Annual LitterBlitz campaign kicks off across metro

Pictured are employees with Chamber member Omni Oklahoma City Hotel volunteering for a LitterBlitz event.

Chamber member OKC Beautiful is recruiting volunteers for the annual LitterBlitz campaign, where volunteer groups across the city team up to pick up litter in the community.

LitterBlitz provides the opportunity to give back and connect with friends, neighbors, and coworkers as well as the environment in a safe and easy way. LitterBlitz teams clean up one site, one time, during the April LitterBlitz campaign. Each team selects the location and the day to hold your cleanup. If you don’t have a place in mind, OKC Beautiful helps identify a location in need of a cleanup. Trash bags, gloves, and safety tips are provided to teams.

OKC Beautiful’s litter abatement efforts began in 1962, as a commission of the City of Oklahoma City. The organization was formed into a nonprofit in 1968, and has continued litter cleanups throughout the community ever since.

In 2021, picking up litter was a socially-distanced way that groups could volunteer together outdoors, and more than 5,000 volunteers teamed up to pick up litter across the city. Studies indicate that litter has decreased 61 percent since 1968 through beautification efforts like OKC Beautiful’s LitterBlitz. When volunteers pick up litter, they are improving quality of life and civic pride, promoting economic development, and benefiting the environment.

To register a LitterBlitz group, visit www.okcbeautiful.com/programs/litterblitz or email [email protected]. OKC Beautiful is an environmental beautification and education nonprofit leading Oklahoma City’s beautification and environmental stewardship through collaboration, education, and advocacy. You can learn more about the organization at www.okcbeautiful.com.