Ocean Recovery Alliance

This is a community environmental education program. Kids Ocean Day provides free, interactive presentations at Los Angeles area schools, with a focus on how litter on streets affects beaches, the ocean, and marine animals. School presentations are supported by lesson plans and student art activities that teach students about their environmental impact and ways to reduce litter and recycle. Participating schools gather for an annual beach event featuring a cleanup and a large-scale human art installation. The program works with thousands of students across the Los Angeles area, with outreach focused on high-needs communities. It also invites volunteers to help with the beach event and accepts requests from schools for educational assemblies. The program began in 1991 and has expanded along the California coast and to Hong Kong.