Photographer: Diane Ebert of Waterloo, IA

Join communities across Iowa in cleaning up our streets, rivers, and public spaces!

Join communities across Iowa in participating in  Pick-Up Iowa in support of Great American Cleanup.  

Your community may participate by cleaning up litter and trash along Iowa’s roadsides, neighborhoods, streets, school grounds, parks, forests, and streams.

Who may participate?

Cities, community and civic associations, high schools, middle schools, elementary schools, church groups, youth groups, youth/high school/college sports teams,  college groups,  families and friends, business employees, hunting and fishing clubs,  Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, 4-H, Future Farmers of America, conservation organizations, and others can organize their members and participate in Pick-Up Iowa.

When:

Pick Up Iowa will be held March 26th through June 30th, 2021. Your organization can coordinate a pick-up event on a date that works best for you. Groups are encouraged to host multiple pick up events during the duration of Pick-Up Iowa. 

What is Pick Up Iowa?

Pick-Up Iowa is part of Keep America Beautiful’s  Great American Cleanup the nation’s largest community improvement program. It is estimated 20,000 communities participate nationwide each year.

Registered participant groups are eligible for a limited supply of free cleanup supplies such as bags and gloves donated by Keep Iowa Beautiful.