Having completed the course at the Ocean Institute, the youngsters get hands-on learning by taking part in the clean-up program. Each child takes part in the clean-up of the City sidewalks, parkways, hedges, etc, picking up trash and cigarette butts after every class with the Ocean Institute is finished. Students will be given T-shirts to identify themselves as volunteers of the Dana Point Earth/Ocean Society. They will be assigned to groups, and to different clean-up routes in the City of Dana Point. Teachers, parents, and volunteers will be asked to organize and supervise each group of students on each route to ensure the safety of the children.

The significant purpose is to allow students who finish the class to experience first hand what they have just learned.