream.

After the cleanup we refueled at In-N-Out Burger. Sharon Anderson brought cake and Vicki brought grapes. Thanks to our sponsor, Sacramento Area Creeks Council for making such meals possible. Please consider donating on behalf of EGAT to help keep us going.
https://saccreeks.org/donate/

To donate to RCWA, please check their website
https://rivercitywaterwayalliance.org/

EGAT was at Global Feast Fest! Alongside the City of Elk Grove, we helped distribute the City’s 5 gallon buckets to peop...
09/13/2026

EGAT was at Global Feast Fest! Alongside the City of Elk Grove, we helped distribute the City’s 5 gallon buckets to people through a trash game designed by David. We'd throw trash on the fake grass and time people with stopwatches sorting it into general trash, recycling, and batteries/vapes. Our trash game was a big hit, especially with the kids. Sharon, Aaron, Jeb, Khaliah, David, Jim and Liz took shifts running the game while Jim and Michael worked the crowd waiting in line.

We gave away hundreds of the city’s buckets over the evening as part of the City’s “Elk Grove is Worth the Work” anti-litter campaign.

09/10/2026

West Stockton X Sheldon Rd. *Plus* Glowup
September 5, 2026
21 volunteers did not have to go very far to gather trash along Sheldon Road both in the city of Elk Grove and across the street in the city of Sacramento. We also focused attention on a little snippet of West Stockton and were able to spruce the area up around the cemetery.
Grateful for the donuts that helped us get energized, but super thankful for three new volunteers who joined us on this Labor Day weekend.
We hope to see Susan, Kasondra and Joe again soon 😊
We often come to this spot since it is a heavily traveled and heavily trashed area. Not only do we find regular trash and encampment debris, but we also notice conditions at the commercial property that could need repair. In this case, we reported an irrigation leak along Lewis Stein that apparently had already been reported to the City of Elk Grove. We hope it gets fixed since it was flooding the sidewalk.
Upon our return after leaving large piles on both sides of Sheldon Road, we were greeted with Pizza appetizer courtesy of Donna and Phil 🙌
Camaraderie is a big part of keeping this group going, and we were grateful to join together at Panda Express to talk about our cleanup and plan future events together.


Aside from weekday trash dashes (see our group page on FB if any get scheduled) our next efforts occur on September 19 (Sacramento River at Freeport Bridge), and September 27 (Collab with RCWA at the Bufferlands). Do send ideas for future cleanups. EG Cleanup Chalkboard!



Also check out our besties’ events at River City Waterway Alliance.

Always grateful for our partners and those in our cheering section!

Cosumnes Parks & Recreation
City of Elk Grove - City Hall
City of Sacramento Department of Utilities
Sky River Casino
Sacramento Area Sewer District - SacSewer
City of Sacramento, Government
Republic Services
Caltrans HQ

Big thanks also to Sacramento Area Creeks Council who supported our meal at Panda Express after our cleanup.

Please support our fiscal sponsor, SACC, by donating in honor of EGAT's cause. Thank you!

https://saccreeks.org/donate/

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