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San Mateo Au Pairs Participate in 29th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept 21

San Mateo au pairs from Au Pair Care, the leading au
pair agency that provides affordable, live-in child care services to American families, will be volunteering at the 29th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day this coming Saturday, September 21. Au pairs, staff, and host families from
across Northern California will be participating in five different clean-up
events across the state. The events will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and
are open to the public.

“This is our second year participating in the California Coastal Cleanup Day,” said
Steven Courtney, Au Pair Care regional manager for California. “We’re excited to lend a
hand at the five Northern California locations, and look forward to working
with other members of the community to make a difference during this time of
funding cutbacks for public land maintenance in the Golden State. Our au pairs
and host families care deeply about the environmental quality of their
communities and this event offers them the opportunity to leave California

waterways cleaner than when they found them.”

California Coastal Cleanup Day, an annual beach and inland waterway cleanup, is the
state's largest volunteer event. In 2012, more than 65,000 volunteers removed
nearly 770,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California beaches, lakes and waterways. For the second year, the event is taking place in conjunction
with, and on the same day as, the International Coastal Cleanup – the largest
volunteer event on the planet – organized by the Ocean Conservancy. For more
information about the California events, please visit: http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd/ccd2.html

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Au Pair Care’s au pairs, staff and host families will be volunteering at the

following locations across the state, which have been prearranged by California

Coastal Cleanup and are open to the public. Other businesses participating in

the events include Crystal Geyser, Whole Foods, Oracle, Chipotle, Nature’s

Path, Clif Bar, The Ocean Conservancy, Bank of America, See’s Candies and Union
Bank, to name a few.

“As an international au pair and a visitor to California, I am proud to contribute to
the effort to keep the Golden State’s beaches, lakesides and waterways clean

and the wildlife healthy,” said Ayfer C. of Turkey, an au pair in San Mateo

with the Au
Pair Care
team. “In Turkey we are not always able to organize such a
large, coordinated clean-up event like this. It’s an inspiring lesson I will

bring back to my own country when I return.”

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About Au Pair Care Au Pair Care is a leading au pair agency providing affordable live-in
child care services to American families since 1989. Designated by the U.S.
Department of State, Au Pair Care offers superior child care to fit families’

unique needs. Au Pair Care has matched more than 50,000 au pairs with American families across the U.S. Au
Pair Care
is a division of Intrax, a family of organizations that
provide a lifetime of high-quality educational, work and volunteer programs that connect people and cultures. Intrax is headquartered in San Francisco with
offices on four continents. To find an au pair to fit your family’s needs call
800-428-7247 or visit http://www.aupaircare.com.

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