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Keeping the city and community of Austin beautiful

Join Keep Austin Beautiful on our mission to do just that – through volunteering and donating, you can become a part of ensuring that our city remains clean for all who want to enjoy it.

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Our mISSION

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We inspire and educate all Austinites to volunteer together, beautify green spaces, clean waterways, and reduce waste every day

You can make Austin a more beautiful place!

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How you can help us Keep Austin Beautiful

Through educating Austinites, promoting volunteering opportunities, and funding clean-up and conservation efforts, we maintain the beautiful green spaces that make Austin, Austin.

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CLEAN

Remove litter from Austin’s communities.

BEAUTIFY

Restore public spaces with sustainable practices.

EDUCATE

Nurture environmental consciousness.

RECYCLE

Cultivate waste reduction practices for zero-waste.

RECOGNIZE

Honor the most outstanding environmental efforts.

How you can help us Keep Austin Beautiful

Through educating Austinites, promoting volunteering opportunities, and funding clean-up and conservation efforts, we maintain the beautiful green spaces that make Austin, Austin.

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Volunteering

Find a volunteering opportunity near you!

Keep Austin Beautiful offers a variety of ways to volunteer – from Adopt-a-Street, to Keep Austin Beautiful Day, and much more, there’s something for everyone.


Click below to explore opportunities near you. We look forward to seeing you out there as we come together to improve the city that we love.

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Not sure where to start?

Check out our three most popular ways to volunteer

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Adopt-a-Creek

Protect our waterways

Adopt a segment of Austin creeks for up to two years and four restoration projects, including litter cleanup, native grass and wildflower seeding, tree planting, and more.

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Community Cleanups

Organize a cleanup

In addition to the events we host throughout the year, we invite you to organize your own! We provide you with all of the supplies you need to run a successful cleanup.

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Keep Austin Beautiful Day

Annual city-wide service

Each April, Keep Austin Beautiful is joined by thousands of volunteers to remove litter, as well as restore green spaces and waterways across the city of Austin.

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“I love everything Keep Austin Beautiful! Volunteering to help keep our community clean is fun, and you're contributing your time for the good of our community! Now go get you some volunteer work under your belt. You'll feel much better after you've participated. I promise.”
— Beck B.
— Beck B.
KAB is an awesome organization that allows individuals and organizations to adopt a street or creek and clean it up several times a year. KAB is Keeping Austin Beautiful, and you should too! It is very rewarding!
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– Tara M.
I participated in KAB last year and had such a wonderful time at this event! Those who organized the get-together were so fantastic and easy to work with. Keep Austin Beautiful is an awesome organization helping the community of Austin be a cleaner place to live!
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– Courtney B.
KAB is such an awesome organization. I have had the opportunity to work with KAB for the past two years during the annual clean sweep held all over Austin. The staff is extremely friendly, helpful, and truly appreciate the volunteers. If you are considering being a volunteer for a local organization I would highly suggest KAB.
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– Adam M.

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