A three-month project to clean up Iowa’s waterways, roadways and neighborhoods will launch this week, and more helpers are needed. Andy Frantz, executive director of Keep Iowa Beautiful, says the annual “Pick-Up Iowa” program aims to recruit 2,500 volunteers statewide to aid in picking up litter and sprucing up our state.
People can register as individuals at the Keep Iowa Beautiful website, but he says groups large and small are gaining in popularity every year.
Most of us have seen the blue signs on Iowa highways, indicating which group is picking up trash in that area, but Frantz says this effort isn’t just limited to rural roads.
There’s a host of information at the website above including checklists to help plan and promote your Pick-Up Iowa event. The word Iowa has roots in the language of the Dakota Sioux tribe, which translates as “beautiful land.” Find out more at www.keepiowabeautiful.org/.
