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Girl Scout Gold Award project adds decorated trash cans, native plantings and outreach to reduce pollution at Seal Beach entrance
Summary
Ava Wagner, a Girl Scout Gold Award candidate, updated the Seal Beach City Council on an 80‑hour project that includes an informational webpage, painted trash cans with future QR codes, native lemonade‑berry plantings and a proposed sign to raise awareness about pollution traveling from the San Gabriel River to the ocean.
Seal Beach — A local high‑school student updated the City Council on a Girl Scout Gold Award project aimed at reducing pollution that moves from the San Gabriel River to Seal Beach.
Ava Wagner, a junior at Walnut High School, told the council her project’s completed components include a city‑website article about the river‑to‑ocean pollution pathway, four decorated trash cans placed near the First Street parking lot, and native lemonade‑berry plantings at the same entrance. Wagner said the project’s remaining element is a large, colorful sign showing the river‑to‑ocean flow and including a QR code linking to the informational webpage.
“[I] called our office initially to ask about the possibility of helping the city end pollution at the beach,” Management Analyst Lauren Barich said when introducing Wagner. Wagner said she has involved a team of volunteers for painting, planting and outreach and that the trash cans will later feature QR codes linking readers to the website and a Seal Beach Pollution Solution Instagram account for updates.
Wagner showed photos of the painted cans and plantings and described the project as her final steps toward the Gold Award, an 80‑hour service project required for the Girl Scouts’ highest award. The council thanked Wagner and city staff for partnering on the effort; no council action was required.
