Tools & Tips to Clean Up & Green Up Your Community
Tools & Tips to Clean Up & Green Up Your Community


Massachusetts Beautification Bulletin | February 2025
Keep Massachusetts Beautiful
Dear Friend,
If you are someone who cares about a clean, healthy environment, recent presidential executive orders that seek to roll back environmental protections and clean energy progress are cause for concern. But that doesn't mean we all can't continue to advocate for environmental protections in our own communities, across Massachusetts, and nationally. Scroll down for ideas on how you can take action, as well as some positive environmental news and KMB event updates.  
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Wear Your Support For a Cleaner, Greener Massachusetts on Your Sleeve! 


Help raise awareness about the benefits of reducing litter in Massachusetts by wearing your support for Keep Massachusetts Beautiful on your sleeve. Visit our new online apparel store to purchase a tee shirt, long-sleeve shirt, sweatshirt or hoodie for yourself or the litter-phobes in your life! You can also purchase litter cleanup supplies at discounted prices.
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Access Planning Tools for Your Spring Cleanup Events  


The snowpack will soon melt away and reveal a winter’s worth of litter across the state. Now is the time to start planning your spring cleanup! We have resources and tools to help your community succeed, including:
  • Guides for organizing and publicizing your cleanup events
  • KMB-recommended vendors for cleanup supplies (including discounted pricing)
  • A link to register your cleanup on the KMB events calendar
Visit the Great Massachusetts Cleanup webpage for additional resources to help you organize a successful spring cleanup in your community. Contact us if you need help!
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Celebrate the Massachusetts Community Clean Awards on May 15  


Join us on Thursday, May 15, 2025, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. as we recognize our latest honorees. This highly anticipated annual celebration will feature delicious food, drink, entertainment, and good clean fun!

The Massachusetts Clean Community Awards recognize Massachusetts residents, nonprofits, government leaders, and businesses for exceptional environmental protection and community cleanup efforts.

We are happy to announce that WCVB Chief Meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon will again serve as our emcee! Review our full schedule now and reserve your ticket.
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Business Sponsor Spotlight: Adobe


We'd like to extend a sincere thank you to Adobe for their incredible support as a Gold-Level Sponsor! Adobe’s generosity fuels our mission to create cleaner, greener, litter-free communities across Massachusetts. Together, we’re making a difference! We thank you for your support!
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Dianne LeBlanc with Nip litter
Dianne LeBlanc in Action!

Spread Some Love in 2025


To celebrate Valentine's Day, Shirley Graf, our 2020 Massachusetts Litter Buster of the Year, made a generous $200 donation to honor her fellow Litter Buster, Dianne "Neon" LeBlanc.
Dianne has been leading Keep Gardner Beautiful for many years and has partnered with a local liquor store retailer to battle "nip" litter. Together, these two amazing women have been responsible for the removal of thousands of littered nip bottles in Gardner and Halifax over the years. 
If you have a Litter Buster hero in your life, please consider showing them some love by making a donation in their honor. 
With your support, we can continue our mission of taking action to make Massachusetts a cleaner, greener place to live, work, and play!
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Quotable: “Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries."  

 — Jimmy Carter

From the KMB Blog:

Connecting with Nature in the Winter


During the winter, it can be difficult to connect with nature while it is "sleeping." Read our blog to learn ways to foster a connection with nature during the winter months. And if you missed it, read Mike Morris's recent post calling for the creation of a National Litter Hall of Fame.
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Thank you for reading our newsletter and please contact me if I can answer any questions you may have about our programs, launching a local KMB chapter in your community, or sponsorship opportunities
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Neil Rhein, Founder & Executive Director

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