WHAT WE DO
Keep America Beautiful combines education with hands-on stewardship to make America's communities cleaner, greener, safer, and more livable. KAB programs activate millions of volunteers each year in hands-on community improvement activities, where they learn how to take personal responsibility for improving their local community environments.
Our work "on the ground" is carried out by a national network of over 1,000 certified affiliates and participating organizations. Each of these organizations address local challenges by engaging and inspiring community stewardship in three focus areas — litter prevention, waste reduction and beautification.
Keep America Beautiful provides its network with national programs, public awareness campaigns, and educational materials that can be used by our affiliates to benefit their local communities.
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Great American Cleanup™ KAB's Great American Cleanup™ mobilizes millions of volunteers nationwide each spring to clean-up, green-up, fix-up and beautify their communities. >Learn More
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Partnerships Keep America Beautiful’s partners help bring our mission into action, ensuring that we continue our proud heritage of achievement, volunteerism and civic engagement. >Learn More
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Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Research for the Cigarette Litter Prevention Program started in 2002 with a specific goal: to noticeably reduce cigarette litter. Get more information about how you and your community can help alleviate this national problem. >Learn More
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Graffiti Hurts® Graffiti Hurts, a national partnership with The Sherwin-Williams Company and its Krylon brand, highlights the negative effect of graffiti on communities and the ways in which it can be stopped without confrontation. >Learn More
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Public Awareness & Education The starting point for the behavior change is awareness and education. KAB curricula are designed to meet the needs of local communities, while teaching the fundamentals of reducing, reusing and recycling. >Learn More
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Awards Programs KAB annually recognizes and rewards the best of the best among its network, corporate partners, and volunteers across the country through national awards and recognition programs. >Learn More
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
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This Web site features turnkey programs, materials and best practices from among KAB's affiliates. The resource contains valuable "how-to" Web pages about neighborhood improvement, green spaces, recycling and local government ordinances and enforcement programs that improve quality of life. >Learn More
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Clean Sweep U.S.A.
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KAB's Clean Sweep U.S.A. Web site consists of fun learning modules, created to help students, teachers and families become more informed about solid waste. Teachers can download lesson plans from the site to use for classroom activities. >Learn More |
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Take Action
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The Take Action Web site is designed to help teens "take action" in their communities. It provides tips and sources about teen volunteerism, while providing a platform for learning about environmental stewardship. >Learn More
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Liberty Gardens
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Developed after the tragic national events of September 11, 2001, this programs nurtures individual well-being and inspires special places of natural beauty and honor across America. >Learn More |
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