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