Nowmore than ever, community participation is critical due to continuing budgetcuts and a variety of threats to state parks throughout California. Statewide, thousands of volunteers each year plant native trees and communitygardens, restore trails and wildlife habitats, remove trash and debris frombeaches and parklands and make overdue repairs to fences and boardwalks. Sinceits inception in 1998, the California State Parks Foundation Earth DayRestoration & Cleanup program has had a tremendous impact — 63,000 participantshave contributed over 265,000volunteer hours worth more than $5,250,000 in parkmaintenance and improvements. Including this year`s grants, CSPF, with thesupport of its sponsors, has awarded more than $1.1 million to state parksthroughout California.

“Community participation in the Earth Day program is particularlyimportant this year as state parks continue to face budget challenges that candelay these environmental improvement and maintenance projects.” Individuals or groups interested in volunteering on Earth Day can call the EarthDay hotline at 1-888-98-PARKS or register online at A completelist of volunteer project sites statewide can be found on the Web site as well. Presenting sponsor Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which is hosting 16Northern and Central California sites, provided a $170,000 grant to CSPF and theparticipating parks for supplies and materials required to complete the EarthDay projects. Southern California sponsors include: Supervalu/Albertson`s,Edison International, Earthgrains and Coca-Cola. 2009 media sponsors in southern California include: KEYT-TV (ABC, SantaBarbara), KTLA-TV (CW, Los Angeles), Huntington Beach Independent, and TimesCommunity News.For information on California State Parks Foundation Earth Day 2009 Restoration& Cleanup events in Southern California, including park contacts, times,locations and other details, please visit About CSPFWith 100,000 members, the California State Parks Foundation is the onlyindependent nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting, enhancingand advocating for California`s magnificent state parks This year marks theorganization`s 40th Anniversary. For more information about California`s stateparks, visit Editors, please note: Media interested in attending, covering or volunteeringfor the California State Parks Foundation Earth Day 2009 Restoration & Cleanupshould contact Sarah Paulson Sheehy at (323) 466-3445 or at ges are also available Cerrell Associates Inc. for California State Parks FoundationSarah Paulson Sheehy, Copyright Business Wire 2009. Volunteers Needed to Clean up and Preserve State Parks at California State ParksFoundation Earth Day EventsSAN FRANCISCO–(Business Wire)–The California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) will fund 29 environmentalimprovement projects at parks statewide as part of the 12th annual Earth DayRestoration & Cleanup.

On Saturday, April 25th, volunteers of all ages areneeded to help restore the beauty of California`s treasured state parks. Nowmore than ever, community participation is critical due to continuing budgetcuts and a variety of threats to state parks throughout California. Statewide, thousands of volunteers each year plant native trees and communitygardens, restore trails and wildlife habitats, remove trash and debris frombeaches and parklands and make overdue repairs to fences and boardwalks. Sinceits inception in 1998, the California State Parks Foundation Earth DayRestoration & Cleanup program has had a tremendous impact – 63,000 participantshave contributed over 265,000volunteer hours worth more than $5,250,000 in parkmaintenance and improvements. Including this year`s grants, CSPF, with thesupport of its sponsors, has awarded more than $1.1 million to state parksthroughout California.

Volunteers will complete environmental improvement and maintenance projects inhonor of Earth Day at 29 state and community parks across California, including19 sites in Northern and Central California:* Eastshore State Park – Alameda County * Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline – Alameda County * Mt. Diablo State Park – Contra Costa County * Millerton Lake State Recreation Area – Fresno County and Madera County * Patrick’s Point State Park – Humboldt County * The Park at Riverwalk – Kern County * Angel Island State Park – Marin County * Mt Tamalpais State Park – Marin County * Samuel P. “Community participation in the Earth Day program is particularlyimportant this year as state parks continue to face budget challenges that candelay these environmental improvement and maintenance projects.” Individuals or groups interested in volunteering on Earth Day can call the EarthDay hotline at 1-888-98-PARKS or register online at A completelist of volunteer project sites statewide can be found on the Web site as well. Presenting sponsor Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which is hosting 16Northern and Central California sites, provided a $170,000 grant to CSPF and theparticipating parks for supplies and materials required to complete the EarthDay projects.