PHOTO #1: Volunteers with the University of Houston-Victoria men’s soccer team pose with collected bags of trash during the 2023 Keep Victoria Beautiful Fall Sweep. UHV earned the Most Spirited award during the cleanup.
PHOTO #2: Volunteers pose with collected bags of trash during the 2023 Keep Victoria Beautiful Fall Sweep. The volunteer team, led by Jon Keene and Zach Cornwell, earned the Most Trash Picked Up by a Team award during the cleanup.
Student groups, local businesses, congregations and interested individuals who’d like to be a part of cleaning up their community are invited to attend Keep Victoria Beautiful’s fourth annual citywide Fall Sweep 8-10 a.m. Sept. 21.
To register for the event, visit www.victoriatx.gov/kvb. Volunteers will meet at the Target parking lot, 7608 Zac Lentz Parkway, and other locations that will be determined based on the number of registrations.
“Our citywide cleanups are a great way for people to come together for a couple of hours and really make a difference,” said Christy Youker, assistant director of the City of Victoria Environmental Services and executive director of Keep Victoria Beautiful. “Regardless of your group size, and even if you don’t have a group, we encourage you to come volunteer so we can add more locations to the cleanup.”
KVB will provide gloves, bags and safety vests. Volunteers should wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.
Sponsors for the event are Chick-fil-A, Victoria Television Group, Townsquare Media, Tejas Production Services, Centerline Technologies, Enterprise Mobility and Del Papa Distributing.
Following the cleanup, awards will be given for the most spirited team, the team that picks up the most trash and the team that finds the most unusual item. The winners will be recognized at KVB’s volunteer appreciation event in November.
For more information, contact Environmental Services at 361-485-3230 or email Youker at cyouker@victoriatx.gov.
View more photos from last year’s cleanup.