Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup, the nation's largest community improvement program, takes place annually from March 1 through May 31, involving an estimated 3 million volunteers and attendees. The hardworking volunteers donated more than 6.7 million hours in 2008 to clean, beautify and improve more than 17,000 communities during more than 30,000 events in all 50 states and beyond. Activities included beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events. 

2009 National Sponsors and Educational Partner

The National Sponsors provide substantial support to the Great American Cleanup program in a variety of ways, from in-kind donations to employee volunteer participation.

The 2009 Great American Cleanup National Sponsors are: American Honda Motor Co.; ARM & HAMMER^®; Colgate-Palmolive Co.; The Dow Chemical Company; GLAD^® Trash Bags; Pepsi-Cola Company; The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company; Solo Cup Co.; Troy-Bilt^® Lawn and Garden Equipment; University of Phoenix; Waste Management, Inc.; Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.; and Educational Partner: Rubber Manufacturers Association.