Volunteering Social, Picnic & Hiking, Lighthouse Field State Beach, Santa Cruz

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Haven't fixed your labor day long weekend plan yet? Why not follow us to the beautiful Santa Cruz coast, do a volunteering party on state beaches, to jump start your weekend?

By our experience, group volunteering is the fastest and most effective way to make friends. So we will do a group volunteering ice breaking with the State Park first, then group picnic and coastal social afternoon at the landmark Lighthouse Field state beach in Santa Cruz, this Sep 5th Sat.

This volunteering includes mostly weeding and watering. You need to register with state park to attend it:
https://volunteer.calparks.org/opportunity/a3tJw000002qFeXIAU/lighthouse-field-state-beach
Plus, we noticed the state park site reports error at time, following the link and try another time would usually fix it.

The lighthouse field park feels more like Fort Mason of SF. As you can see from the image, the Lighthouse Field State Beach is located on the tip of a residential area, roughly midway between the Santa Cruz municipal wharf / Boardwalk (1.2 mile) and the Natural Bridge state reserve (1.7 mile). You will see a lot of surfers on the waves, and people jogging or biking around. And of course the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, overlooking the ocean.

There are a series of beautiful view points on its way to the natural bridges park, making the 1.7 mile a nice stroll by the ocean.

• Mitchell's Cove Beach
• West Cliff Dr tide pools
• Whale Point
• Pyramid Park

So the plan is to group volunteer with the state park first, go group picnic together at the Steamer Lane Supply cafe, then walk along W Cliff Dr., enjoy the ocean waves and breezes, and a smiling last summer afternoon.

So the schedule look like this:
Location: Steamer Lane Supply Cafe, 644-670 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
9am State Park meet at the park, under a flag, next to the cafe.
10am Considering we would drive from afar, our suggested arrival time. Find the state park flag next to the cafe, then msg the whatsapp event group channel, we will be in the park somewhere, including the bordering streets.

9-12pm Weeding and watering
12pm Group picnic at the cafe
1 pm Group hike along the coast

Parking:
The area is very popular on weekends, so find side streets if the parking lots are full.

This event is for group volunteering and social after. Unless you volunteered with us before, we expect people to volunteer together with us first to attend the social afterwards.

Again, you need to register with the state park to attend this event, see the link above.

Prepare sun-screen, water, closed toe shoes.

Recruiting: Yes, we are expanding our community builder's team. If you are interested in help leading our events, talk to us in the volunteering.

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