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2019 Community Clean-Up
Saturday October 19th, 2019
9am - 12pm
Download the 8.5x11in Flyer (English & Spanish)
On October 19th, hundreds of volunteers will join together for Looking Good Santa Barbara’s 16th 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.