Great Community Cleanup 2025
- Canepa Ranch Open Space
4 hours
The Canepa Ranch Open Space is a wildlife habitat nearby the Truckee River and the Tahoe Pyramid Trail. Volunteers at this site will work to protect our local watershed and open spaces by pulling noxious weeds and picking up litter. Vol ...
- Carcione Open Space
4 hours
Carcione Open Space is a wildlife habitat nearby the Truckee River. Volunteers at this site will work to protect our local watershed and open spaces by pulling noxious weeds and picking up litter. Volunteers will meet at the parking lot ...
- Chimney Road
4 hours
Chimney Dr. is an access point to the surrounding BLM recreation area, and is a hotspot for littering and illegal dumping. 4x4 vehicles and trailers are appreciated to help access and remove trash from remote areas. Please wear long pan ...
- Cottonwood Park
4 hours
Cottonwood Park is a waterside Sparks park with picnic and fishing areas, as well as biking trails. Volunteers will be spreading mulch, removing weeds, and picking up litter. Participants will meet at the park: 777 Spice Island Dr. Pl ...
- Crystal Peak Park
4 hours
Volunteers at Crystal Peak will work alongside representatives from the UNR Veterans Alumni Association to remove weeds around ponds for fishing access, and cut vegetation along park access roads and parking lots. Volunteers will also p ...
- Estates Road
4 hours
Estates Rd. is a BLM recreation area, and is a hotspot for littering and illegal dumping. Volunteers will pick up litter and large articles of trash. 4x4 vehicles and trailers are appreciated to help access remote areas, but not require ...
- Galena Creek Visitor's Center
4 hours
Galena Creek Visitor Center offers nature programs and is surrounded by waterside trails. Volunteers will remove litter, tend to the native garden spaces, repair the native garden fencing, and clear pine needles and pinecones from the a ...
- Hunter Creek Trailhead
4 hours
Hunter Creek Trailhead is located in a section of Mt. Rose Wilderness. Volunteers will hike 1-2 miles with their shovels, partially off-trail with some steep hills, to remove Musk Thistle, a noxious weed. Participants will meet at the H ...
- Lockwood Trailhead
4 hours
Lockwood Trailhead is a waterside park with multiple recreation opportunities. Volunteers will be removing weeds and installing chicken wire fencing around trees to protect them from beavers. Participants will meet at Lockwood Trailhead ...
- Mira Loma Park
4 hours
Mira Loma Park is a 37.5-acre Reno park with various recreation areas such as sports fields, a skate park, and playgrounds. Volunteers will be maintaining planter beds, spreading mulch, removing litter, and painting to cover graffiti. P ...
- Peavine Road
4 hours
Volunteers will be removing graffiti, picking up litter, and rounding up larger dumped pieces such as tires. Participants will meet at Peavine Road off of N Virginia, past KG Walters Construction: GPS N 39°36'32'' W -119°53'55''. 4x4 ve ...
- Point View Way BLM Land
4 hours
Pyramid Hwy contains a stretch of BLM land that experiences frequent illegal dumping. Meet/Park at the flat BLM land at the end of Point View Way. Volunteers will be picking up litter from this site. 4x4 vehicles and trailers are apprec ...
- Rancho San Rafael Regional Park
4 hours
Volunteers will be removing invasive weeds at the Pollinator Garden to beautify the area for visitors and improve the beds for our local pollinators. Participants will meet at the white pavilion in the Wilbur D. May Museum parking lot. ...
- Rock Park
4 hours
Rock Park is a Sparks park nestled along the Truckee River with picnic areas and a playground. Volunteers will be picking up litter and removing weeds. Participants will meet at the park, east of Rock Bridge: 1515 South Rock Blvd. Pleas ...
- Soulful Seeds - Galetti
4 hours
Soulful Seeds Garden is a community-serving space in Sparks. Volunteers will be helping remove litter, concrete, and asphalt from the garden site, and possibly spreading mulch and planting trees. Participants will meet at the campus, on ...
- Swan Lake Nature Study Area
4 hours
At the Trailhead, volunteers will be pulling invasive weeds (poison hemlock, thistle, white top), clearing trails of overgrown willow, and picking up litter. Volunteers will be meeting at Swan Lake Trailhead, just off of Lear Blvd where ...
- Valley Wood Park
4 hours
At this site, volunteers will help plant flowers, remove weeds and encroaching plants from the garden beds, and bury exposed irrigation lines. We will also spread mulch around the plants and pathways. Volunteers will meet at 6555 Valley ...
- Wedekind Park
4 hours
Wedekind Park is a Sparks park with trails and dog-friendly spaces. Volunteers will be picking up litter and removing weeds. Participants will meet at the Wedekind Trailhead on 4th street. Please wear long pants, long sleeves, and close ...
- Wheatland Park
4 hours
Wheatland Park is a Reno park with a picnic area, trails, and a playground. Volunteers will be maintaining and pruning planter beds, spreading mulch, picking up litter, and painting where needed. Participants will meet at the covered ar ...
- Picnic - Food Handling
3 hours
After our volunteers are done at their cleanup sites we have them coming to join us for a picnic celebration. The food handling crew keep the food line going by collecting food tickets, helping pass out plates, serving some of the condi ...
- Picnic - Greeter
3 hours
After our volunteers are done at their cleanup sites, we have them coming to join us for a picnic celebration. We need 2 volunteers to greet and count the number of arriving volunteers, pass out raffle tickets, explain prizes, etc. We a ...
- Picnic - Takedown
1 hour
After our volunteers are done at their cleanup sites, we have them coming to join us for a picnic celebration. The tear down crew will help pack up all of the equipment and materials after the picnic. This will include packing up and lo ...
Sustainability Education
- Sustainability Series
2 hours