This Saturday, September 18, 2021 Keep Knoxville Beautiful will be hosting its first East Knoxville Community Cleanup from 9am-12pm.
The cleanup will kick off from the Eternal Life Harvest Center East, 2410 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
Over 200 volunteers will be pitching in to remove litter from Martin Luther King Jr Avenue and the surrounding neighborhoods and parks.
Keep Knoxville Beautiful was founded in 1978 to help “clean up” prior to the 1982 World’s Fair. It is a local non-profit with a mission to promote a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful community by:
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Educating students and the public about waste-prevention, litter, recycling, and environmental stewardship
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Facilitating and supporting litter pickups that make our roads and local waterways cleaner
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Creating and protecting murals and hosting beautification mobs to make Knoxville a more beautiful and interesting place to live and visit
During 2020-21, Keep Knoxville Beautiful:
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Facilitated or supported 400 litter pickups
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Collected 105,879 pounds of litter
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Managed 6 beautification projects
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Reached 3,169 kids with our presentations
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Worked with 3,460 volunteers
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Facilitated 8,255 volunteer hours
To learn more about Keep Knoxville Beautiful, visit
keepknoxvillebeautiful.org.