Beautify Communities
Everyone in America deserves to live in a beautiful community
At Keep America Beautiful, we believe each of us deserves to live in a beautiful home. In order for that to become a reality, we all need to come together to create and maintain it.
Keep America Beautiful works across community, government, and business sectors to create beautiful spaces and places for all of us to share. We’re pleased to be able to provide these free resources for individual, community, and partner use.
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How to Plan a Community
Beautification Project
Graffiti Prevention: Creating A Community Mural
Anti-graffiti resources:
Educational resource: Get a clue about Graffiti
Educational resource: Teacher’s Guide
Educational resource: How to Establish a Graffiti Task Force
Educational resource: Graffiti Prevention: Tips for Homeowners
Educational resource: Graffiti Prevention: Tips for Businesses
Educational resource: Lights, Landscape, Access
Affiliates in Action
Here are just a few examples of beautification projects from our hard-working affiliates:
The 2021 KAB National Awards: Meet the Winners
Keep America Beautiful awarded 26 community organizations and individuals with 2021 KAB National Awards. We invited recipients to submit a video about their award, and we are pleased to share those with the KAB network and supporters as we honor their achievements.
Buffalo Trace Distillery Announces 50 States Collection to Benefit Keep America Beautiful
Beginning September 7th, the bottles will be available via an online auction with all sale proceeds benefiting Keep America Beautiful, the largest community improvement organization in the US.
First-of-its-kind: Dollywood becomes first theme park to recycle plastic from every cigarette butt collected in receptacles on property
Last year, Dollywood partnered with the river cleanup nonprofit, Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTNRB), on a massive cigarette litter prevention project, making Dollywood the first theme park in the world to recycle the plastic from every cigarette butt collected in guest-facing receptacles on its property.
Support for Beautification
Is your community seeking funding for a beautification project?
Check out our annual Community Grants information and apply!
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YOUR DONATION IN ACTION
Your generosity allows us to expand our program offerings, fund community improvement projects from coast to coast, and provide the means needed to make meaningful and lasting impact in local communities across the U.S.