Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful seeks volunteers to participate in Pick Up Pennsylvania as a way to celebrate National Public Lands Day. Traditionally, National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort, meant to encourage environmental stewardship and build connections between people and green space in their community. This year, National Public Lands Day falls on Sept. 26, 2020.

If you would like to join a cleanup, go to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Calendar of Events page for events happening across the state, https://www.keeppabeautiful.org/keep-pennsylvania-beautiful-calendar-of-events/. Residents can also host their own cleanup. Any event registered with their cleanup program, Pick Up Pennsylvania, can receive free trash bags, gloves and safety vests provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, Keep America Beautiful, GLAD Products Company and the Ocean Conservancy, as supplies last.

“Volunteers all across the state will be out in force this weekend honoring our national public lands by leaving it better than they found it,” said Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. “You can help celebrate the beautiful lands Pennsylvania has to offer and pick up litter at your favorite park, trail, waterway or in your own neighborhood.”