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Outdoor Class

After-School Environmental Programs at Community Centers

Keep Alachua County Beautiful volunteers run lessons for children as part of the Southwest Advocacy Group program, a nonprofit after-school program for underserved children in southwest Gainesville and in the Porters Community. Approximately eight youths participate each week of the nine-week long program, for a total of 72 youths participating. 

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KACB is partnering with the Strong Roots Movement to address food security issues within the Gainesville community. Strong Roots Movement has already established a youth garden at the Porters Community Center. The garden is tended during the after-school program at Porters where the children learn about nutrition and the connection between food production and environmental quality. The leaders of this project, Merina Ingram, Shannon Regan, and Teagan Milford all possess agriculture-related academic backgrounds.

Our Keep SWAG Beautiful program has two primary components. First, we teach the children about key facets of environmental science, including pollution, energy use, native ecology, natural processes, and why environmental stewardship matters for their lives and worlds. Second, the students apply this through hands-on experience, including craft making, art making, and outdoor cleanup service. 

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Our programs to foster environmental awareness among the youth of Alachua County are key to the work we do at KACB

It helps them understand the impact of human activities on the environment and the consequences of unsustainable practices

A Little About Us

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Keep Alachua County Beautiful, a Keep America Beautiful affiliate, follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and the government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.

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VISIT US

Keep Alachua County Beautiful

​1001 NW 5th Ave Suite C
Gainesville, FL 32601

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(Wrap around the left side of the building and use the side glass door)

CONTACT

       352.371.9444

       greatamericancleanup.kacb@gmail.com

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Mondays and Thursdays from 11am - 4pm

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