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June Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
June Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed! What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for June. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!
Great Rivers Greenway Trash Pick Up Event
Great Rivers Greenway Trash Pick Up Event In partnership with community members on the City’s north side, Great Rivers Greenway is organizing a volunteer trash pick-up event. On Saturday, June 11 from 10am to 1pm, volunteers will gather to pick up trash along a one-mile section of N. Grand from Natural Bridge to Cass Ave. The flyer […]
Flower Shower -> Blitz Blooms!
Flower Shower -> Blitz Blooms! Did you know we’re growing dianthus, marigolds and celosia in the Greenhouse at Forest Park? 40,000 of each in honor of our 40th anniversary! Now we need your help to plant them! Every year, Blitz Blooms volunteers plan a neighborhood cleanup and then plant these annuals in public spaces across […]
March Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
March Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed! What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for March. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!
Looking Back at Project Mainstreet
Looking Back at Project Mainstreet This popular and well-remembered program ran for more than 20 years. Project Mainstreet youths focused on cleaning up along major thoroughfares while learning important job skills like working as a team and interacting with supervisors and the public. We can’t tell you how often the Brightside team meets […]
40 Years of Blitz Clean-ups!
40 Years of Blitz Clean-ups! In honor of Brightside’s 40th anniversary, we will be sharing special stories and photos since 1982 to help celebrate the hard work St. Louisans have put in to support cleaning and greening our city! Forty years ago, city residents felt the number one problem facing St. Louis was […]
To Our Volunteers
To Our Volunteers You may not have realized it yet, but you have been a part of 40 years of cleaning and greening St. Louis! We appreciate your commitment to making a better St. Louis for all of us. In 2022, we need your continued support to help us reach our 40th Anniversary Goals: We are thankful for […]
February Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed!
February Blitz Events – Volunteers Needed! What’s Brightside up to this month? Check out this list of events and projects we’re looking forward to for February. Opportunities are updated as we receive them, so check back often for updates!