El Camino Real Charter High School Students Partner with Major League Baseball Players to Clean Up Woolsey Canyon Contact: Eric Wilson, PhD, Director of Sustainability and STEAM Initiatives El Camino Real Charter High School 5440 Valley Circle Blvd 805-­‐558-­‐0980 (cell) [email protected] Woodland Hills, CA | November 10, 2014 – Students from El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) partnered with two Major League Baseball players this past Sunday, November 9 in an effort to clean up debris at Woolsey Canyon in the San Fernando Valley. The students are members of ECRCHS’s Action Team, part of a national youth volunteer program co-­‐created by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America. Local major league baseball players Rob Rasmussen (from Pasadena) and Kevin Pillar (from West Hills), who both currently play for the Toronto Blue Jays, joined the student cleanup crew as part of the MLB’s Action Team outreach. Action Team members were also joined by their classmates from ECRCHS’s Advanced Placement Environmental Science course. ECRCHS senior Blake Sperling captains the Action Team, which had its first outing in May 2014. Sperling worked to start the Action Team throughout his junior year. The ECRCHS Students from ECRCHS’s Action Team partnered with Major Action Team meets at Woolsey Canyon on the League Baseball players to clean up Woolsey Canyon this past Sunday, November 9. second Sunday of every month to remove trash. During their previous trip to the canyon in October, the Action Team collected and removed more than two and a half tons of trash. For those interested in helping clean up Woolsey Canyon, volunteers start gathering at 9am. The next scheduled cleanup is Sunday, December 14, 2014. For directions, please use the following address: 24303 Woolsey Canyon Rd Canoga Park, CA 91304. #### About El Camino Real Charter High School: El Camino Real Charter High School (ECRCHS) is a public secondary school located in Woodland Hills, California. Founded in 1969, ECRCHS became a charter school in 2011. ECRCHS has been recognized as a California Distinguished School since 2009. For more information and to follow ECRCHS news, please visit the school’s website atwww.ecrchs.net, follow the school on Twitter @ECRCHS, or like the school’s Facebook page El Camino Real Charter High School. About the Action Team: In 2003, the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America created the Action Team National Youth Volunteer Program to recruit and train high school students to become volunteers in their communities. Major Leaguers help inspire and encourage high school students to serve as Action Team captains, who in turn deliver an important message to their peers: volunteering is cool, fun and personally rewarding.