Volunteer & Events
Thousands of cleanup, recycling, beautification and restoration events a year — run locally, not nationally.
Keep America Beautiful does not run events from a national office — roughly 700 local affiliates do, and between them they plan and organize thousands of cleanup, recycling, beautification and restoration events every year. Which means the useful question is not 'what events do you have', but 'who is doing this in my town'.
An affiliate is a community-based organization, not a branch office. They range from small, community-run groups all the way up to statewide organizations, municipal governments and corporate partners, and they combine education with hands-on stewardship to address the needs actually in front of their community. Between them, every year, affiliates:
Keep America Beautiful is one of the premier civic organizations in the United States. Our volunteers work through a network of community-based organizations called affiliates. Over 700 affiliates will likely provide a volunteer opportunity near you.
Keep America Beautiful affiliates hold events all year long. Our signature programs offer opportunities for volunteers to act locally while generating nationwide impact.
Right now, our affiliates have events scheduled. Just enter your zipcode to start!
Do you want to organize your own local event? Learn how to create an affiliate in your own community!
Don’t have time to sign up for an upcoming volunteer event, but still want to make a difference?
Keep America Beautiful envisions a country where every community is a clean, green, and beautiful place to live.
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.
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.
What the network runs
These are the event types affiliates run every year. Specific dates and places live with the affiliate running them — which is why the finder, not this page, is where a calendar belongs.
The health and safety of our volunteers is our #1 priority.
The best way to keep up to date on local events is through your local affiliate.
Search by place and you will get the events, the contacts and the work already underway near you.