Award-Winning Organization Advocates for Watershed Health
FOR OVER 25 YEARS, Ballona Creek Renaissance (BCR) has been connecting the
creek to the community in the Culver City and Del Rey areas. This all-volunteer group raises awareness of Ballona Creek-related urban watershed issues, focusing on Cleaning, Greening, Educating, Advocating, and Beautifying the creek and its surrounding watershed area.
BCR’s accomplishments reflect their diverse strategies to improve Ballona Creek and the lives of those who live alongside it. Some of their most notable achievements include:
- Establishing an annual $1,000 scholarship for a Culver City High School student
- Supporting the installation of the first trash Interceptor in the United States at the mouth of Ballona Creek in 2022
- Collaborating on a 10,000 square foot native California Garden at Stoner Avenue Elementary School, with a second 6,000 square foot garden project underway for 2025
- Hosting six creek clean-ups in 2024 alone!
BCR is currently working on pushing the City of Culver City to adopt stronger legislation to reduce plastic pollution in the area.
BCR provides opportunities for volunteers to acquire service learning hours, engage in native gardening, contribute to public art projects, and participate in cleanup activities. Consider supporting BCR’s vital work with your time or donations to help protect and preserve our local urban watershed.
| PHONE NUMBER | (310) 367-0336 |
| ADDRESS | PO Box 843, Culver City, CA 90232 |
| info@ballonacreek.org | |
| WEBSITE | http://www.ballonacreek.org/ |
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| FORMS OF PAYMENT | |
| SERVICES PROVIDED | Nonprofit, Environment, Watershed Health, Education, Arts, Environment Awareness, Fish, Tide, Birds, Community Development, Habitat Health, California Natives, Participation, Renew, Volunteer, Advocacy, Bicycling, Classroom Visits, Cleanups, Collaboration, Event Planning, Field trips, Murals, Outreach, Path & Trail Improvements, Pollution Prevention, Restoration, Volunteering |
| MISSION STATEMENT | “BCR’s two-fold mission is to (1) facilitate and promote appropriate art, environmental, educational and recreational projects and opportunities along Ballona Creek and within its watershed; and (2) seek the long-range rehabilitation and transformation of the creek and its watershed in ways that improve our physical and social environment and foster community awareness, spirit, participation and ownership.” |
| SERVICE AREAS |
Central Atwater Village • Baldwin Hills • Bel Air • Beverly Grove • Beverly Hills • Boyle Heights • Century City • Cheviot Hills • Chinatown • Commerce • Culver City • Dockweiler • Dodgertown • Downtown • East Hollywood • East Los Angeles • Echo Park • Edendale • Fairfax • Firestone Park • Gramercy Park • Griffith Park • Hancock Park • Hollywood • Hollywood Hills • Hyde Park • Inglewood • Jefferson Park • Koreatown • Ladera Heights • Larchmont Village • Leimert Park • Los Angeles • Los Feliz • Macarthur Park • Mid-Wilshire • Miracle Mile • Mount Olympus • Oakwood • Outpost Estates • Palms • Park Mesa Heights • Pico Heights • Pico-Robertson • Pico-Union • Rancho Park • Rimpau • Silver Lake • University Park • Vermont • Vermont Square • Vernon • View Park • Watts • West Adams • West Hollywood • Westlake • Westwood • Whitley Heights • Windsor Hills Conejo Valley Agoura Hills • Casa Conejo • Conejo Valley • Hidden Valley • Lake Sherwood • Newbury Park • Oak Park • Thousand Oaks • Westlake Village San Fernando Valley Arleta • Bell Canyon • Burbank • Calabasas • Canoga Park • Chatsworth • Encino • Granada Hills • Granada Hills North • Hewitt • Hidden Hills • Lake Balboa • Lakeside Park • Mission Hills • North Hills • North Hollywood • Northridge • Pacoima • Panorama City • Porter Ranch • Reseda • San Fernando • San Fernando Valley • Shadow Hills • Sherman Oaks • Sherman Village • Studio City • Sun Valley • Sunland • Sylmar • Tarzana • Toluca Lake • Toluca Terrace • Tujunga • Universal City • Valley Glen • Valley Village • Van Nuys • West Hills • Winnetka • Woodland Hills San Gabriel Valley Alhambra • Altadena • Arcadia • City of Industry • College Hills • Crescenta Highlands • Cypress Park • Duarte • Eagle Rock • East Pasadena • East San Gabriel • El Monte • Flintridge • Glassell Park • Glendale • Happy Valley • Hastings Ranch • Highland Park • La Canada • La Crescenta • Lincoln Heights • Monrovia • Monterey Hills • Monterey Park • Montrose • Mount Washington • Pasadena • Rosemead • Rossmoyne • San Gabriel • San Gabriel Valley • San Marino • San Rafael Hills • Sierra Madre • South Pasadena • Temple City • Verdugo Viejo • Woodbury South Bay Carson • Hawthorne • Hermosa Beach • Lomita • Manhattan Beach • Palos Verdes Estates • Rancho Palos Verdes • Redondo Beach • Rolling Hills • Rolling Hills Estates • San Pedro • Torrance • Wilmington Westside Brentwood • El Segundo • Lennox • Mar Vista • Marina del Rey • Ocean Park • Pacific Palisades • Santa Monica • Sawtelle • West Los Angeles • Westchester |
How You Can Pitch In
Refer A Business
Let us know about your favorite local business. We’ll donate $10 to Ballona Creek Renaissance for each recommendation.
Volunteer
Ballona Creek Renaissance is an entirely volunteer—based organization. To get involved, you can:
- Sign up for BCR’s e-news to learn about upcoming meetings, creek cleanups and habitat restoration projects.
- Help out with fundraising, outreach and special projects; or join BCR’s Board of Directors.
- Lead a cleanup, a short-term eco-art or habitat restoration project.
- Offer your professional services, including printing and grant applications.
Email: info@ballonacreek.org
Donate
- Donate by check or online.
