About
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. Please check with Keep Houston Beautiful about COVID-related updates.
Details
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.
Time Commitment
Varies; typical projects last 2-3 hours
Suitable for Groups of Volunteers?
Yes
Training Needed
None; the organizer will provide instructions.
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 work on.
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.
Contact Details
Contact
Please sign up for volunteer updates on the Keep Houston Beautiful website.
Location
KEEP HOUSTON BEAUTIFUL
Location Details
Events take place throughout the City of Houston.
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