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The Great American Cleanup
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The Great American Cleanup, held annually March 1 through the end of May, mobilizes millions of volunteers to clean, beautify and improve their local communities.
Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 3 million volunteers and attendees. The hardworking volunteers donated more than 6.7 million hours in 2008 to clean, beautify and improve more than 17,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities included beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events.
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In 2008, Great American Cleanup volunteers collected 86 million pounds of litter and debris; planted 107,000 trees and 48,000 gardens, xeriscapes and green spaces; cleaned 144,000 miles or roads, streets and highways; and diverted more than 189 million plastic (PET) bottles and more than 1.4 million scrap tires from the waste stream. 2009 National Sponsors and Educational Partner
The National Sponsors provide substantial support to the Great American Cleanup program in a variety of ways, from in-kind donations to employee volunteer participation.
The 2009 Great American Cleanup National Sponsors are: American Honda Motor Co.; Arm & Hammer Essentials; Colgate-Palmolive Co.; The Dow Chemical Company; GLAD® ForceFlex Trash Bags; Pepsi-Cola Company; The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company; Solo Cup Co.; Troy-Bilt® Lawn and Garden Equipment; University of Phoenix; Waste Management, Inc.; Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.; and Educational Partner: Rubber Manufacturers Association. How to Volunteer for a Great American Cleanup ... or Organize Your Own
We invite you to join us in Keep America Beautiful's 2009 Great American Cleanup. Click here to locate a Great American Cleanup participating organization. Please consider volunteering in a participating community near you!
Don't have a Great American Cleanup participating organization near you? Click here to find out how you can organize your own Great American Cleanup activity.
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