Anheuser-Busch Volunteers at the Park!

On Saturday, November 9th the Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park had about 50 volunteers from Anheuser-Busch participate in a volunteer event. A beautiful morning coupled with a great group of hard working and wonderful people helped make a great day in the park. Volunteers helped remove dried out vegetation, invasive species and cleaned up the park. They did such an amazing job and made a lot of progress in the park.

A big THANK YOU to all the Anheuser-Busch volunteers that came out to support the overall health of the Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park! 



Boeing Volunteers at the Park!

On Saturday, July 14th we had about 15-20 volunteers from Boeing participate in a volunteer event in partnership with Inside the Outdoors (ITO). Staff from Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) and ITO coordinated and planned the 4 hour volunteer event. Volunteers helped remove dried out vegetation, invasive species and trash. They completed the morning by having a lunch and cool down session in the Interpretive Center with the Santa Ana Watershed Association (SAWA).

A big THANK YOU to all the staff and Boeing volunteers that came out to support the overall health of the Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park!



Weed removal near the Interpetive Center



Boeing Family proud of their work!



ITO staff member Kari



Boeing staff working on removing invasives



Earth Day Event Exceeds Expectations

The Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) co-hosted, along with the City of Chino and the Santa Ana Watershed Association, an Earth Day Celebration at the Chino Creek Wetlands and Educational Park on Thursday, April 19, 2012. 

The Earth Day Celebration was open to schools that had scheduled field trips between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.  Over 1,200 students, teachers and parents attended the event from 9 different schools within the IEUA service area. All students received pre-event packets that contained t-shirts, backpacks, educational materials and other green related giveaways. The Earth Day Celebration was also open to the public between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Thank you to the 1,000 community members that joined us in celebrating Earth Day at the Chino Creek Park.

If you are interested in participating in next years Earth Day event please contact Lucia Diaz at ldiaz@ieua.org or Andrea Carruthers at acarruthers@ieua.org. 

Wally the Water Drop welcoming students

Students learning about soils and gardens

Meeting the Great Horned Owl "Archimedes"

Enjoying the various booths throughout the park

Students at the Plant Factory activity - understanding all the parts of a plant

Students at the Water Cycle activity - understanding each element in the water cycle

Ally the Owl welcoming students to the park

Students enjoying the Environmental Magic Show

Students at the SAWA booth

Students at the Wonders of Wildlife booth

Students at the Enviroscape Model - understanding the watershed

On the train tour through the wetlands

Walking through the Watershed bridge

 

National Volunteer Week!!

What is National Volunteer Week?

A time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things through service. "Celebrating People In Action" captures the meaning behind this signature week - honoring the individuals who dedicate themselves to taking action and solving problems in their communities. National Volunteer Week is April 15 - 21, 2012.

What are you doing for National Volunteer Week? Need places to volunteer?

Click here: http://www.handsonnetwork.org/nationalprograms/signatureevents/nvw

January 28th Volunteer Day

The Chino Creek Park hosted its first volunteer day of 2012 on January 28th with a strong number of students...14 hard working young men and women!!! They did such a great job and made a lot of progress in the park. Volunteers removed volunteer coyote bush and planted native grasses in the demonstration garden.

The Volunteer Day was from 8:00am to 12:00pm and we were lucky enough to have such great weather. Chino was the only area that didn’t have the crazy wind that day.

If you would like to participate in the Parks next volunteer day on February 11, 2012 from 8:00am- 12:00pm please contact Lucia Diaz at ldiaz@ieua.org

Volunteer Work Party Flier

Volunteer Event - January 28th