Welcome

As an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful Keep Alachua County Beautiful believes that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions we collectively have a huge impact on our world. lt's really a simple concept but one with far reaching effects.

Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach uniting citizens businesses and the government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter reducing waste and beautifying communities.

Announcements

Join us for our Great American Cleanup on March 30th 2019!

Join us for our Great American Cleanup volunteer event on March 30th 2019 from 8:00am to 12:00 noon! This event consists of littter pickup with some planting and graffiti removal. We will have food, music and prizes immediately after the event ends at 12:00 noon. Be one of the first 50 registrations to recieve a free sandwich card from Jimmy Johns. Visit our Great American Cleanup page for more info.

Sign up on our event registration page

The Amazing Give

The Amazing Give is a convenient and simple way to donate to local nonprofits. This event uses a single online donation platform to connect donors to charitable causes that they are passionate for. Donations for KACB are currently being accepted and will culminate in the single 24-hour fundraising effort hosted by the Community Foundation of North Central Florida called the Amazing Give on March 30-31 2019 6pm-6pm. Please take a look at our Amazing Give page and donate if you can! We appreciate your contributions!

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UF Day of Service

Thank you to our KACB volunteers who came to us through the UF David and Wanda Brown Center for Leadership and Service and planted trees for UF’s Day of Service. Thanks to their effort 5 trees were planted outside Countryside Christian School on Northwest 39th Avenue.

Adopt-A-Highway

Looking for a way to give back to your community? Do you have a business or group you would like to promote? lf you answered yes to any of these questions then consider adopting a highway today!

Adopt a Highway to advertise your group and keep Florida highways clean. This initiative is the perfect way to get your name out and also better the community.

Please visit Florida Department of Transportation to get in on the action!

Take the "l Promise" Pledge

KACB is committed to creating a Florida where every community is a clean green and beautiful place to live. Make a difference by taking the “l Promise” pledge to end littering increase recycling and lessen your impact on the community. Lead by example and inspire others to take action every day to improve and beautify our community.

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Upcoming Events

lnterested in Volunteering? We offer supplies for litter pickup during our office hours 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Thursday. Feel free to create a group grab some supplies and volunteer whenever you would like! Municipalities and their own Great American Cleanups The following Municipalities will be having their own cleanups on the dates below. Alachua - May 4th Micanopy - April 13th Archer - March 23rd More information is to come.

Great news! Grow Hub Gainesville is now open for business

They have a huge selection of landscaping plants and vegetables. They have a wide selection of pollinator attracting plants sweet and hot peppers everglades tomatoes and much more!

Grow Hub Gainesville is open from 8AM-6PM everyday and the proceeds benefit the special needs workers that keep the nursery running and looking beautiful!

Grow Hub Gainesville is located at 2900 NW 8th Avenue Gainesville Florida

For more information visit their website https://www.grow-hub.org

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