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Augusta is Worth Running Plog
Join this national initiative to clean our community while exercising. Plogging is the environmental fitness craze that combines jogging or walking with picking up litter. It's intended to heighten awareness about the benefits of beautifying our communities, eliminating litter, and recycling. We have a list of local areas that need attention. Express your interest, and we'll contact you to complete your registration and send your volunteer kit with a t-shirt, gloves, bag, and litter grabber. If you are part of a running group, sign up your group! Reporting is required after cleanup is complete.
Richmond County (Virtual)
Through 3/31/21
Adopt A Road
Keep Carroll Beautiful’s Adopt-A-Road Program (AAR) organizes and manages volunteer activities that focus on removing litter from Carroll County roads. The AAR Program welcomes individuals, families, social or community groups, and business participants. What will you do: Review and sign the Adopt-A-Road agreement. Review and sign parental consent forms and release of liability forms provided by Keep Carroll Beautiful. Choose your mile or pick one from the sections suggested by KCB staff. Recruit participants 12 years or older. (For groups with children under 12 years old, we suggest looking into the Adopt-A-Trail program.) Schedule at least 4 clean-ups per year. Monitor your mile between clean-ups. Report clean up results to Keep Carroll Beautiful. Take and share pictures! What will Keep Carroll Beautiful provide: Supplies! High visibility safety vests Trash bags Gloves Litter pickup sticks Trash bag holders All supplies are checked out and returned to the KCB office by appointment. Signage - (permanent road sign with the name and/or logo of the adopting group and CAUTION message). Help with the scheduling of the quarterly clean-up events. Annual recognition for the volunteer group.
Carroll County (Virtual)
Through 12/31/21
Parkway Pickup 2021-Great American Cleanup Kick-off
Join us as we kick-off the Great American Cleanup 2021! The GAC is celebrated annually on the first day of spring through the first day of summer! Our bypass/parkways are high traffic roads. Unfortunately they are also heavily littered as well. Keep Aiken County Beautiful needs your help to cleanup up these major roads. Our cleanup will focus on four bypass/parkways around Aiken: Rudy Mason Parkway (Volunteer Check-in beside Aiken Pet Fitness & Rehabilitation, 307 Willow Run Rd, Aiken, SC 29801) University Parkway (Volunteer Check-in at the Aiken County Government Center (1930 University Parkway) Hosted by Keep Aiken County Beautiful Robert M. Bell Parkway (Volunteer Check-in at 136 Jefferson Davis Highway, Aiken, SC 29801), Hosted by Aiken Technical College Hitchcock Parkway (Volunteer Check-in at the Center for Primary Care, 131 Rinehart Way, Aiken, SC 29801) *Supplies will be distributed at each check-in point! Our Goal is to cleanup up as much of these roads as possible! We will need at least 30 volunteers on each parkway! This is a big goal but we believe that many hands make light work! Can't stay for the entire cleanup? Drop-ins are welcomed! This event is supported by: the Aiken County Government, Aiken Technical College, Palmetto Pride and Keep America Beautiful. Inclement Weather date: 3/27/2021, 9am-11am
Four Designated Bypasses/Parkways in Aiken County (Virtual)
3/20/21 9:00 AM
Spring Electronics Recycling
KCB’s Electronics Recycling (or E-Recycling) is an amnesty event held twice a year and open to all residents of Carroll County (check our Facebook Events Page for future events). During the event, participants drop off old, broken, and/or unusable electronics in a designated location, and KCB ships them off to Atlanta Recycling Solutions – a recycling facility specialized in breaking down old devices. Volunteers tasks: Traffic directions Taking participant surveys Unloading electronics (small and large items - some heavy lifting) Sorting electronics (small and large items - does not have to lift heavy items)
Carrollton E-Recycling (Virtual)
4/17/21 9:00 AM
Community Cleanup 04 22 2021 (EARTH DAY)
Community Cleanup - Location TBA
Brooklyn, OH
4/22/21 9:00 AM
Community Cleanup with Big Creek Connects
Community Cleanup with Big Creek Connects Meet behind City of Brooklyn Fire Station in parking lot. Clean "The Kingdom" undeveloped area behind fire station .
Brooklyn, OH
6/5/21 8:30 AM
KEEP NEW HANOVER BEAUTIFUL 2021 KAB/ UPS TREE PLANTING INITIATIVE
Please join us on March 13th for our very first tree planting initiative. This opportunity is made possible through a very generous grant from UPS and Keep America Beautiful. We will meet at 9AM at Wallace Park and get directions to the other specific planting sites and further instructions. Please find street parking on the surrounding streets: 21st St., Metts Ave. and 22nd St. and please carpool when you can. We will be sending out a schedule of supplies that each person will need to bring with them very shortly. Also, we will be following safe-distancing protocols AND we will be wearing masks. The QR Code for Wallace Park is:
Wilmington, NC
3/13/21 9:00 AM
Pop-up Clean Ups
Join us for Pop-up Clean Ups around Augusta. We'll announce the exact location every Tuesday.
Augusta, GA
3/12/21 9:00 AM + more
Volunteer Opportunity- Deans Bridge Road Area
Deans Bridge Road is a very high traffic area that needs attention in several different locations along the roadway between the Landfill (4330 Deans Bridge Road) and Gordon Highway. A group would be able to break out the piece of roadway that they would like to work on. The entire roadway does not have to be the group's project area. Volunteer Opportunities include: 1. Weed eating the right of way and/or median 2. Clearing litter and debris Volunteers will be provided with the following: 1. Safety Orange Volunteer Tshirts for high visibility 2. Litter grabbers 3. Trash bags and bag openers 4. Weed Eaters (where necessary) If interested in helping to keep this area clean and safe, please contact us today by showing interest and selecting a date and time that you are available.
Augusta, GA
Through 4/30/21
Green for Good
It's a life-changing, family-friendly experience to spark innovation, creativity, advocacy, and action to make the world a better place. Hosted by the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, Green for Good is open to everyone whether you're a Girl Scout or not!
Chicago, IL
5/7/21 9:30 AM
Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day
A one-day collection event for household hazardous waste, such as automotive & marine products; home maintenance & improvement products; home lawn & garden products; electronics, and other miscellaneous materials.
Cleveland, TN
4/10/21 8:00 AM
Keep Gilmer Beautiful: Gilmer County Great American Cleanup
During the month of April, thousands of people will lend a hand to spruce up their streets, parks, neighborhoods and waterways. Keep Gilmer Beautiful has joined the Great American Cleanup campaign during the month of April. And it's coming to a neighborhood near YOU! It is the Great American Cleanup, Gilmer County! The GAC is the nation's leading litter cleanup event, sponsored nationally by Keep America Beautiful! In Gilmer, we need help to enlist volunteers from news organizations, neighborhoods, schools, churches, businesses, civic organizations, fraternities, sororities, professional organizations and many more. We need hundreds and hundreds of volunteers! It is so easy to lend a hand to help clean up neglected areas around town. We are calling on volunteers to join the effort to clean-up their neighborhoods during the month of April. To help make this national initiative a local success, Keep Mobile Beautiful is providing each group with cleanup supplies including trash bags, litter grabbers, gloves and safety vests. Registration is free and easy! Here is what you do: • Enlist your friends, neighbors or co-workers to help • Decide on the area you want to clean up and the day and time you want to do it • Let us know and we will reserve a cleanup kit for you to use • Then do your cleanup and let us know how you did when you return the cleanup kit. This year’s local Great American Cleanup will take place throughout Gilmer County. The cleanup will be on Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 8:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Ellijay, GA
4/24/21 8:00 AM
Adopt-A-Spot Litter Prevention
Thanks for your interest in the Adopt-A-Spot Litter Prevention Program! Litter is more than just blight on our landscape. Litter is costly to clean up, impacts our quality of life and economic development, and eventually ends up in our waterways and oceans. Today, we are committed as ever to providing people with the resources to help prevent litter with the ultimate goal of helping to end littering in Atlanta. Individuals, groups & organizations are encouraged to adopt a public space for litter prevention and beautification. Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission and the Department of Public Works will erect a sign recognizing your adoption. Available spaces include: • Streets • Traffic Islands • Bus Stops • Sidewalks • Medians • City Owned Lots • Due to COVID-19, current cleanup supplies are limted to trash bags, litter grabbers & face coverings. What will you do: Complete the Adopt-A-Spot application. Review COVID-19 cleanup document and safety recommendations. Complete Waiver of Liability and return to Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission. Schedule at least 4 clean-ups per year. Monitor your area between clean-ups, reporting any issues to Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission. Report clean up results to Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission. Take and share pictures!
Atlanta, GA
Through 12/31/21
Adopt a Spot Program
Help make Cass County a vibrant and beautiful place to live, work and play by adopting your favorite spot to keep clean. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3. 1. Choose your favorite park, road, or street near your house, or your favorite walking trail in Cass County, Nebraska. Pledge to pick up trash (litter) just twice a year or more times if you like. 2. Plan your dates of litter clean ups and invite your family and/or some friends to come along. (We recommend cleaning the area once in the spring and again in the fall.) 3. Report to Keep Cass County Beautiful the date of your cleanup, how much trash (by weight or number) was collected, who helped and how long you worked. With your help, everyone will enjoy a community that is a clean, green and beautiful place to live. We appreciate all of our volunteers who help keep Cass County beautiful.
Louisville, NE
Through 12/1/21
KSGB Monument Marathon Course Cleanup Plog
We are looking for individuals and/or organizations who would be interested in helping to "plog" along the Monument Marathon course. Plogging is a combination of the words "pick up" and "jogging." The excerise orginated in Sweden. You can walk, jog, or run as you pick up litter along the Monument Marathon course! The marathon is on Saturday, September 25, 2021. All cleanups need to be completed between Friday, September 10 and Friday, September 24, 2021. In 2020, there were over 470 runners from over 30 states! We had 66 volunteers who donated over 96 hours to cleanup over 500 pounds of litter along the marathon course. This is a great opportunity to help to make our community shine! Removing unsightly litter from our roadsides is important for the safety of the marathon participants and to improve the visual appeal of our beautiful community! KSGB can provide gloves, vests, trash bags, and litter pick up tools for all plogging volunteers. Once your cleanup is complete you will need to fill out a cleanup report and submit it to KSGB. Please contact KSGB if you have questions or if you or your organization is interested in participating in the KSGB Monument Marathon Course Cleanup Plog. This is a first come, first serve opportunity, please get your request in early and let us know how many miles you are interested in plogging. Phone: (308) 632-4649 Email: ksgb2015@gmail.com
Gering, NE
Through 9/24/21
Paiute Park Litter Eradication
Help Keep Alamogordo Beautiful by picking up litter around the Paiute Park Playground and changing out the trash can liner! email KAB@ci.alamogordo.nm.us to reserve your Litter Kit with all the tools you will need to Keep Alamogordo Beautiful.
Alamogordo, NM
Through 6/30/21
Desert Foothills Park Litter Eradication
Help Keep Alamogordo Beautiful by picking up litter and changing out the trash can liners at Desert Foothills Park! Email KAB@ci.alamogordo.nm.us to reserve your Litter Kit containing all the tools you need to Keep Alamogordo Beautiful!
Alamogordo, NM
Through 6/30/21
Rutz Circle Litter Eradication
Help Keep Alamogordo Beautiful by picking up letter around the Rutz Circle playground and changing out the trash can liner! Email KAB@ci.alamogordo.nm.us to reserve a litter kit with all the tools needed to Keep Alamogordo Beautiful!
Alamogordo, NM
Through 6/30/21
Tierra De Suenos Playground Litter Eradication
Help Keep Alamogordo Beautiful by picking up litter and changing out the trash can liner at Tierra De Suenos Playground. Email KAB@ci.alamogordo.nm.us to reserve your Litter Kit that contains all the tools needed to Keep Alamogordo Beautiful!
Alamogordo, NM
Through 6/30/21
