Keep Sarasota County Beautiful

Keep Sarasota County Beautiful (KSCB) is a county-wide beautification program that initiates community cleanup projects to help keep our community free of litter.  Established in 1987, our organization is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful Inc., a national, non-profit organization that inspires and educates people to take action every day to improve and beautify their community environment.   

Keep Sarasota County Beautiful hosts several county-wide cleanup events throughout the year including:

• The Great American Cleanup (spring event)
• The Liberty Litter Cleanup (summer event)
• The International Coastal Cleanup (fall event)

KSCB also manages the Adoption Program. This innovative program gives private citizens an opportunity to support the countywide anti-litter campaign. In addition, adoption provides businesses and organizations a way to offer an inexpensive project that gives their members the satisfaction of making a contribution to their communities, and the program helps generate publicity for the group's service activities. Adopted areas are maintained as part of a joint effort to keep our environment clean and healthy and participation in the program is free.

Interested in participating as a volunteer with KSCB? Sign up for our KSCB mailing list to receive information about upcoming events.

KSCB Annual Events: 

FUN Facts

• Keep America Beautiful initiative.
• Began in 1998.
• Nation’s largest community improvement program.
• Engages more than 5 million volunteers and participants every year to create positive change and lasting impact in local communities.
• Over the past five years, volunteers’ work returns, on average, $175 million in measurable benefits across participating communities. 

Getting Involved

• Held in April as part of the Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup initiative. 

The Liberty Litter Cleanup

FUN Facts

• KSCB partnership program with Sarasota County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources department.
• Focuses on areas used heavily during July 4th celebrations.
• Five-year average for amount of trash and recyclables collected is 1.5 tons/year.
• In 2025 Volunteers collected 215 bags of litter! 

The International Coastal Cleanup

FUN Facts

• Ocean Conservancy initiative.
• Began in 1986.

Getting Involved

• Held in September.
• Various locations offered throughout Sarasota County.
• Opportunity for students to earn volunteer service hours for school related requirements.