Cleanups

VolunteerCleanup helps volunteers clean up their neighborhoods, shorelines, and waterways.

Wouldn't it be great if there was a platform where people could BUILD TEAMS, communicate with each other, and ORGANIZE their OWN CLEANUP EVENTS?

How about a place where someone could find a LOCAL CLEANUP and volunteer a couple hours of time?

Or a place where students or businesses could organize their people to clean up a section of their neighborhood - whether in the WATER, on the COASTLINE, or on LAND.

Gather your coworkers, employees, and colleagues and join​ the Kendall Square Association and the Boston Marriott Cambridge every May for the Annual Kendall CleanUp!

It’s a great opportunity to clean the neighborhood, give back to the community, and network with fellow KSA members. After each registered company cleans its designated section of Kendall Square we come together for food, drinks, music, and raffle prizes at Champions Sports Bar.

Contact us: www.kendallsq.org

During the spring and summer months, The Boston Harbor Association’s Emerging Professionals Committee organizes several volunteer cleanup days along the Boston HarborWalk from Winthrop to Dorchester. Please join in!

In addition, it's easy and very satisfying to organize your own cleanup event with your friends, school, work or religious community! Feel free to contact us to get ideas on where to go and who to contact. We are also happy to help promote your HarborWalk event to help you get more volunteers there.

Miami Waterkeeper’s mission is to defend, protect, and preserve South Florida’s watershed through citizen engagement and community action rooted in sound science and research. We work to ensure swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for all.

Our scope of work is diverse, with core issues including clean water, ecosystem protection, and resiliency. Serving our population of more than 4.5 million people across Miami-Dade and Broward counties, Miami Waterkeeper’s approach combines education and outreach, scientific research, advocacy, and when necessary, legal action.

We at Chicago Park District need all hands on deck for our Natural Areas Community Stewardship Days as we strive to continually improve and protect our park system and natural areas.

 Pick up litter
 Plant native species
 Remove invasive species
 Collect seeds
 Clear hiking trails
 Remove brush

Natural Areas Community Stewardship Days are organized throughout the year so that everyone can join in.

Find locations and days:

Love Your Block offers mini-grants and neighborhood cleanups for beautification projects.

In 2015, the City of Boston kicked off the Love Your Block mini-grant program thanks to Cities of Service. Love Your Block will now be a permanent Boston program, including: mini-grants, neighborhood cleanups (formerly Boston Shines), and (eventually) community tool sheds.

As always, the Office of Civic Engagement continues to urge Bostonians to revitalize their neighborhoods, one block at a time.

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