Our friends at CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia are helping to organize the second annual Olney Youth Arts Festival – and they need our help! Learn more about the project here, and if you can, help support the “irrepressible creativity of Philadelphia youth in their diverse cultural splendor!”
READ MORE →Keep Philadelphia Beautiful had quite a busy weekend – and we wanted to share a quick recap with all of you! Our adventures began on Friday evening, when we spoke about Keep Philadelphia Beautiful at Open Access Philly, a monthly convening of civically engaged Philadelphians sharing projects, passion and resources. We encourage you to sign…
READ MORE →From Our Director, Michelle Feldman: I’m currently making my way back to Philly from Keep America Beautiful’s 2014 national conference in Charlotte, North Carolina – excited and energized – and I wanted to share a few thoughts with all of you. In my short time as part of the Keep America Beautiful (KAB) community – I…
READ MORE →Here at Keep Philadelphia Beautiful, we are all about reuse and recycling. That’s why we were so thrilled to team up with our friends at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG) this past Sunday for their monthly PECO Family Jams event, where we helped 54 adults and children make planters from newspaper and tape. Each participant walked away with soil…
READ MORE →Martin Luther King Day of Service is fast approaching, and here are two great ways to get involved courtesy of our friends at PhillyRising, a division of the City of Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office. We hope you’ll join us in service on the 20th!
READ MORE →Want to responsibly dispose of your Christmas tree but aren’t sure how? Fear not – our buds at Green Philly Blog have you covered! Check out their roundup of Tree Recycling options in the City here. And if that wasn’t enough, our friends at the Streets Department have a guide to proper recycling during the Holidays…
READ MORE →Wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season and new year!
READ MORE →Go check out this GiveGab podcast with our director. Learn more about what we do, why we do it, and why we love Philly! And while you’re at it, read up on what GiveGab’s all about – using social networking to foster volunteerism.
READ MORE →Keep Philadelphia Beautiful was thrilled to win a Keep America Beautiful and Waste Management Think Green Grant this past summer to to establish a community composting program in the Haddington section of West Philadelphia with The Urban Tree Connection and Bennett Compost. And we couldn’t be more pleased to update you on our progress over the last few months! We currently have 25…
READ MORE →Community beautification can take on a lot of meanings – from community cleanups to tree plantings to public art.. which is why we’re so pleased to tell you about our involvement with the Destination Frankford project, spearheaded by the City of Philadelphia’s Planning Commission. Destination Frankford was born out of Philadelphia 2035, the Commission’s recent city-wide…
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