Want to get involved in Indy’s neighborhoods? Put on some gloves, grab a trash bag and clean up some litter.
If your neighborhood isn’t on the list, you can explore and help out at another one — you’ll might even meet some interesting people along the way and get invited back to some cool block parties.
And, if you want to start your own cleanup event, you can apply to the Great Indy Cleanup program, a partnership between the city and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. You’ll get everything you need: supplies, a dumpster and templates for flyers.
Here are litter pick-up events, from the end of August through October.
Haughville
🗓️ 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26
📍 Haughville Park, 520 Belleview Place
Join IMPD to get Haughville Park ready for the Aug. 27 IMPD Southwest Community Day. Sign up online or just show up, and bring a pair of gloves. Questions? Email Omari.Stringer@indy.gov.
Near northwest
🗓️ 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Aug. 28
📍 1176 Roache St.
Wear closed toed shoes, park along Roache Street and bring a water bottle. Keep Indianapolis Beautiful will provide all the supplies. If you want to go, register online.
This is part of a monthly cleanup series with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful and the city’s Department of Business and Neighborhood Services.
Bates-Hendricks
🗓️ 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 6
📍 302 Lincoln St.
Help get Bates-Hendricks, a near-southside historic neighborhood, ready for its annual Street Fest on Sept. 13. This cleanup will focus on Alabama Esplanade and New Jersey Esplanade. Contact QualityOfLife@bateshendricks.org for more info.
Cottage Home
🗓️ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27
📍 Cottage Home Community Space, 700 N. Highland Ave.
Cottage Home’s annual fall cleanup helps prepare the space for its block party—one of the city’s best fall events, open to all. Breakfast, lunch and cleanup supplies are provided. Drop in any time from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Willard Park
🗓️ 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4
📍 401 N. Randolph St.
Willard Park, on the near east side, is another site for one of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s monthly cleanups. This one will focus on picking up litter around the former women’s prison and north of Washington Street.
Any kids have to be accompanied by parents, because it’s along busy roads. All supplies are provided, and you can register online.
Little Flower
🗓️ 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25
📍 Intersection of Nowland Avenue and Bancroft Street
Little Flower Neighborhood Association hosts “Little Flower Litter League” cleanups every other month. At its August cleanup, people filled 14 trash bags in the cozy near-eastside neighborhood.
Broad Ripple
🗓️ 10 a.m. to noon, every first Saturday of the month
📍 Broad Ripple Firehouse, 6330 Guilford Ave.
Every month, you can join the Broad Ripple Village Association for a cleanup. If it rains or snows, or temps fall below 32 degrees, the cleanup is canceled. Supplies are provided, and you don’t have to register ahead of time. Just show up, and spend a Saturday morning picking up litter in one of Indy’s artsiest neighborhoods.
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