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Keep Columbus Beautiful Volunteer Opportunities

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Activities you may choose to participate in during Trash-Off or Fall Sweep include: 

• Pick up litter in parks and on roadside and highway ditches, etc. Adopt a spot for all year round!

• Mow a vacant lot

• Help a neighbor with a yard or home beautification project

• Plant tree(s) or flowers

• Clean up a garden (like at our workdays for the Square plant pots and pocket gardens)

• Paint a fence

• Demo old houses and buildings

• If it makes Columbus more beautiful, it counts!

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Trash Off Days Events​ for 2026

Local citizens as individuals or as part of a various organizations' service projects clean-up and beautify the Columbus community. Various organizations schedule special days to make cleaning up easier...remember to keep track of your efforts collecting the items and disposing of them, then report your hours to ensure Columbus gets credit:

• Spring Clean-Up - March 1 - May 31

  • Work with an organization you belong to and create your own projects or do something on your own.

  • All volunteers should track their hours and report them so that Columbus can report all citizens' volunteer hours to the state and national campaigns. Report hours directly to Columbus Garden Club's Keep Columbus Beautiful coordinator by texting or calling 979-733-4343.

  • Please report on or before May 31.​

• Trash Off Volunteer Registration - Saturday, April 11, 8:30am - 11:30am​

  • Usually first Saturday in April, except when scheduled to avoid Easter as it is in 2026.

  • A key day to pick up trash and complete other beautification projects, register yourself or your organization at the Columbus Visitor Center picnic pavilion at the corner of Walnut St and Travis St. 

  • Come by to pick up supplies including trash bags, orange vest, gloves, and grabber as well as give us your information so we can contact you at the end of May to gather the hours you contributed! The volunteer hours get reported to state and national programs and sometimes Columbus wins awards and recognition for how awesome our citizens and town are!

  • Not sure what to do or where to pick up trash? Come register as we have some projects for you!

• City Maintenance Yard Large Item Disposal - Wednesday, April 8 - Saturday, April 11 (weekdays 8a-12p and 1p-5p, Sat 8a-12p)

  • ​Usually first Wednesday through Saturday in April except when scheduled to avoid Easter as it is in 2026.

  • Bring the following to 1427-B Montezuma Street:  

    • washers, dryers, recliners, mattresses, household appliances,

    • tree limbs, fencing materials, lumber,

    • bicycles, exercise equipment, and more.

    • IMPORTANT: Refrigerators and freezers will be accepted only if a technician has removed the freon.  Hazardous items are NOT accepted including pesticides, chemicals, paint, tires, batteries, televisions, computers, chemicals, fertilizers, poisons, or pharmaceuticals. Citizens are urged to properly store these items until the next hazardous collection day. Save these items until Columbus announces a hazardous waste disposal event. 

• Curbside Limb Chipping for Columbus Residents - Monday, April 13 - Friday, April 17​​

  • Columbus citizens may schedule free curbside limb chipping during this week.

  • Call the city offices in advance at 979-732-2366.

  • All limbs must be placed at the curb (not in the street) away from meters, utility access holes, and drainage areas.

  • Limb chipping is available for “do-it-yourself” homeowner trimming projects. It is not available for professional tree trimming projects.

• Report Your Spring Clean-Up Service!

  • The last day of May is the last chance to report any volunteer hours by texting or calling 979-733-4343! Hours are reported to the state and national campaigns and help earn points towards grants to improve our town.

  • Take a few minutes to jot down your hours and of those working with you to let the Keep Columbus Beautiful coordinator know about your service serves the City of Columbus in getting grants to help keep our town the great place it is to live. 

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Fall Sweep Participation​

Local citizens, as individuals or as part of a various organizations' service projects, get a second annual opportunity to clean-up and beautify the Columbus community. From October 1 - November 15, Columbus citizens target litter along our streets, parks, highways, and natural areas. Last year during Keep Texas Beautiful, 10,000+ Fall Sweep volunteers removed almost 1 million pounds of litter.

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Keep Columbus Beautiful would love to have your help this year. Simply find a way to make Columbus more beautiful such as in the volunteer opportunities list above. Check our Columbus Garden Club Facebook page or Keep Columbus Beautiful Facebook page for how to request free supply kits that include orange vest, trash bags, gloves, and grabber.  

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To volunteer and report your service projects and hours, call or text the Columbus Garden Club at 979-733-4343.