Cleanup Columbia

Cleanup Columbia 2011 is the morning of Saturday, April 9!!

Post Cleanup Reporting Form

Registration List: Review a list of groups registered for the event with their cleanup assignment!

What is Cleanup Columbia? Cleanup Columbia is a city-wide trash pick up event where hundreds of local residents work together to make our city a more beautiful place. The city will provide volunteers with trash bags, gloves, safety vests (where needed) and help you find a trash pick up location. Volunteers pick up trash in the morning and are asked to start no later than 10 a.m. Columbia Public Works will pick up your filled bags. This is a wonderful event for individuals and groups of all sizes and people of all ages and abilities.

Thank you to APAC-Missouri, Inc. for providing lunch for our volunteers, to BXR 102.3 for helping promote this event and to the Golden K Kiwanis and Columbia Public Works for their special assistance.

We have taken down our online registration but you can still participate!! Please come to one of our supply pickup times Wednesday, Friday or Saturday at the Office of Neighborhood Services. We will accept your registration onsite and provide you with a cleanup location and supplies.

If you have already registered, thank you for volunteering to make a difference in Columbia! Here's what you'll need to know:

View Cleanup Columbia 2011 Instructions (also available in PDF format.)

Supply Pickup Days and Times:

• Wednesday, April 6 from 3:00p.m.until 6:00p.m.
• Friday, April 8 from 11:00a.m.until 5:00p.m.
• Saturday, April 9 from 7:00a.m.until 9:00a.m.

Supply Pickup Location: A representative may pick up your supplies at our office, 3601 S. Providence Road during one of the times shown above. We are located just north of Nifong on the west outer road in the Old Fire Station 7. Our sign reads "Office of Neighborhood Services".

A response card will be included for reporting how many volunteers participated and for how long. Please return the card at the lunch with your used and leftover supplies, mail it in, or use the online reporting link that will be emailed to you.

Start Time for April 9th: You and your group may begin at any time you choose; we suggest you start by 10am at the latest in order to be done by noon. You might want to preview your assigned location to get a feel for how early you need to start. Before you start, please count your volunteers and note how long you worked to report to us.

Where to leave trash (please fill and secure each bag):

• If cleaning STREETS, leave bags clustered along street, close to the curb but not so close that the bags will fall into the street
• If cleaning PARKS, leave bags near park trash receptacles
• If cleaning STREAMS, leave bags along nearest roadway, close to the curb but not so close that the bags will fall into the street.
• If cleaning TRAILS, leave bags near trash can at trailhead.

What to do with supplies after the cleanup: several options:

1. Please bring any unused bags, all borrowed gloves (we wash and re-use), safety vests, signage and response card to the lunch at Twin Lakes Shelter after your cleanup, OR
2. Drop off behind our office(see Supply Pickup Location) and please include your completed response card, OR
3. If necessary, drop off at our office during the next work week, along with your response card if you haven't already reported.

Thank you for making a difference in Columbia! We will see you there!

Cleanup Columbia accomplishments from 2010, Based on responses received to date:

• 1,473 volunteers participated
• 1,405 bags of trash were picked up
• Volunteers logged 2,262 hours of service
• An additional 122 volunteers have postponed their cleanup

For more information contact the City of Columbia Volunteer Programs at 874-7499 or email us.          

Updated 4-6-11