Massachusetts Beautification Bulletin | April 18, 2025

Dear Friend,

Spring cleanup season is upon us—don't miss your opportunity to be part of the action and fun! Scroll down for local cleanup events you can join, the upcoming Massachusetts Clean Community Awards, as well as an update on our new education portal.

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Dell volunters at the Hopkinton starting line

Volunteers Give Boston Marathon Route a Clean Sweep!

Over the past two weeks, nearly 200 volunteers participated in the second annual Litter-Free to the Finish Boston Marathon cleanup. Volunteers cleaned along the marathon route in Hopkington, Ashland, Framingham and Natick:

90 volunteers from Dell Technologies filled 104 bags of trash from the Hopkinton starting line all the way into Ashland on April 9
95 volunteers from Keep Framingham Beautiful and Keep Natick Beautiful braved raw cold and rain and filled 155 bags of trash along Route 135 on April 13

This cleanup helps the Greater Boston area put its best foot forward as thousands of runners and spectators visit our region to enjoy the Boston Marathon. Thank you to the organizers and volunteers who participated in this event!

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Join us on May 15

Congratulations to Our Award Winners!

We're pleased to announce our honorees for this year's Massachusetts Clean Community Awards:

Massachusetts Environmental Legislator of the Year: Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian
KMB Chapter Leader of the Year: Cathy Horn of Keep Hyde Park Beautiful
KMB Youth Volunteer(s) of the Year: Porter Shaffer of Keep Wakefield Beautiful and Jayden Harris of Keep Natick Beautiful
KMB Municipal Partner of the Year: Mansfield Department of Public Works
KMB Litter Buster of the Year: Mike Tarselli of Framingham, Jill Hall & Anne Masse of Randolph, and Cynthia Rowles & Debbie Belek of Plainville
KMB Business Partner of the Year: Starbucks

You can celebrate along with our award winners on May 15 at our Massachusetts Clean Community Awards celebration. Tickets are going fast, so please reserve your tickets now.

Reserve Your Awards Tickets Now

Education can help break the cycle!

New Portal Provides Resources for Educators and Students

When it comes to solving the litter problem in Massachusetts, sometimes it can feel like we’re all on a giant hamster wheel of endless cleanups. So how do we break the cycle? Education and behavior change!

We have launched a new webpage we’re calling the Massachusetts Environmental Education Portal. It will grow into a larger library of curated content and lessons targeting students K-12. If you have relevant content (guides, lessons, videos) related to litter prevention & cleanup, waste reduction & recycling and community beautification, please feel free to send it our way.

Check Out Our Education Resources

Quotable: “The environment is where we all meet, where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.”

— Lady Bird Johnson

Join a Great Massachusetts Cleanup Event this Month

Earth Day (April 22) is almost here! You can make a positive impact in your community by joining a local cleanup. Here is a partial list of upcoming events, but check our event calendar for the full list:

April 19: Great Fitchburg City Cleanup
April 19: Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup (South Boston)
April 19: Keep Attleborough Beautiful Community Cleanup
April 19: Medford Citywide Cleanup
April 19: Nobscot Cleanup (Framingham)
April 26: Worcester Earth Day Cleanup
April 26: Mass DCR Park Serve Day
April 26: Great Mansfield Cleanup
April 26: Earth Week Cleanup (Barnstable)

Join a Cleanup Near You

There is no planet B!

Show Your Support for KMB on Earth Day!

Please help us reach our $5,000 Earth Month fundraising goal by April 30. No donation amount is too small and every dollar gets us closer to achieving our vision of a cleaner, greener, litter-free Massachusetts!

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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.

Sincerely,

Neil Rhein, Founder & Executive Director

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