Community Outreach Opportunities
Photographer: Carissa Nelson of Davenport, IA
Participate in one of our community outreach opportunities to help keep Iowa beautiful and raise awareness.
Keep Iowa Beautiful supports a variety of outreach opportunities that include events and conference programming, litter prevention, and cleanup opportunities. Opportunities are available for individuals, groups, organization, and communities to participate.
Pick Up Iowa
Communities across Iowa participate in Pick Up Iowa in coordination with the Great America Clean Up, a community improvement initiative that takes place annually during the month of April in an estimated 20,000 communities nationwide. Participate in Pick Up Iowa!
America Recycles Days
Join your community and participate in America Recycles Day, an effort to increase and improve recycling.
April Proclamation
April is Keep Iowa Beautiful Month. Urge your community and civic leaders to sign a proclamation for your town.
Photography Contest
Think you have a shot at winning our annual Photography Contest? Check out previous winners and learn more about the contest.
Green Runners
Green running is a way to better yourself AND your community! Combine your passion for running and litter cleanup for our Annual Capitol to Corndogs Clean 5K Run.
Iowa State Fair
Each year during the Iowa State Fair, Keep Iowa Beautiful has a booth in the Varied Industries Building. It’s an opportunity to share our story with the hundreds of thousands of folks visit the Iowa State Fair.