Here's What's Happening With Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful In January!

Because at any age you can do Beautiful Things.

Upcoming Events:

Sunday, January 29th, 2023

The pirates will soon ship off through Tampa Bay and are anticipated to leave quite a mess after a weekend of partying. Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and the City of Tampa need your help to keep our paradise litter free. Join us the day after the main festivities to help remove litter and debris from the parade route. Not only are you helping keep our community beautiful but all beads collected are donated to the MacDonald Training Center in Tampa to help fund their programs. This years Gasparilla shirt will be $5 at registration or $5 when you check in while supplies last.

We will be stationed at four different locations

Fred Ball Park
Bern's Park
Kate Jackson Park
Bank of America

Registration is open!

Tuesday, February14th, 2023

A Valentines Day event you will LOVE! Did you know that 80% of trash on land ends up in our waters?! Help show your love for Mother Earth and keep trash out of the bay by volunteering!

Check-in: Davis Island Dog Beach Area

Check-in time: 8:30am

Cleanup: 8am-10:30am

What type of volunteer are you?!

Road Warrior - Loves volunteering on their Adopt-A-Road

Park Protector - Loves volunteering at the parks

Water Guardian - Loves volunteering on the beach or on our boat

Florida Learning Garden Champion- Loves volunteering at our garden

Volunteer Accomplishments:

Community Cleanup Spotlight:

Thank you Adventure Outfitters for all your dive clean ups throughout 2022. This was held off of the Ballast Point Pier, and you can catch them again diving for beads after Gasparilla in the Garrison Channel. Adventure Outfitters is a huge ally to our trash free waters program, as they pull up tons of waste that we could never reach with our nets - some examples being scooters, motors, tires, and other large items.

Adopt-A-Road Spotlight:

Thank you Neg Kreyol Inc. with USF! This USF group contributes to litter removal on their adopted road and have cleaned up approximately 80 pounds of litter from our community. We are thankful to have them involved and look forward to working with them in the future!

2022 Environmental Impact

Education is the starting point for encouraging behavioral change toward community preservation and improvement. Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful engages the community to become lifelong stewards of our environment through volunteer opportunities. We empower individuals to begin with personal responsibility.

1066 Cleanup/Beautification/ Recycling/Projects/Events

47,915.49

Volunteer hours

$1,215,872.85

Value of volunteer hours

17,155 lbs.

of Invasive Plants Removed

363

Education Presentations and Outreach

1,243.05

Miles of Roadway Improved

265,574 lbs.

of waste Removed: Litter & Recycling Diverted

16,421

volunteers

515.89 Miles of Waterways Cleaned

4,044

Gardens, Trees, Plants and Shrubs Planted

How To Get Involved!

Community Cleanups:

Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful provides a unique experience for groups to make a local impact in our community. We are encouraging individuals, families and small groups to participate in self-led cleanups. Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful will work with you to select a site if you do not already have a location in mind; provide free supplies for your group; coordinate with Parks and gain approval, if needed; and coordinate trash removal.

EMAIL OUR PROJECTS COORDINATOR

VIEW HIGH NEED AREAS

Adopt-A-Road:

Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful administers the Adopt-A-Road Program for Hillsborough County, the City of Tampa and the City of Temple Terrace. The Adopt-A-Road Program is a great opportunity for individuals, corporations or groups to give back to the community through stewardship of public right-of-ways, parks and shorelines. The Adopt-A-Road program also offers tree and bench dedication for loved ones.

EMAIL OUR ADOPT-A-ROAD COORDINATOR

Trash Free Waters Cleanup Crew:

Date:

January 10, 17 and 19th

Meeting Site: Boat Docks on the side of Armature Works

Meeting Time: 9:00 am

Cleanup from: 9:15 am - 11:15 am

Volunteers are invited to join our Trash Free Waters Cleanup Crew Days to travel to areas of need on the Hillsborough River collecting debris.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Hillsborough Trash Free Waters Program is sponsored by Seagram's Escapes.

Educational Outreach:

Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful offers free educational presentations to school groups, community groups, businesses. We have age appropriate curriculum and offer a fun interactive message.

SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION

EMAIL OUR EDUCATION COORDINATOR

Student Leadership Opportunities

Keep Our Schools Beautiful

Keep Our School Beautiful (KOSB) is a service club for schools in Hillsborough County designed to complement existing service clubs or stand on its own. KOSB shares current environmental issues, opportunities, and practices with our youth. The goals of the KOSB club are to encourage students to take an active role in the ecological health of their community by mirroring the mission of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful. Through hands-on participation in these programs, students will be stewards of their own environment and better equipped to communicate these issues to their peers.

Click below to review the club outline!

Club outline

Apply Here!

Calling all High School and College Students

We are looking for a creative design to put on our next Florida Learning Garden t-shirt. This design can be funny with vegetable puns or something you create.

Design Criteria:

3 color max or black & white
Drawing designs need to be simple so we are able to recreate them on a shirt
Digital designs can be detailed but still have to stay within the 3 color max

Submit Your Design Here

Support Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful in Style!

Be sure to snag your own limited edition Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful shirt! These prints come in long sleeve, tanks, tees, youth and sizing up to 4x! All money raised through this campaign will fund our environmental programs and remain here in the Tampa Bay community.

CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS!

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