Projects
Lake Merritt Cleanup
For the last few years, the Piedmont Key Club has been working with the Lake Merritt Institute in an effort to control the trash content of Lake Merritt. On selected Saturday mornings, Piedmont Key Club volunteers scour the shores of Lake Merritt, removing cigarette butts, Styrofoam wastes, the occasional carcass, and other miscellaneous trash from the lake. Our efforts with the Lake Merritt Institute have culminated in a documentary, produced by members of the Piedmont Key Club about the situation of urban runoff in Lake Merritt.
Friends of Sasual Creek
The Friends of Sausal Creek (aka FOSC, or "the Friends") are a group of residents, teachers, students, merchants, and elected officials working together with the City of Oakland and County of Alameda to improve the Sausal Creek watershed. We worked with “the Friends” on restoration workdays, where members sowed native plant species, helped out with various errands at the plant nurseries, and cleaned up at regional parks, removing invasive species and trash.
PAINTS - Chalk for Peace
On September 14th, our members helped man a Sno-cone machine for Chalk for Peace day at Beach Elementary School, hosted by the Piedmont PAINTS. We sold Sno-cones to lots of little kids…
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF
Every Halloween, members of the Piedmont Key Club go door to door and collect money for needy families in Swaziland. Every cent counts!
