It’s that time of year again! The City is looking for volunteers at the Marathon to help separate trash, recycling, and compost into the right containers at the race Start/Finish, spectator areas, and at various water stops along the route. When you become a member of the WASTE WATCHERS team, you will not only help the Marathon achieve…
READ MORE →Looking to help foster the next generation of Philly loving environmental stewards? Then join the Keep Philadelphia Beautiful family by becoming a volunteer teacher! Check out more information below, and our short expression of interest form here. Got questions? (We’re sure you do!) Shoot us an email at michelle@keepphiladelphiabeautiful.org.
READ MORE →This past Friday, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful teamed up with our friends at Recyclebank and the Streets Department to participate in Park(ing) Day, a Citywide event where about 40 organizations turned parking spots throughout the City in to mini-parks. Our parklet, at 19th and Sansom in the heart of Center City, focused on recycling. We spoke to fellow concerned…
READ MORE →Often times Keep America Beautiful affiliates, like us, step in during the aftermath of a physical disaster and help the communities they love and serve to rebuild. Dow Chemical and Keep Philadelphia Beautiful were able to do just that for Greene Towne Montessori, a wonderful Center City Philadelphia based school that was devastated by flooding last…
READ MORE →Haddington Community Composting Program: An Urban Tree Connection, Keep Philadelphia Beautiful & Bennett Compost Initiative Keep Philadelphia Beautiful is not only dedicated to community building and tackling the litter problem in our City; we’re also passionate about reducing the amount of waste we produce in general. That’s why we were so thrilled to partner with The…
READ MORE →Celebrate the arts in Olney at the second Olney Youth Arts Fest! Mark that calendar for October 11th from 12 to 3, on West Chew Avenue (off 5th Street)!
READ MORE →Join us for Philly Rising and Global Citizen’s Peace Day of service in Hawthorne (Ridgeway Park, 13th and Carpenter St., Philadelphia, PA 19147) on Saturday, 9/20! Pre-register here – and we hope to see you on the 20th!
READ MORE →Love the Waterfront? Yeah, we do too. That’s why we’re so pleased to announce that we’ve partnered with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation on a cigarette litter prevention initiative. Together, we’ve installed thirty new cigarette trash receptacles along the Waterfront, and will be embarking on outreach and education focused on the environmental damage caused by cigarette litter….
READ MORE →You might have noticed something new on the resources section of our site – we are so happy to be a part of EveryBlock’s launch in Philadelphia. EveryBlock, a web and mobile app that collects news and data from about 550 Philadelphia sources, allows users to view and post that information on a neighborhood level….
READ MORE →Spotted! Our Philly Spring Cleanup event with Mayor Nutter, the Streets Department, the Eagles Youth Partnership, and Keep America Beautiful (KAB) is featured in KAB’s latest brochure!
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