Volunteer Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in volunteering! Tucson Clean & Beautiful can help plan ongoing or one-time projects for groups of at least 5 volunteers.
If you are not part of an organized group, individual volunteers may join with other existing groups or recruit additional friends, family and co-workers to form a new group. Browse the list below of projects for groups, and further down, other existing projects that welcome additional individual volunteers.
GROUP PROJECTS:
Tucson Clean & Beautiful programs provide ongoing and occasional one-time project opportunities for community groups with at least 5 participants. Neighborhoods, school and youth groups, religious organizations, civic clubs, business employees, and many other types of groups are welcome! If you are not already part of an organized group but have at least 5 interested volunteers, you can form a new volunteer group! Contact Tucson Clean & Beautiful staff to assist with your group project in one or more of the following project areas:
– Adopt-a-Park & Public Areas: volunteer litter cleanup interest form – (520) 837-6834 or adoptapark@tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org – ongoing projects also available once or twice a month!
– Trees for Tucson: tree planting and maintenance efforts – Katie Gannon, (520) 837-6833 or tft@treesfortucson.org
INDIVIDUALS:
If you are interested in volunteering and are not already part of an established group, you can also join one of the many ongoing community projects which are often accepting new volunteers. Below is a partial list of groups that periodically welcome additional community volunteers. Please contact the groups listed below for more details, including schedules, requirements, and how to sign up for their volunteer events:
Central:
– Bristol Park (and traffic circle): 2500 E. Aviation Hwy and Aviation Bike Path (22nd St. to Country Club Rd). Contact: Ivo Ortiz at Barrio Centro Association, 222-4422
– Broadway/Congress, Aviation Bike Path (Broadway Blvd. to 4th Ave.) & Downtown vicinity: Meet Me at Maynards – 3rd Monday of each month, includes the opportunity for litter cleanup. Contact Jannie Cox, jannie@meetmeconcepts.com
– Northwest Neighborhood cleanup flashmob: periodic cleanup projects and green infrastructure in the vicinity of 4th Ave. south of Grant Rd. Call 205-0067 or email leonafdavis@gmail.com to learn more.
– Serve Tucson: (locations vary). Contact: Mike Birrer, http://servetucson.com/events/ – servetucson1@gmail.com
East:
– Alamo Wash (Pima St. to Speedway Blvd.). Contact: Bill Halvorson from Sustainable Solutions for Arid Lands, sustainablesolutions@mindspring.com
– Case Park Garden: 9851 E. Kenyon Dr. (south of Broadway, east of Harrison). Contact: Theresa Cisler from Academy and Tortoise Junior Civitan, tacisler@q.com
– Fort Lowell Park: 2900 N. Craycroft Rd. Contact: Sheila from Friends of Fort Lowell Park, friendsoffortlowellpark@gmail.com
– Saguaro National Park East: 3693 S. Old Spanish Trail. Call: 733-5187. Buffelgrass removal projects on the second Saturday of the month (except June-August). 8:00 a.m. – noon November-March, 7:00-11:00 a.m. April, May, September and October. Wear long pants, sturdy shoes and sun protection, and bring water. Tools and gloves provided.
West:
– Mid-Section Channel (Santa Cruz River to Headley Rd.), Oak Tree Park (5433 S. Oaktree Dr.), Raul Grijalva Park, Santa Cruz River Park (Ajo Way to Drexel Rd.), and Santa Cruz River Park – West Branch (Diversion Channel at Santa Cruz River north of Irvington Rd. to Valencia Rd.). Contact: Joe Miller of Midvale Park Neighborhood Association, josephtucs@aol.com, 419-8814
– Santa Cruz River Park (Congress St. to St. Mary’s Rd.), Grande Ave. (Congress St. to Mission Ln.). Contact: Gene Einfrank of the Menlo Park Neighborhood Association, gene.einfrank@gmail.com
Rural/out of town:
– Green Valley Recreation: I-19 and frontage road cleanup, and other periodic volunteer opportunities. Contact: Melanie Stephenson, melanie@gvrec.org
Areawide:
-AZ Trees Please: Gabriel Davila, (520) 603-9014 or gpduofa@gmail.com- This organization has many adopted several sites throughout the community.
Court-ordered Community Service:
Note: Most projects take place throughout the community, not at Tucson Clean & Beautiful’s office. We are not able to supervise individual court-ordered community service, nor provide verification letters or sign forms for individual volunteer service hours. If you are volunteering with an existing project above, please ask the group leader to provide verification letters or sign your community service form.
For other individual community service opportunities, consider contacting our friends at Habitat for Humanity, the Community Food Bank, Tucson Parks & Recreation, and other agencies that can offer community service opportunities with on-site supervision. United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona may also be able to provide contact information for other agencies regularly accepting court-ordered community service. Some of the groups listed above as welcoming volunteers may also welcome court-ordered community service.
For more information, email adoptapark@tucsoncleanandbeautiful.org or call (520) 837-6834.