Contact:
Andy Frantz, Executive Director
Ph: 515-770-1844
afrantz@keepiowabeautiful.org
DES MOINES, Iowa (March 3, 2025) – Keep Iowa Beautiful is calling on Iowans to help achieve our statewide goal of 2,500 volunteers to clean up litter across the state this spring. Iowans are invited to host a 2025 Pick-Up Iowa event in their communities. Pick-Up Iowa will run from April 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2025.
Pick-Up Iowa, a Keep Iowa Beautiful program, promotes focused efforts to clean up trash along Iowa’s roadsides, neighborhoods, streets, school grounds, parks, forests, and streams. Over the past 4 years, Pick-Up Iowa participants have hosted 150+ clean-up events statewide, engaging an average of 2,000 volunteers annually. Pick-Up Iowa is part of Keep America Beautiful’s “Greatest American Cleanup,” the nation’s largest community improvement program that engages more than 300,000 volunteers each year.
Pick-Up Iowa is more than just a clean-up initiative, it’s a chance to build local leadership through volunteer work that brings people together to make their community shine,” said Andy Frantz, Executive Director of Keep Iowa Beautiful. “When residents team up to beautify their town, they’re not just improving public spaces, they’re strengthening civic pride too.”
Anyone can participate in Pick-Up Iowa! Residents, service clubs, and community groups across Iowa are encouraged to plan and host their own pick-up event in their town. Organizations that often host pick-up events include civic associations, schools, church groups, local sports teams, college clubs, groups of families and friends, businesses, Scouts, municipalities and others.
Registration is open now! Plan your Pick-Up Iowa event between April 1st and June 30th on a date that works for your group. Sign up today at https://keepiowabeautiful.org/get-involved/community-outreach-opportunities/pick-up-iowa/ and explore our Pick-Up Iowa resources on our website to help plan and promote your pick-up event.
Join us in making your community cleaner, greener, and more beautiful!
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About Keep Iowa Beautiful
Keep Iowa Beautiful was established in 2000 by Governor Robert D. Ray and Donald F. Lamberti becoming the 23rd State Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. It is a 501c3 charitable organization working with citizens, neighborhoods and communities in improving the vitality and cultural health of the state of Iowa. KIB is helping build stronger communities to develop sustainable futures. For more information, visit our website at https://keepiowabeautiful.org/.
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