Clean Up Pacific Beach, Then Party With Pancakes and Prizes at Firehouse’s Trash Bash

Pacific Beach gives us sunsets, surf and plenty of good memories. Firehouse is asking us to give a little back. Trash Bash is a free community cleanup hosted by the Grand Avenue restaurant and lounge with One Piece Please, Daydream and Surf Vultures. And it ends in a party.

The idea is simple: pick up after yourself, plus one extra piece. Bring your friends, your neighbors and the kids. Everyone is welcome.

Illustrated Trash Bash flyer showing the Firehouse building in Pacific Beach with a QR code and a raffles and prizes badge. — Photo: Firehouse (Trash Bash flyer)

Grab a Bucket and Get Started

Check-in opens at 9 AM at Firehouse, where you sign a waiver and pick up a bucket, a trash picker and gloves from One Piece Please. Pastries from Olive Baking Company and coffee from Devil’s Dozen get you moving.

Bring your haul back when you’re done, because every load gets weighed on the way in. One rule to keep in mind: leave anything hazardous where it is and tell the event staff.

Stay for the Party and the Prizes

At 11 AM the cleanup turns into a party that runs until 2 PM. Expect DJs, free pancakes for the kids and a complimentary Bloody Mary for participants 21 and over. Then the prizes start rolling out:

12:15 PM: Kids coloring competition, 3 winners
12:15 PM: Most represented school, with a Firehouse-sponsored class party for the winner
12:30 PM: Raffle, 5 chances to win
12:45 PM: Most trash picked up, 2 winners
1:20 PM: Weirdest piece of trash, 1 winner
1:45 PM: Most participating restaurant, which wins a comp table and a bottle

So round up your classmates, your coworkers or your whole kitchen crew, and keep an eye out for that one truly strange find.

Bring Clothes for Our Veterans

Firehouse and Surf Vultures are also running a Veteran Clothing Drive at the event. Clean out a closet before you head over and bring new or gently used clothing items to donate.

See you there!

It’s free, but RSVP on Eventbrite first. Then come hungry: the coffee, the pastries and the kids’ pancakes are on the house.

📆 Saturday, November 14 | 9 AM – 2 PM
📍 722 Grand Ave, Pacific Beach
🎟️ RSVP here
ℹ️ Click here for additional event details

See you there, San Diego!

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