KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL

What Is It?: The city’s leading organization focused on litter reduction, beautification, and recycling education; it provides resources and education to inspire individuals and Houston communities toward greater environmental stewardship.

Help Needed: Help with clean-up, planting, and other beautification projects organized by Keep Houston Beautiful or partner organizations.

Minimum Age to Volunteer: All ages are welcome unless a particular project specifies otherwise. Adult supervision is required for all volunteers under 18 years of age.

Help Needed

GENERAL BEAUTIFICATION / CLEANUP VOLUNTEER

Choose a project from the online calendar on the website, register online, contact the event organizer, and show up on the project day. (Note: as of March 2020, the online calendar isn’t available because projects have been postponed.) Projects include neighborhood cleanups, working on community gardens and nature preserves, enhancing school playgrounds, and similar activities.

KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL DAY VOLUNTEER (APRIL)

This city-wide service day, an annual event since 1987, involves many projects throughout Houston, and thousands of volunteers. Volunteers choose the projects they wish to assist.

ORGANIZE YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP

Keep Houston Beautiful has created a Clean Neighborhoods Handbook to help volunteers organize and conduct cleanups, with step-by-step guidance and useful forms. Cleanup organizers can borrow tools and supplies from Keep Houston Beautiful’s warehouse. More information is on the organization’s website.

Time Commitment:

Varies; typical projects last 2-3 hours

Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?

Yes

Training Needed:

None; the organizer will provide instructions.

Contact:

Email [email protected]houstonbeautiful.org or fill out a volunteer form here.

Website:

http://www.houstonbeautiful.org/

Available For Scout Eagle or Gold Award Project?

yes

Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, 2017
Bellerive Vegetable Garden, 2016
Coca-Cola volunteers, Charlton Park, 2015
Planting at Lyerly Senior Living Center with Liberty Mutual,Houston, & Teas
Exxon Mobil volunteers at George Mitchell Nature Preserve, 2016
Fifth Ward Civic Club project, 2016
Fifth Ward Enrichment Program, 2017
Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood, 2016
Bellerive Vegetable Garden, Keep Houston Beautiful Day, 2015
Memorial High School & Westbury HIgh School volunteers, Westbury Park, 2016
Student Conservation Corps volunteers, 2016
2014
Volunteers from RockCorps & Team GINN student organization, White Oak Bayou, 2014
RS&H volunteers, Allen Parkway Village, 2016
2015
Bellerive Vegetable Garden volunteers, 2015
Japhet Creek volunteers, 2016
Japhet Creek volunteers
Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood, 2016
Teefa picking up "one piece of trash", 2017
Town Green Park, 2013
2014
Westbury Park, 2016
Bellerive Vegetable Garden, 2016
Bellerive Vegetable Garden, 2016
Fifth Ward Enrichment Program volunteers, 2017
Blodget Street Community Garden, 2016
Blodget Street Community Garden, 2016
Volunteers at Japhet Creek, 2016
Allen Parkway Village, 2016
RS&H volunteers, Allen Parkway Village, 2016
Rockets Give Back volunteers, 2016
Bellerive Vegetable Garden, 2016