Please check any opportunities you’re interested in below. Unless otherwise noted, we may contact you about additional ways to get involved—such as educational programs, neighborhood improvement projects, nature cleanups, and more.
1. Akron Community cleanup
The City of Akron has partnered with Keep Akron Beautiful to have a city-wide litter cleanup on Saturday, June 4, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CHECK-IN STARTS AT 8:30 A.M. at the respective community centers below. You will be assigned a cleanup location in the ward you registered for, which you can walk or drive to your assigned cleanup location. This event is open to all ages.
Ward 1 CHECK-IN: Balch Street Fitness Center
220 S Balch St, Akron, OH 44302
Ward 2 CHECK-IN: Patterson Community Center
800 Patterson Ave., Akron, OH 44310
Ward 5 CHECK-IN: Mason Park Community Center
700 E Exchange St., Akron, OH 44306
WARD 8 CHECK-IN: Northwest Family Recreation Center
1730 Shatto Ave., Akron, OH 44313
WARD 10 CHECK-IN: Reservoir Park Community Center
1735 Hillside Terrace, Akron, OH 44305
Click here to Register
2. Clean Up Akron Month - Great American Cleanup®
Join KAB this April for Clean Up Akron Month, a month-long litter cleanup initiative in the City of Akron. During the month, KAB will be lending cleanup supplies to individuals and groups who want to help make their community cleaner by removing all the litter from our streets, parks, and schools after a long winter. Akronites can choose the day, time and even location of the cleanup.
Click here to Register
1. Litter Cleanup - Individuals & Small groups
Keep Akron Beautiful (KAB) provides cleanup supplies to individuals and small groups (10 people or fewer) who want to help beautify their neighborhood, park, or local green space on their own schedule—while following important safety guidelines. Volunteers are responsible for properly disposing of the trash they collect.
KAB will supply trash bags, gloves, hand sanitizer, and up to two litter grabbers for those who wish to support their community through litter pickup.
Currently, we ask that individuals and small groups request supplies only after identifying a cleanup location.
Click here to sign up for supplies
2. Corporate Volunteer Opportunities
2. Corporate groups & Larger Groups
Volunteer for planned events with the KAB team.
Click here to sign up
KAB partners with various corporate, civic, educational, and larger groups (10+) between the months of May-September on beautification, community improvement, and litter reduction projects around the City of Akron.
To learn about current volunteer opportunities for corporate & larger groups, please contact Genevieve Bohnak, Community Outreach Manager, at genevieve@keepakronbeautiful.wphaven.dev.
3. Beautification Watch Award Canvasser
As of 6.27.2022, all volunteer routes have been filled. You can still signup to join our backup list.
BWA volunteers drive one of our pre-determined routes on their own time throughout the month of July and nominate homes and businesses for our Beautification Watch Award.
There are 45 routes that cover the entire City of Akron. Each route takes 2-4 hours to complete. Routes are only to be completed in the month of July and have to be turned in to KAB beginning of August.
Beautification Watch Awards are our way of saying “thank you” to the homes and businesses that take pride in taking care of their property in the City of Akron.
If you would like to participate as a Beautification Watch Award Canvasser in 2023, click the link below.
click here to sign up
*We currently have all routes full, but you can sign up to be on our cancellation list.*
BWA volunteers drive one of our pre-determined routes on their own time throughout the month of July and nominate homes and businesses for our Beautification Watch Award.
There are 45 routes that cover the entire City of Akron. Each route takes 2-4 hours to complete. Routes are only to be completed in the month of July and have to be turned in to KAB by Thursday, August 5, 2021.
Beautification Watch Awards are our way of saying “thank you” to the homes and businesses that take pride in taking care of their property in the City of Akron.
If you would like to participate as a Beautification Watch Award Canvasser, click here to sign up.
We suggest participating in teams or groups to ensure everyone’s safety, as you will need to write down nominated addresses as you drive by them.
