Clean Up Akron Month (CUAM)
Clean Up Akron Month is KAB’s largest volunteer effort of the year. Every April, thousands of volunteers from all around the area take the initiative to get involved and help clean up their city. After the long winter, there is especially a need for litter cleanup and beautification.
These volunteers make a huge difference in their community by removing many, many tons of litter from their local streets, parks, and schools. KAB provides the supplies and trash pickup for these projects. This is in accordance with Keep America Beautiful’s annual Great America Cleanup – the nation’s largest annual community improvement program. Sign up today to participate in one of our community cleanups or hold your own!
April Community Cleanups
North Hill
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022
Time: 9:00-12:00 p.m., Check-in starts at 8:30
Check-in: Patterson Sports Complex
955 Patterson Ave, Akron, OH 44310
Summit Lake
DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2022
TIME: 9:00-12:00 P.M., Check-in starts at 8:30
CHECK-IN: SUMMIT LAKE COMMUNITY CENTEr
380 W CROSIER ST., AKRON, OH 44311
May Community Cleanups
Firestone
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022
Time: 9:00-12:00 p.m., Check-in starts at 8:30
Check-in: Firestone Community Center
1480 Girard St., Akron, OH 44301
Clean Up Akron Month Results 2023
During Clean Up Akron Month, 1,091 volunteers (not including the Ward 2 cleanup) signed up and took time to make Akron a cleaner and healthier place to live.
The annual Summit Lake Clean Up brought out 160 volunteers to clean the frequently littered and illegally-dumped at area of Summit Lake. These volunteers were able to collect 6.82 tons of trash and 85 tires in three hours
Volunteers who participated in Clean Up Akron Month were able to attend Keep Akron Beautiful’s annual Super Saturday Volunteer Appreciation Picnic on April 27, 2019 at the Akron Zoo. Volunteers received free zoo admission and picnic lunch.
We are proud that we can express our gratitude and appreciation to our volunteers with a free picnic through the generosity of our local sponsors, including: Acme Fresh Markets, Akron Zoological Park, City of Akron, D-A Specialty Co. Inc., Main Street Gourmet, Marc’s, House of LaRose, Keep Akron Beautiful Board of Directors, Schwebel’s Bakery, Sully’s Party Rental, Pepsi-Cola, and Waste Management of Ohio.
None of this could have been possible if it were not for our national sponsors who so generously donated the supplies to make this litter cleanup possible: Dow, The Glad Products Company, Lowe’s, Niagara Bottling and ReadyRefresh by Nestlé. Clean Up Akron Month is Keep Akron Beautiful’s largest public awareness event; we look forward to this spring initiative every year as it fulfills our mission to “Improve Akron’s quality of life through beautification and responsible environmental management.
