WELCOME TO
Keep Pickens Beautiful
Working Together to Keep Pickens County Beautiful!
KPB Mission Statement
Keep Pickens Beautiful is a Pickens County, nonprofit, volunteer organization affiliated with Keep America Beautiful and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation. Our work is focused to sustain litter reduction and voluntary recycling along with projects that enhance the beauty of our environment and improve solid waste management.
KPB sponsors and supports many projects and programs in our community to enhance the beauty of our county, improve waste management, and promote environmental stewardship.
Join KPB today to support our projects and programs. It’s because of the generosity of our community that we can continue to expand our services!
The Greatest American Cleanup is Here!
Earth Day on Main, The Litter-O-Lympics, and lots of community activities!
We always participate in the Great American Cleanup, a national initiative to clean and beautify our country. But this year, its the GREATEST American Cleanup as we prepare for America’s 250th Anniversary!
We hope you’ll join us as we work to make Pickens County even more beautiful.
Watch our Calendar of Events for upcoming programs.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 26th – the 2nd Litter-O-Lympics and the 4th annual eath Day on Main!
Recycled Bat/Birdhouse Competition
Get Creative – Save the Birds and the Bats!
Birds and Bats need safe, comfortable spaces to live, so let’s help them out!
At least 90% of all parts of the Bat/Birdhouse must be recycled from some previous use. Weather-resistant glue, silicone, aluminum or copper wire, and nails or screws may be used to bind your parts together. Art materials such as weatherproof paint and permanent markers may be used.
Houses must be submitted to KPB by 3:00 on April 23rd.
Visit the Earth Day on Main page to learn more and to download the registration form.
On April 11, we had a Day of Service with Publix
During the 2024 Great American Cleanup, we built 16 raised garden beds to grow fresh produce at CARES. You can see photos HERE.
This year, we added irrigation, soil, compost, plants, mulch, and more to the CARES garden, and we cleaned out and built a storage loft in our storage building.
You can see those photos HERE
Thank you to Publix, Pickens County, Hall Brothers, Prodew, and CARES for such a great Greatest American Cleanup event!
PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS
This is our oldest and most successful program! Become an Adopt-A-Road volunteer to help keep our roadsides clean.
KPB recognizes residents and businesses in our community who promote environmental responsibility.
We work with the County, local events, and businesses to reduce the waste headed to landfills by promoting recycling and reuse.
Pickens County is beautiful, and KPB is doing what we can to help keep it that way! Join us for some of our ongoing projects!
Whether it’s participating in a parade, offering kid-crafts at community events, or helping with festival recycling, we’re here to help!
Edible Pickens is part of our Beautification and Education initiatives. Check out the gardens throughout the community – Come lend a hand!
AAR Numbers Speak for Themselves!
Our AAR volunteers are the BEST!
Rather than complaining about the roadside trash problem, they’re helping to address the situation.
Don't Talk Trash.... Walk Trash!
The original Board of Directors – The CCC Gang
We're looking for KPB's History
KPB is one of the oldest organizations in Pickens County with hundreds (or thousands?) of community members who have been involved throughout the years. KPB, originally Citizens for a Clean Community, has been serving Pickens County for more than 35 years! While we do have archives we’re continuing to search, we know there’s more ‘out there’ that should be included.
If you have photos, stories, or other details that can help us in our journey through time, please SHARE with us!
Join Us to Keep Pickens Beautiful
We support a wide array of projects and programs throughout our community, but we need your help so we can do more! We’re always looking for volunteers, corporate partners, Board of Directors members, and community members to get involved and help us grow. It is because of people like you that we have been able to accomplish so much throughout the years, but there is so much more that we can do if we work together!
KPB PARTNERS AND SPONSORS
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