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As Escondido Street Stewards, we strive to keep portions of this magical city clean.

10/10/2026

A total of 16 Escondido Street Stewards joined forces at 8 a.m. for the Second Saturday cleanup on Oct. 10.

The group focused on a stretch of W. Valley Pkwy and W. Grand Ave, near a “Welcome to Escondido” stone sign, spanning from La Terraza Blvd to S. Spruce St.

In all, 19 bags and 58.3 pounds of litter was collected.

Thank you to every volunteer and families who came out to keep our city clean!

If you didn’t make this cleanup and are interested in helping, here are two easy ways to get involved:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Next Monthly Cleanup: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew and get emails about events.

10/06/2026

Escondido Street Stewards (ESS) have stayed busy between our monthly Second Saturday cleanups, teaming up with local partners and logging three additional cleanups across the city:

- Sept. 16: Three stewards cleared our adopted Via Rancho Pkwy site, which is across from the mall, collecting 5 bags of litter (~42 lbs) and 1 bag of recyclables.

- Sept. 19: Three stewards joined 50+ volunteers at Harmony Grove Creek for I Love A Clean San Diego’s 42nd annual Coastal Cleanup Day event, helping clean the trail and areas around the creek. The City of Escondido and Escondido Police also helped make this event a success.

- Sept. 26: Two stewards supported the Escondido Rotary Club at their adopted CCP/Hwy 78 interchange, helping haul out 15 bags of trash and 1 bag of recyclables.

Huge thanks to every volunteer who came out to keep our city clean and The Rotary Club Of Escondido, I Love A Clean San Diego, City of Escondido, and Escondido Police Department for their efforts!

ESS will be out next for our Second Saturday cleanup on October 10 at 8 a.m. We will focus on W. Valley Pkwy and W. Grand Ave (near the “Welcome to Escondido” stone sign), spanning from La Terraza Blvd to S. Spruce St.

Meeting location: Set your GPS to 112 Tulip Street for parking. We will assemble around there at 8 a.m. before heading out.

If you can’t make this one, here are two easy ways to get involved:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Next Monthly Cleanup: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew and get emails about events.

09/12/2026

A total of 15 Escondido Street Stewards beat the morning heat at 8 a.m. during our “Second Saturday” cleanup on September 12. The group went back to August’s site and picked up litter along W. Mission Road, but this time from Enterprise Street to N. Andreasen Drive. In all, 18 bags of trash were collected.

Thank you to the Airgas Store for permission to assemble in their parking lot. And thank you to everyone who volunteered.

We’ll be out next on Saturday, Sept. 19, starting at 9 a.m., at the I Love A Clean San Diego - I Love A Clean San Diego - Coastal Cleanup Day at Escondido’s Harmony Grove Creek. For more details, sign up through ILACSD’s website. Registration is required.

If you missed this cleanup, here’s a few other ways to get involved with our org:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew.

08/10/2026

The Escondido Street Stewards braved the heat this past Saturday 8/08 to pick up litter along both sides of W. Mission Rd (from Nordahl to Enterprise).
So much litter out there, especially on the South side of the road which has the bike path, but we got 'er done. And one of our dedicated volunteers found something extra cool (see picture below).
Huge thanks to Republic Services GM Jody McKnight for giving permission to have our team assemble in their parking lot.

If you missed this one, don’t worry! There are plenty of ways to jump in:
1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your own street and cleanup on your own schedule.
Sign up at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Want to be part of Escondido's “Second Saturday” crew next month?
Email us at [email protected] to get on the list!

08/01/2026

Before the reopening of the City of Escondido’s Escondido Public Library, which happens on Saturday, August 1 with a community Ribbon Cutting and Open House, the Escondido Street Stewards cleaned up the surrounding streets around Broadway, Kalmia, and Juniper between 2nd and 3rd.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered. And check out the library reopening invites in our post.

If you missed this cleanup, here’s a few ways to get involved with our org:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew.

07/12/2026

A total of 18 Escondido Street Stewards, including three kids, coordinated with residents in the South Tulip neighborhood on Saturday, July 11 to help tidy its streets. The walking portion of the cleanup started near the corner of 10th Ave. and Tulip St. and included a few of the alleys throughout the neighborhood.

Escondido through its Neighborhood Services Division’s Neighborhood Cleanup program had dumpsters at the meeting site, making it easy to dispose of the bags collected.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered as this now marks multiple years helping out in the South Tulip neighborhood.

If missed, here’s a few ways to get involved with our org:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew.

07/05/2026

The Escondido Street Stewards hit the beach this morning to support the Surfrider Foundation's Morning After Mess event in Oceanside.
The 4th of July is the most highly attended beach day of the year — and it leaves behind an oversized mess 🙁. July 5th is considered the dirtiest beach day of the year, and what beachgoer doesn't like a clean beach?
The event volunteers were able to pick up about 160 lbs of litter 💪🏽
Interested in joining our efforts but maybe the beach is not your thing? On July 11, the Esco Street Stewards will be cleaning up the South Tulip neighborhood (details will be posted soon).
For further information or to get on our mailing list, send an email to:
[email protected]

06/21/2026

The Escondido Street Stewards (ESS) partnered with the Escondido Rotary Club for their regular Adopt-A-Highway outing on Saturday, June 20. ESS started at 8 a.m. on east side of the Hwy 78 and Centre City Pkwy interchanges, and even had a visit from a red-tailed hawk. Together, our combined crew of 13 volunteers cleared 20 bags of trash and 2 bags of recyclables.

Huge thanks to everyone who showed up to keep our community beautiful.

Here’s a few ways to get involved with our org:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your street at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Email us at [email protected] to join the “Second Saturday” crew.

06/13/2026

During this morning’s Second Saturday litter cleanup, our team also collected a plethora of cigarette butts/filters. There were far too many to count, but best guess would be about 500-600 (aluminum can in picture added for scale).
The volunteers made a game of collecting them, seeing how many could be picked up with one grab of the picker. The record was qty 7 😀
The butts are recyclable thru TerraCycle US, which makes a donation to other non-profits, however our group doesn't collect a cent.
Our motivation is to keep our streets clean and to prevent them from getting into the storm drains and avoid polluting the waterways and ocean downstream.
Free to join us in July? Send us an email for more info to:
[email protected]

06/13/2026

Our June “Second Saturday” group cleanup on June 13 partnered with Interfaith Community Services (ICS) and their volunteers to clean up around their Quince/Washington Ave location. More than 20 volunteers participated in the morning cleanup.

A huge thank you to every volunteer who joined us, which included Street Stewards’ captains from Poway and Santee, and for helping keep this Escondido space clean for the community.

Ready to join the movement?

If you missed this one, don’t worry. There are plenty of ways to jump in:

1️⃣ Adopt Your Block: Take ownership of your own street and cleanup on your own schedule. Sign up at streetstewards.com.

2️⃣ Join Our Monthly Cleanups: Want to be part of the “Second Saturday” crew in Escondido next month? Email us at [email protected] to get on the list!

Address

Escondido, CA
92025–92027, 92029

Website

http://www.streetstewards.com/

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