A community thrives when its residents take care of both it and each other. When you take care of your home, you show pride of ownership. The same can be said about your community. To show your love for living here, join your friends, family, and neighbors in the Tucson Team Up Clean Up 2020 between June 24th and June 27th.

Flaunt your community pride by signing up for the Tucson Team Up Clean Up 2020, a city-wide clean-up effort taking place between June 24th and 27th.

Tucson Team Up Clean Up 2020

What Is It?

Search Tucson homes for saleAs the state begins to ease COVID-19 restrictions, we see more and more businesses opening back up. That includes City buildings. The Tucson Team Up to Clean Up event helps give our city a nice fresh start. Officials ask City employees and local residents to go outside and help clean up areas around town. Start with your own front yard. Then, expand your reach to public areas. Get your kids involved to instill a sense of pride in where they live. It's a great community service opportunity for clubs and organizations as well.

How You Can Help

Officials narrowed their clean up locations to three specific areas: a City worksite, a local neighborhood or just clean up wherever you are...even if you don't happen to physically be in the city at the time. Headed to the beach for a family vacation? Going camping in the desert? Pick up trash around your beach or campsite and snap a pic. Then, share the photo on your social media using #TEAMPUPtoCLEANUP to tag it.

Staying home next week? Sign up for a worksite or neighborhood clean up. Choose from one of 67 various worksites (parks, washes, right-of-ways, etc). The City provides all of the supplies necessary to complete the tasks for each site. You can help make these places more beautiful by picking up trash, clearing out weeds, trimming trees, or painting where needed. If you wish to participate in the worksite cleanup, you'll need to register by June 22nd

Not quite ready to join a group setting? Then stick closer to home. Walk around your neighborhood, walking paths, and local park area to see where you can be of the most help. Pick up trash. Clear out weeds. Trim trees where necessary. Visit the Team Up to Clean Up website to sign up your neighborhood for clean up. If you register before June 19th, the City can provide supplies and coordinate trash pick-up. Take photos of your progress, post them on social media, and tag each pic with #TEAMUPtoCLEANUP.

Tips Before You Start

With COVID-19 concerns still on the minds of many, the City offers these safety tips when you join the clean-up effort:

  • Stay six feet away from anyone you don't live with.
  • Wear a face mask. If you don't have one, the City will provide one for you when you volunteer at a City worksite.
  • Wash and sanitize your hands often. Supplies will be available at all City worksite locations.
  • Drink lots of water. Make sure you bring extra with you while performing your clean-up.
  • Wear sunscreen. Re-apply throughout the day.
  • Hats, sunglasses, work gloves, and closed-toe shoes are highly recommended.
  • Keep an eye out for snakes when out in undeveloped areas.

Thank you for helping keep Tucson beautiful!

Rebecca Schulte, Schulte Real Estate Group, Your Source for Tucson Real Estate