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Waste-Free Picnic
Waste-Free Picnic Join Brightside, along with our friends from The EarthWays Center, Tower Grove Park, The Nature Conservancy in Missouri and USGBC – Missouri Gateway Chapter as we co-host a waste-free picnic in celebration of sustainability, philanthropy, and the great outdoors on Give STL Day! There will be drinks, games and recycled crafts. Bring your picnic, […]
Give STL Day Extended
Give STL Day Extended Thank you to everyone who took time to make a donation for Give STL Day. Unfortunately, technology did not cooperate and many people were unable to complete the online giving form. To give folks another opportunity to support the organizations they love, the St. Louis Community Foundation has graciously extended Give […]
April Blitz Projects – Volunteers Needed
April Blitz Projects – Volunteers Needed What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for April.
One Day. One Community. Give May 3rd.
One Day. One Community. Give May 3rd. Give STL Day is coming Tuesday, May 3rd! Powered by the St. Louis Community Foundation, last year $2.1 million was donated to 790 local nonprofits in just one day. Help us make Give STL Day 2016 a success by following these three simple steps: Mark your calendar for […]
March Blitz Projects – Volunteers Needed
March Blitz Projects – Volunteers Needed What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for March.
Show Off Your Sustainable Yard
Show Off Your Sustainable Yard The 2016 Sustainable Backyard Tour is seeking hosts for its 6th annual area-wide event. Held each year in June, this is a unique opportunity to see firsthand how homeowners in St. Louis City and County are transforming their yards in a range of environmentally sensitive ways. More than 150 families […]
Confluence Trash Bash
Confluence Trash Bash On Saturday, March 19th volunteers are needed for the annual Confluence Trash Bash, a region-wide clean-up effort to remove trash and litter threatening area streams and rivers. From small pieces of litter that get carried down sewer drains into our waterways, to large appliances that are purposely dumped in our rivers, this clean-up […]
NEW! Blitz Recycling Carts
NEW! Blitz Recycling Carts Gone are the days of throwing everything in the trash. Today, we are much more in-tune with the benefits of recycling and more people are recycling now than ever before. To keep up with the ever-growing demand for more sustainable programs, Brightside is excited to add recycling carts to the list […]