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2019 Community Clean-Up

Saturday October 19th, 2019

9am - 12pm

Download the 8.5x11in Flyer (English & Spanish)

On October 19^th, hundreds of volunteers will join together for Looking Good Santa Barbara’s 16^th Annual Community Clean-Up Day to transform Santa Barbara neighborhoods on the east and west sides of the city. Volunteers will be assigned to a variety of projects including litter pick-up, graffiti removal, and park beautification projects. 

Students are able to earn community service hours. Individuals, families, and groups wishing to participate can simply sign-up on the day of the event.

All Clean-Up Supplies Provided!

Locations:

• Parque De Los Ninos - 550 Wentworth Ave.
• Eastside Park - 198 N Soledad St.

 Projects:

• Litter & Graffiti Clean Up
• Shopping Cart Retrieval
• Neighborhood Beautification Projects

Generous support is being provided by MarBorg Industries, New Life Church, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – Santa Barbara Stake.

For more information call 805-564-5669.

During the 2018 annual Community Clean-Up Day more than 200 volunteers cleaned up 8,100 pounds of trash from our community! 

Some of the projects completed were:

• Litter & Graffiti Clean-up - Citywide
• 35 trees planted
• Weeds abated on 1 city block (Eastside Armory)
• Picked up 35 illegally dumped items - 1.13 tons (east and west)
• Parque de los Ninos - sand sifting in playground, weeding, planting, mulching
• Rancheria Community Garden plot clean-up and weeding

Schedule Your Own Clean Up

Apart from our annual clean-up day, if you have a group you are invited to schedule a community clean-up of your own. Call Looking Good Santa Barbara at 564-5669. 

Overview of Clean-Ups

During the 2017 annual Community Clean-Up Day we cleaned up 7,240 pounds of trash from our community! 

Some of the projects completed were:

• Litter & Graffiti Clean-up - Citywide
• Litter Clean-Up - Old Mission Creek
• Graffiti Paint-Out - Micheltorena & San Andres Intersection
• General Maintenance - Yanonali Community Garden
• 30 Street Trees Mulched & Maintained
• Operated Two Bulky Item Collection Locations
• Picked Up Illegally Dumped Items from City Streets

What We Accomplished Together in 2016

400 Volunteers:

• 4,200 Pounds of Trash Collected
• 3,500 Pounds of Illegally Dumped Items Collected
• 100's of Graffiti Tags Removed

What We Accomplished Together in 2015

280 Volunteers:

• 25 City Blocks Covered
• 4,000 Pounds of Trash Collected
• 60 Trees Maintained
• 1,000 Door Hangers Distributed
• 100’s of Graffiti Tags Removed
• 30 Storm Drain Markers Installed
• 1,600 Feet of Old Mission Creek Cleaned Up and 120 Pounds of Trash Collected

2014 Clean Up Day

The 2014 clean-up was a great success -  read about it here, check out our Facebook Album, or watch the slideshow below.