Join Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful and other proactive citizens for the Great American Cleanup on Saturday, April 17. KHCB is recruiting site captains, volunteers and local sponsors to coordinate or assist in project efforts, which include beautification, community improvement initiatives, recycling activities, and litter removal along roads, waterways, and in parks.
The Hillsborough County event saw over 2,500 volunteers who picked up 68,161 pounds of trash last year including bottles, cans and cigarette butts. Last year's event had an estimated 3 million participants nationwide.
This article appears in Feb 17-23, 2010.