Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of California Surpasses Pledge of 1,000 volunteers- Coastal Clean-up Day (United States)
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Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of California Surpasses Pledge of 1,000 volunteers- Coastal Clean-up Day (United States)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - United States
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2010-09-28
Over 1100 colleagues of California Fairmont Hotels & Resorts accompanied by friends, family members and recruits scoured the state’s inland waterways and beaches for litter on Saturday, September 25, 2010 as part of the 26th annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Working with the California Coastal Commission Fairmont led five drop-in cleanup sites (Newport Beach, Santa Monica, San Jose, San Francisco and Sonoma) across the state where volunteers hauled off everything from food wrappers to street signs.
Lending strength and stability to the Coastal Cleanup Day Program as a corporate sponsor, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts provided financial and promotional support and committed volunteers, which allowed Coastal Cleanup Day to gain tremendous momentum. With 70% of the cleanup sites reporting, the statewide count stands at 73,377 volunteers. Those volunteers, which included Fairmont’s record-breaking number of participants, picked up 692,203 pounds of trash and an additional 59,228 pounds of recyclable materials, for a total of 751,431 pounds. The Coastal Commission expects to exceed 2009 record for volunteer participation (80,622) when the final numbers are tallied.
“California Coastal Cleanup Day is the state’s largest volunteer event and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of California is a proud sponsor of this effort," says Tom Klein, Regional Vice-President of Operations and General Manager at the Fairmont San Francisco. "Fairmont colleagues in the Golden State clearly demonstrated their support for clean beaches and water ways by turning out in record numbers. We proudly cleaned beaches, shorelines and inland locations, picking up trash and debris. Over a century ago Fairmont Hotels & Resorts was founded on an enduring connection to the land, communities and people where we do business. Energizing our commitment to 'think globally and act locally', we are proud to support community-based environmental initiatives that encourage partnerships and learning while addressing a universal environmental issue in a way that hits close to home.”
Quirky things Fairmont found from across the state
· Street Signs
· Bicycle Frame
· Auto Transmission
· Patio Furniture
· Shoes (though no pairs were found)
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