Each year Cub Scout Pack 414 of Silverlake Elementary have a great turn-out for the KPB Fall Trash-Off

Pearland High School Interact club cleaned Bailey Rd. for the Keep Pearland Beautiful Trash-Off

Volunteers from Jesus Christ church of the Latter Day Saints made the KPB Fall Trash-Off a family affair

2008 Fall Trash Off a Great Success!

Keep Pearland Beautiful wants to say thanks to all the hundreds of volunteers that came out on Saturday, September 6 to pick up litter in Pearland.

We began the day at the Stella Roberts Recycling Center, 5800 Magnolia. KPB served 120 breakfast tacos, 50 breakfast bars, 9 pounds of bananas, 10 pounds of oranges, 6 gallons of juice, 40 cups of coffee and 6 bags of powered donuts. We had lots of enthusiastic helpers on hand even, if it was 7:30am on a Saturday morning.

All the wrap up reports have not been returned, but KPB thinks this fall will be an outstanding turnout in terms of the number of volunteers. There were 24 groups reporting that morning and many more that started their day at their Adopt-a-Spot locations. Cub Scouts were out at Silverlake, Silvercrest, Challenger, Carleston, and Rustic Oaks Elementary. Boy Scouts were cleaning Grand Blvd., Old Alvin, Knapp and Mykawa Road. St. Helens Catholic School had a group picking up lots of cigarette butts on Pearland Parkway and the Girl Scouts covered Woody Rd. and Park St. The Knights of Columbus and the Merrill Family took care of McHard Rd. and the Jazzercise group picked up 7 bags of trash on Hatfield. The Pearland High School Interact club had 25 kids and found a most unusual item: a 9mm ammo clip on the Bailey Rd overpass!! City of Pearland IT employees and the Pearland EMS had groups there to give a hand. The Silverlake Lions club came out in their bright yellow vests and cleaned Old Alvin at John Lizor even though the grass was probably 12” high!! In addition, groups like the Exchange Club, Pearland Islamic Center, Prudential Allied Realtors, New Life Lutheran, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many family groups did their part to make Pearland the cleanest most beautiful city in Texas.

Keep Pearland Beautiful was especially encouraged by all the first time volunteers that volunteered to help. There was a group of about 20 from Shadow Creek Ranch’s Mary Marek Elementary School. Since their campus was already clean, this group decided to clean Pearland Parkway from John Lizor to Oiler Dr. KPB hopes that everyone enjoyed their day and maybe met a few new friends along the way.

Some of the most unusual items found Saturday:

• Computer motherboard
• Pink ladies undergarment (use your imagination)
• Large piece of metal
• Ribbons
• Dead bird
• Pantyhose
• Electric fan
• Auto coolant tank
• “The Doors” record album

Mark your calendars now for our Don’t Mess with Texas trash off set for April 4, 2009. Details will be posted on our website at the date gets closer. Comments may be sent to cowles@keeppearlandbeautiful.org or call the office at 281-652-1659.

Fill out the forms today and adopt-a-spot in Pearland!

Your group or organization can "adopt" a section of our community to work with Keep Pearland Beautiful in order to maintain a litter-free environment. For more information or to have an application mailed to you, call 281-652-1659. You can also download the electronic forms below.

Keep Pearland Beautiful encourages all Adopt - a - Spot groups to complete the Wrap Up Report and return to the KPB offices anytime your group completes a clean-up.

Wrap Up Report (doc)
Community Adopt-A-Spot Terms of Agreement (doc)
Community Adopt-A-Spot Application (doc)

The following streets are up for adoption in Pearland:

• Harkey Rd. from Magnolia to City limits
• Fite Rd. from McLean to Harkey
• Wagon Trail from FM 518 to Fite Road
• Scarsdale - From Pearland City Limit one mile west
• Walnut from McLean to South Main
• Veterans Drive one mile south from Walnut
• East Walnut from South Main to FM518

If there is another street that your group would like to adopt, call the KPB office to see if it is available and meets the guidelines for the program.