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Jul 21, 2021

Volunteers Cleaning Communities do cleaning events at least twice a week which gives the volunteers a choice - it is great exercise, a chance to meet great like-minded volunteers, have some fun and make a difference in your community! VCC is excited to have you join the team! Are you passionate about what we're doing?  Let them know!  VCC are always looking for volunteers to help us make their vision a reality. They'll help you find a way to volunteer that best suits you. - either cleaning the streets or cleaning the highway or both.  YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 

Feb 14, 2022

VCC and Granada Hills Charter High School completed an amazing litter removal and beautification project with 30 students, Bonnee (the student coordinator), a parent and 8 VCC volunteers around the entire perimeter of the high school.  We picked up litter, swept the curbs, cleared the storm drains, bagged the leaves and complied the various illegal dumping items into one location - collected and disposed of 85 huge bags of trash.  It was a great collaboration of what can be accomplished when teams work together for a common goal - making a difference in our communities.  Thank you all!

Feb 12, 2022

Today we had a huge joint clean up event with VCC and Shepherd Church in the south part of Limekiln Park cleaning the east side of the riverbed of 150+ 55 gallon bags of trash, shopping carts, a sofa, lounge chair, wicker chair, pipes, wood, tent remains, etc.  We had to form a human chain across the dry riverbed in order to move all the bagged debris across to a place where we can get trucks to pick this up and dispose of it.  The area was cleaned completely, everyone had a great time making a difference and most said that they did not have to go to the gym that day because they got the exercise there.  Please join us in making a difference in your community. 

VCC presents its FIRST inaugural Environmental Awareness Day at Chatsworth Train Station.  58 Booths, Food Trucks, Music, Speakers, Educational Speeches, Art Contests, Face Painting, Balloon Sculptures, etc.  all based around getting the community into volunteering for something that will help their community and the environment,

VCC holds a Shout Out with signs that read "Please Don't Litter Our Streets! on Topanga Blvd from the 118 to Ventura Blvd from 7am - 8:30am to give the driving community (workers, mothers driving kids to school, students, etc) a signal and message that there are many people picking up litter and we need them to help by not littering in the first place.  Funevent with lots of honks, waves and thumbs ups!

Working with the Neighborhood Councils in the San Fernando Valley is a way of assisting them with a successful beautification event because of the combination of NC volunteers and VCC volunteers.  We bring all the equipment that is needed for either a clean up event (litter removal) or a beautification event (cleaning pine needles, leaves and weeds from the gutters and sidewalks).  This Granada Hills South NC event was our first and what a fun, great and “Make a difference” event it was!

It is so rewarding for VCC to work with the schools in the San Fernando Valley.  Getting out and either picking up litter or doing a beautification event (cleaning leaves, pine needles and weeds from he gutter snd sidewalks) makes the students aware of actually how they can make a huge difference in a very short time to their community or school grounds.  We partnered with Chatsworth High School through the school club president Laney Sweeney to hold a very fun and successful event cleaning around the perimeter of the school.  We had fun, they had fun and we made a difference!

VCC volunteers created a fun and memorable party for the celebration of our VCC Nonprofit of the Year for 2022 from Senator Henry Stern - awarded in Sacramento June 8, 2022 on the capitol lawn.  The girls - Emilie, Ann, Sarah and Nancy created a VCC song to show the group at the party...

What an amazing year VCC has had and Mark Hovater has captured the essence of those accomplishments in this video

VCC has worked diligently to get community members involved in cleaning up their communities and participate in other communities in the San Fernando Valley.  

We were award Nonprofit of the Year 2022 from California due to our efforts in this direction and continue to strive to "Change the mindset of littering in Americans!"