Ongoing Opportunities
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how donated food gets from the community to Central Texans in need. You’ll inspect, sort, clean, box and prepare donations for distribution.
Keep Texas Beautiful wants to make waterway cleanups easy, cost effective, and fun for your community. When you participate in this program, KTB will provide you with the following: trash bags, onion bags, disposable gloves, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, bug spray, and a cleanup event hosting toolkit. Scout patches are available for purchase.
To help prevent dumping in storm drains, volunteers place markers on the drains as a visual reminder that the storm drains run directly to our creeks. Volunteers can also distribute door hangers in the area to remind citizens that rain washes garden chemicals, pet waste, motor oil, and other pollutants from our yards, driveways, sidewalks, and all areas of land into our waterways.
Annual Opportunities
March, 1st Saturday
It’s My Park Day is Austin Parks Foundation’s biannual, community-led day of service. Volunteers work to improve parks and green spaces around Austin and build community through projects like litter cleanup, tree mulching, invasive species management and more.
March through May
Great American Cleanup® events can take place in any public area in your community needing attention. We recommend parks, schools, main streets/downtown areas, watershed areas, and roadways. Registered participants have access to the online event toolkit, social media marketing toolkit, and can place orders for Community Cleanup Kits that include trash bags, hand sanitizer, and gloves.
April 1 - 30
The Don’t mess with Texas® Trash-Off is part of Texas Department of Transportation’s litter prevention program, which includes Don’t mess with Texas®, and Adopt-a-Highway. Groups cleaning up TxDOT-maintained roadways are eligible to receive TxDOT Cleanup Kits that include trash bags, disposable gloves, hand sanitizer, and more. Scout patches are available for purchase.
April
Each April, Keep Austin Beautiful mobilizes thousands of volunteers for an incredible day of community service throughout the Greater Austin Area in honor of Earth Month. [Volunteers participate] in cleanups throughout all ten city council districts, removing litter and restoring our beloved green spaces and waterways.
September through November
Fall Sweep is KTB’s annual fall cleanup program open to all Texans who want to cleanup their community. KTB provides participants with free cleanup supplies, a planning toolkit and tips and tools to make your cleanup successful. Join us in making Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation! KTB offers Scout patches for purchase.
November, 1st Saturday
It’s My Park Day is Austin Parks Foundation’s biannual, community-led day of service. Volunteers work to improve parks and green spaces around Austin and build community through projects like litter cleanup, tree mulching, invasive species management and more.
November and December
It’s My Park Day is Austin Parks Foundation’s biannual, community-led day of service. Volunteers work to improve parks and green spaces around Austin and build community through projects like litter cleanup, tree mulching, invasive species management and more.