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Volunteers make it happen.
The rewards we receive from volunteer work serving our neighbors are shared by all of us- because everyone deserves to live in a beautiful community.
KAB Volunteers By The Numbers
Last year alone, over 400,000 hard-working volunteers logged more than 2.9 Million volunteer hours over the course of over 64,000 events.
What did our combined service to our communities accomplish?
of litter, debris, and recycling collected
cleaned of litter
of streets, roads, and highways cleaned and beautified
of rivers, lakes, wetlands and shores cleaned
planted, helping to restore communities
How To Be A Volunteer In Your Community
Keep America Beautiful affiliates hold events all year long. Our signature programs offer opportunities for volunteers to act locally while generating nationwide impact.
Great American Cleanup® (GAC)
We take Spring Cleaning seriously! Kicking off on the first day of Spring every year, Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup® is the nation’s largest community improvement program. Communities large and small hold volunteer opportunities for cleaning up, recycling, planting trees, shrubs, and flowers, and beautifying neighborhoods across the country.
America Recycles Day® (ARD)
What can one person do? You can make a BIG difference when you recycle! America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national initiative, is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. We’re proud to share tips on how to be more mindful of what we consume, plus resources on where and how to properly recycle. Join us in recycling right!
RETREET®
Trees are essential to human life. They provide oxygen, food, shelter, medicine, and tools. Trees also increase property values, promote health and well-being, conserve energy, mitigate storm damage, and save water. Planting trees is a practical, effective, and unique way for volunteers to help a community rebuild after a natural disaster. RETREET brings people together to restore communities, promoting resiliency and environmental stewardship.
Workplace Cleanup Events
Your company may already be hosting a workplace cleanup event! Contact your Human Resources Department to find out if your company is a Keep America Beautiful Partner
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
Did you know that 87.9% of litter in America is four inches or smaller in size? Of that litter, cigarette butts are the #1 most littered item (source: 2020 Keep America Beautiful Litter Study). Since 2002, our Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, the nation’s largest program aimed at eliminating cigarette litter, has been implemented in over 1,800 communities, reducing cigarette litter by HALF within six months, on average.
3rd Graders Know How to Keep Euclid Beautiful
On May 12, 2022, third graders at Pinnacle Academy in Euclid, Ohio, worked together to clean up litter from the area around their school. These hard-working youngsters pulled together and worked to collect 73 bags of trash! In just a few hours time, these elementary...
10 Ways to Ring In the New Year with an Eco-friendly Party!
New Year’s Eve is a big night for family and friends to come together and celebrate — but unfortunately, it also tends to be a big night for waste. Throughout the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to the New Year, Americans produce 25% more waste than usual. We’re...
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2022 NATIONAL AWARDS
STAMFORD, Conn. (January 9, 2023) – Keep America Beautiful®, the nation’s leading community improvement nonprofit organization, has recognized 26 community organizations and individuals through its 2022 National Awards program. The Keep America Beautiful National...
KAB IN THE NEWS – JANUARY 2023
STAMFORD, Conn. (January 2023) – Every day, we are tracking articles, stories, and mentions about the efforts of the thousands of staff members and volunteers who make Keep America Beautiful the nation’s leading community improvement organization. We feel it’s...
KEEP PHOENIX BEAUTIFUL: KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL’S AFFILIATE OF THE MONTH FOR JANUARY 2023
STAMFORD, Conn. (January 1, 2023) – Keep America Beautiful® is proud to announce our next Affiliate of the Month. In this KAB initiative, we feature the great work being done in our network of 700 certified affiliates. Our Affiliate of the Month for January 2023 is...
2022 AMERICA RECYCLES DAY RECYCLING HERO AWARDS: MILITARY INSTALLATION AND INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
STAMFORD, Conn. (December 13, 2022) – The 144th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard and Sergeant Ray Scott (U.S. Marine Corps, Retired) have been presented with the America Recycles Day® Recycling Hero Awards for 2022 by Keep America Beautiful®. Each year, on or...
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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.