A chance to clean up the beach

Sylvia Alarid

CORONA DEL MAR--Working with the city’s Adopt-a-Beach program, workers

from Allergan Inc. of Irvine will be at Corona del Mar State Beach at 9

a.m., and they’re inviting anyone from the community to help.

“We’re always excited about people coming down [to the beach],” said John

Blauer, community relations officer for the city’s marine department.

Newport Beach’s Adopt-a-Beach program enables companies and organizations

to collaborate with the city to clean up the beach.

And it’s just one of many programs Newport Beach supports for clean

beaches, Blauer said.

With high attendance in the past, organizers are hoping this year’s

Allergan-sponsored event will draw a vast and dedicated crowd.

Aside from cleaning the beach, city officials are making sure that people

attending the event will have plenty of space on and around the beach so

as to not interrupt other beach activities.

The event will hopefully give all locals an opportunity to preserve a

part of the California coast, Blauer said.

“The most important thing,” Blauer added, “is to do some small part to

keep the beaches clean and give a little back to add to our marine

environment.”