A Litter Reduction and Beautification Project
We are a community advocacy team
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Our Vision
We Need Your Support To Eliminate Litter In Your Community
Our Litter cleanup and Beautification in the Mt. Pleasant area has made an impact in the community.
Our goal was to plant flowers and put mulch in the planters from East 154th and Kinsman down to 130th st. There were over 160 planters along the targeted area.
WE ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL.
Through continued efforts and resources, The Clean and Beautiful Cleveland-Block2Block Team was able to address all the planters in the area and help beautify this neighborhood.
To sustain the efforts, we are reaching out to the community leaders, home/business owners and everyone in the neighborhood to help preserve the work that was done.
You can get involved.
WE ARE STILL IN THE MOUNT PLEASANT AREA TO MAKE A DIFFERANCE
Nancy and Pam constantly get involved with the daycares and community events to teach the importance and benefit of having a litter free environment. During a summer camp at 137th and Kinsman, they worked with kids to introduce the practice of not littering and why. They all made posting that reflect how they feel about littering.
Once key facet of our approach is to reach the youth and teach them the importance of living in a litter free environment.
THANK YOU
to everyone that shared some of your time and energy with us.
Special thanks to New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, Pastor-Elect Rev. Dr. Vincent E Stokes, II for allowing us to use the facility and parking lot all day during the June 3rd planting event.
These are a few photos of the day from our planting day on Kinsman.
The work continues
The work in our city is not done. We still need sponsors, donors and volunteers to make this a citywide neighborhood success.
OUR FIRST CLEAN UP EVENT WAS SUCCESSFUL
Thank you to all the organizations who sent volunteers to support
Our clean up day was a huge success. Even with the rainy weather our team was in place and ready to go.
We want to extend a special thank you to our sponsors who donated to support this project.
We could not have done it with out you!
We were able to pick up litter from East 154th and Kinsman down to Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
It was a community project and 60 volunteers came from all over to help and participate.
Thank you to everyone who supported that may not be listed.
THANK YOU
Envision Cleveland
House of David Church
2023 Cleveland Foundation Fellows
MyCom
Allsum Lots & Lawns
Cafe Clothes and Convenient Store
New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church
Keybank
Nordstrom
Scouts – Camp Journey
City of Cleveland
Court Community Service
RAHA1 Web Designs LLC
Mt Pleasant Baptist Church
LU-SYL FOUNDATION.
24HR MACGYVER SERVICES. LLC
Christ Church
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
Launch a unified region-wide litter reduction and beautification initiative led by key stakeholders who create a united anti-litter campaign that changes people’s behavior such that people stop littering and communities plant numerous trees and flowers throughout the region. In order to support this effort, we plan to start by implementing litter reduction and beautification courses in each Cleveland Metropolitan School District school to engage, inspire and empower our young students to care for the environment and foster pride for decades to come
- We were awarded a Neighbor Up Action Grant of $3,500.00 to clean up and beautify a section of Mount Pleasant from 154th and Kinsman to the intersection of Kinsman and Martin Luther King Blvd!
- We won $2000 for first place in the Quality of Life category competing in Citizens Make Change Accelerate 2023.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?
- We have presented at Councilman Joe Jones Ward 1 community meeting and received volunteer support.
- We received support from Councilwoman Deborah Gray Ward 4 and presented at her community meeting.
- We have presented at Councilman Kevin Bishops Ward 2 community meeting and received volunteer support.
- We subsequently applied for and were accepted to compete in the Accelerate 2023 competition to promote our vision for the region. You can view our profile and vision in the link here under the category of “Quality of Life” https://www.cleveleads.org/clc-events/accelerate/accelerate-2023- presenters. – We won $2000 for first place in the Quality of Life category competing in Citizens Make Change Accelerate 2023.
- Featured on TV20 News Update in March 2023.
CHANGING LITTER HABITS START WITH EDUCATION
We taught a five week litter reduction and beautification course at Rainey Institute’s summer program this past summer. It was a part of their newly implemented civics component called, Civic Circles, to engage students actively in community issues. We utilized a project-based learning model.
The students were given a problem, and were asked to come up with a solution.
They were required to implement their solution, and present it at the end of the five weeks before the full camp.
Students cleaned up a litter around Rainey, planted perennials, signed individual pledges not to litter, created and signed a group pledge banner, pledging not to litter and made and posted anti-littering signs.
We also want to initiate Litter Reduction and Beautification classes for students in Cleveland Metropolitan Schools to inspire, empower, motivate, and create a generation of students who will protect and beautify our environment!
We are piloting Litter Reduction and Beautification Course for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at A.J. Rickoff Elementary School in Cleveland Metropolitan School District during May 2023.
We are working with UnionMiles CDC to teach an educational piece to youth about the impact of litter in the community.
TO CHANGE A BEHAVIOR ITS IMPORTANT TO START YOUNG
We Need Your Support
We are seeking strategic partners, sponsors, and donors. Corporate volunteers and community initiatives within your organization would be a great fit for our project.
SOME OF OUR PARTNERS
- The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic
- Community Church in Hudson
- Mount Pleasant CDC
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
- Kulture Kids - Khaki Hermann
- Councilman Joe Jones, Ward 1
- Councilman Kevin Bishop, Ward 2
- Councilwoman Deborah Gray, Ward 4
- Cleveland Hope - Reverend Edwards
- Rainey Institute
- New Sardis Primitive Baptist Church
- Union Miles Development Corporation
- MyCom - Lisa Mack
- RAHA1 Web Designs LLC
