Get down & dirty with your neighbors!

SAVE THE DATE!

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Multiple Cleanup Site Locations in the City!

Food & Volunteer Block Party after cleanup at John Ball Zoo!

Sponsors, donations, & volunteers needed!

Find out how you can help and register to volunteer for this annual community event!

About the event

  • 2025 Cleanup Districts Coming Soon!

    • Volunteers meet at their registered district site for check-in and get their Wristbands.

    • Check-in - 8:30 AM

    • Cleanup starts at 9:15 AM

    • Attendees will leave their trash in designated locations (Signed for pickup)

    • Cleanup portion ends at 11:45 AM

    • Volunteer Block Party at John Ball Zoo Starts - 12:00 PM

    • Event ends - 3:00 PM

  • A block party for volunteers at John Ball Zoo after the cleanup will include:

    • Free meal for cleanup volunteers

    • Games and Activities for Kids

    • A Bounce House for Kids

    • Music

    • Vendor & Resource Booths

    • Adult Beverage Tent

  • Each cleanup volunteer will get perks for their participation, including:

    • A wrist band at check-in

    • A meal ticket - Good for use with the local food vendors at the Block Party

    • A free raffle ticket

    • John Ball Zoo pass good for one week from the day of the event.

How You Can Help!

  • Volunteer

    Help us make the City Clean for Spring! Register for the Community Cleanup as a Cleanup Volunteer when registration opens! The more the merrier! Don’t forget to check your email after you register!

  • Sponsor

    It takes a village to put on this event that saw over 1000 volunteers in 2024! Sponsorship and other opportunities are available for businesses and organizations to get involved!

    Neighbors can also help us put on this event by donating!

  • Transportation and Making Earth Day Every Day!

    To learn transportation options for the event and local initiatives to care for our city environment!

Meet the Cleanup Committee

Our committee is made up of many organizations, neighbors and more!

More Coming Soon!

The History:

The community cleanup started as a grassroots effort in 2009 when a pair of west side residents got together with their neighbors!

This event has since grown into a larger effort and most recently had over 1000 participants spread out across the City of Grand Rapids! Partnering with other neighborhood associations, businesses and organizations. Spreading it out to make it more accessible to many neighbors. We are focusing our cleanup efforts in multiple neighborhoods in the City of Grand Rapids.

A block party for registered volunteers is being held at John Ball Zoo after the cleanup.

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