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GET INVOLVED!
Get involved with Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful! Join an annual event, host your own cleanup as a site captain, or adopt a road to maintain. Explore our programs below to find the perfect way to make a difference in your community!
Adopt-A-Road Program
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Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful administers the Adopt-A-Road Program for Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa. The Adopt-A-Road Program is a great opportunity for individuals, corporations or groups to give back to the community through stewardship of public right-of-ways, parks and shorelines.
Annual Clean Ups
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We conduct two major annual countywide cleanup events each year. They are the Great American Cleanup in the spring and the Hillsborough River & Coastal Cleanup in the fall. Volunteers of all ages are welcome!
Other annual cleanups we host are the After Gasparilla Cleanup, World Oceans Day (early June) and the After Fireworks Cleanup (July 5th).
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Community Projects​
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful provides a unique experience for groups to make a local impact in our community. We are encouraging individuals, families and small groups to participate in self-led, DIY cleanups. Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful will work with you to select a site if you do not already have a location in mind; provide supplies for your group; coordinate with Parks and gain approval, if needed; and coordinate trash removal.
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Projects May Include:
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Litter Cleanup
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Illegal Dump Site Removal
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Invasive Plant Removals
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River & Waterways Cleanups
All volunteers must sign & submit the liability waiver form and complete the report form after each project. Groups can now report using our online project report form!
Student Involvement
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful is passionate about cultivating future generations of environment stewards. High school students can participate in our volunteer events to earn their hours for Bright Futures.
Exceptional students who volunteer with us on a continuous basis can be eligible for Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful scholarships. High school students can also become an ambassador of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful and join our Youth Advisory Council. College and continuing education students can participate in our Internship Program.
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful is looking for individuals who are passionate about engaging their community while spreading sustainable practices to join us as interns for a summer, fall or spring semester, with opportunity to extend.
There are a variety of positions available including beautification, environmental conservation, educational programming, event preparation, social media and grant writing.
Please contact us for more information on student involvement.
Florida Learning Garden
The Florida Learning Garden, a project of Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful in partnership with the Florida State Fair Authority, is a permanent one-acre interactive educational experience. The display garden features raised beds, hydroponics, hugelkulture beds, a Florida-Friendly Walking Trail, rain gardens, over 75 types of trees, an interactive greenhouse, the Humana Educational Pavilion for presentations, sensory gardens, butterfly gardens, upcycled gardens, composting system, gazebo and the Cargill Windmill. From ‘right-plant-right-place’ to best practices for water conservation, the Florida Learning Garden educates residents on multiple growing techniques and sustainable practices to utilize in their own homes and gardens.​
The Florida Learning Garden is utilized for educational presentations, community workshops, volunteer service projects, school field trips and educational tours.
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Trash Free Waters​
The Trash Free Waters Program empowers community members to protect Tampa Bay’s waterways, fostering a cleaner, more beautiful environment.
Through volunteer-driven projects, the program reduces litter and debris in the Hillsborough River Watershed by cleaning both the river and its shoreline. While our cleanup boat is currently out of service due to recent hurricanes, we are working diligently to resolve the issue and look forward to getting back on the water soon.
In 2021, the program launched the E-Scooter/Bike Rescue initiative, a collaborative effort with FWC, TPD, the City of Tampa, Solid Waste, Spin, and Adventure Outfitters. Held annually, this event focuses on removing e-scooters and bikes from the Hillsborough River, further demonstrating our commitment to preserving Tampa Bay’s waterways.
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Storm Drain Markings
Many people believe storm drains connect to sewer treatment systems — but they don’t. In fact, most of the runoff discharges directly into surface waters without receiving any treatment to filter out pollutants. Therefore, whatever enters the drain is ultimately discharged into a neighboring body of water. One way to help protect water quality is by marking the storm drains with plaques stenciled with environmental messages. Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful provides training and plaques to properly mark the storm drains so citizens who see the markers will be reminded that what goes into the storm drain will come out in our waterways.
Keep Tampa Bay Beautiful will provide your group with storm drain markers, maps, instructions and other assistance that may be needed.
