Keep Charlotte Beautiful to host local cleanup events
From March 1 to May 31, Keep Charlotte Beautiful (KCB) will participate in Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup, the country’s largest community improvement program.
In celebration of the Charlotte edition of the Great American Cleanup, KCB will host six local cleanup events, all of which will be held 9 a.m. to noon and will start at the following meeting locations:
- The Greater Enderly Park Litter Cleanup
Saturday, March 14
Enderly Park
1501 Enderly Road - Eastway-Sheffield Litter Cleanup
Saturday, March 21
Eastway Middle School
1501 Norland Road - Ridge Road Litter Cleanup
Saturday, April 18
Ridge Road Middle School
7260 Highland Creek Parkway - Oaklawn Park Litter Cleanup
Saturday, April 18
Meeting location to be determined - Little Sugar Creek Stream Cleanup
Saturday, May 2
Cordelia Park
2100 North Davidson Street - Grier Heights Neighborhood Cleanup
Saturday, May 16
Billingsville Elementary School
124 Skyland Avenue
Local residents who are interested in participating in the Great American Cleanup are also encouraged to organize their own event by hosting a tree planting party, adopting a local stream or city street, cleaning up a field that has become an illegal dump site, collecting recyclables on their block and more. KCB will provide trash bags, litter pickers and safety vests to groups that organize their own Great American Cleanup event.
For more information, visit kcb.charmeck.org or the organization's Great American Cleanup webpage to register for one of the events.
