Keep Knoxville Beautiful (KKB) will be hosting the fifth annual South Knoxville Community Cleanup on Saturday, April 17, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The event will kick off at from Sam Duff Park and Mary Vestal Park. 

The South Knoxville Community Cleanup is KKB’s largest cleanup effort in South Knoxville each year. KKB is expecting 320 volunteers for the April 17 cleanup.

Leaders from various North Knoxville neighborhoods and local community organizations will collect cleanup supplies at Sam Duff Park, then return to volunteers waiting at their designated locations to pick up litter. Participating neighborhood associations include Lindbergh Forest, South Woodlawn, Island Home Park, Colonial Village, Vestal Community, and Old Sevier. Other organizations participating include UT College of Veterinary Medicine, Phi Eta Sigma, Crossfit Knoxville, South High Senior Center, FwF Helping Hands, Boy Scouts Troop 1882, Alpha Kapp Psi, Maryville High School National Honors Society Boy Scouts Troop 36, Theta Chi, Brown Mountain Preservation Society, SAM LLC, and Alliance Brewing Company. 

Individuals who do not have an official group will participate in a KKB cleanup of Goose Creek at Mary Vestal Park. 

The South Knoxville Community Cleanup is the third event of the Great Knoxville Cleanup. The Great Knoxville Cleanup is KKB’s spring litter cleanup series lasting March through May. Volunteer are encouraged to participate in a KKB cleanup or borrow supplies to host their own cleanup.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful would like to thank our generous sponsors of the Great Knoxville Cleanup and South Knoxville Community Cleanup: Aslan Foundation, Three Rivers Market, First Neighborhoods Realty, TVA, Nobody Trashes Tennessee, Borderland Tees, CrossFit Knoxville, Computer Systems Plus, and SoKno Taco Cantina.