Potomac Watershed cleanup
2024-04-20 12:00 (America/New_York)
SAVE THE DATE: April 20, 2024

The 35th Annual Potomac Watershed Cleanup

Help beautify the Village by taking part in this annual cleanup.

Trash that ends up on the ground gets into our streams and can even find its way all the way to the Potomac. Trash introduces harmful substances into the natural environment.

All over the DMV, communities are banding together to clean up the Watershed.

Here in the Village, we have identified three areas that will be our focus in this effort. Some of it is easy walking grade, other areas will require a higher level of fitness.

Use this link to sign up and let’s pull together to beautify the Village and our country!

﻿Potomac Watershed Clean-Up Day | Washington Metropolitan Chapter Community Associations Institute

Broad Run Farm cleanup #2
2024-04-27 09:00 - 12:00
We are going to have a neighborhood clean-up on April 27, 2024.

We will meet at the Galilee Church for bags, grabbers and street assignments between 9:00am and 10:00am.

No registration just show up !

Evergreen Mill Student cleanup
2024-04-27 10:00 - 12:00
Evergreen Mills Cleanup:

We are once again seeking student volunteers for a Keep Loudoun Beautiful (KLB) cleanup along Evergreen Mills Road in Leesburg. This year’s cleanup will be held on Saturday, April 27th from 10-12. The activity qualifies for those seeking community service hours.

We will meet in the parking lot at Heritage High School near the main entrance for the buses. Below Green button is the signup link for interested students: Please distribute generously!

Clean the Bay Day
2024-06-01 09:00 - 12:00
It’s time to save the date for Clean the Bay Day! The Chesapeake bay foundation will be hosting their 35th Clean the Bay Day this year on Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Volunteer registration will open the first week of April. The earlier you register, the more choices you will have regarding cleanup sites. For groups, it is recommended you register early to ensure you can all be at the same location. To learn more about Clean the Bay Day, check out cbf.org/clean or email us at ctbd@cbf.org.

Board Meeting
2024-06-17 19:00 - 20:00
Meeting for board members only via zoom.

Love your mother art gallery fundraiser
2024-06-19 16:00 - 19:00 | Rust manor house, 802 Childrens center, Leesburg
Love your mother Co is hosting their third annual art gallery. See flyer for details. June 19th and 20th

Sterling cleanup
2024-07-27 08:45 - 12:30
Join us on Saturday, July 27, for the quarterly community cleanup of Sterling Blvd. Meet at Briar Patch Park promptly at 8:45am. Pick up orange bags, a safety vest and get your assignment. Please bring water, work gloves and a friend!

Board meeting
2024-07-29 19:00 - 20:00
Meeting for Board members only via zoom invite.

Annual canoe cleanup
2024-08-18 08:45 - 14:00
Keep Loudoun Beautiful is gearing up for our annual canoe cleanup event. Join us as we paddle down the Potomac River collecting tires and trash found along and in the water.

This year’s cleanup event is set for Sunday, August 18th, rain or shine. (There will be NO RAIN DATE).

We will meet at 8:45 am at the McKimmey Boat Ramp, just off Rte 15 before you get to the Point of Rocks bridge. We will put in and paddle down the Potomac River picking up trash and tires. The trip will end at Riverside on the Potomac, in Lucketts, VA, around 1 pm where we will haul the trash and tires from the canoes into dumpsters. The day ends at 2 pm with a pizza lunch.

Drivers will drop off their passengers at the McKimmey Boat Ramp and drive to the take out location at Riverside on the Potomac to park their vehicles. A driver shuttle van will be waiting at Riverside on the Potomac to take drivers back to the McKinney Boat Ramp.

The event fee is $30 per person. There will be 2 persons per canoe. The event fee includes the canoe, paddle, safety vest, river guide, cleanup supplies, and a pizza lunch. The event fee helps to defray the cost of putting together the event and to avoid “no-shows”.

Volunteers must be at least 18 years old to participate.

Please wear closed-toed shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting wet. Bring a reusable water bottle, sunscreen, a towel, a hat, and a change of clothes. **This will be a plastic water bottle-free event.**

There is a limit of 18 canoes for this cleanup event, so sign up to reserve your canoe/spot before they’re all filled up!

This year we also need additional volunteers at the Riverside on the Potomac take-out point starting at 1 pm to help haul trash and tires from the canoes into the dumpsters. Please consider helping out if you would like participate in this river cleanup activity, but don’t want to be on the water in a canoe.

Trash Bash
2024-10-20 12:30 - 17:00
Registration NOW OPEN!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080D4DA4A82DA7FB6-51314800-annual#/

Annual KLB Fall Trash Bash clean up around the Cascades area and Sugarland Run floodplain registration coming soon.

When: Sunday October 20th, 2024 starting at 12:30 pm.

Where: We’ll be meeting at the Quarterpath Trace Community Center, at 20430 Quarterpath Trace Circle, Sterling, which is at the intersection of Algonkian Pkwy and Quarterpath Trace Circle. Restrooms will be available at the Quarterpath Trace Community Center.

We require registration for everyone who’d like to participate. We are trying to assign areas beforehand to be more prepared and help things move smoother.

We will provide safety vests, gloves, bags, grabbers, fruit, granola bars and water. Please remember to bring your own reusable water bottle! In line with our mission, this will be a “plastic bottle-free zone”.

SCOUT TROOPS – We have KLB patches for the Scouts! Please indicate in the sign up your troop number, age of kids, and the number of kids and adults participating. Please just have the leader fill out 1 registration for whole troop.

REUSE YOUR T-SHIRTS FROM PRIOR YEARS

In an effort to reduce our ecological footprint, we are not printing new t-shirts. But we will have new/never used t-shirts from past years that you may take. We do encourage you to wear your KLB t-shirt from previous events you have attended.

HELP US FIND MORE LOCATIONS TO CLEAN:

If you have seen litter in the Cascades area (park, roadway, school, anything) that is in need of folks to clean up, please email rdwoodr123@randallg and report it so we can add it to our list of areas to clean up.

COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS:

Since the Cascades Trash Bash is a community service event, it qualifies for community service hours for your school, scout troop, or other organization. Just be sure to bring your forms for us to sign.

Brambleton community cleanup
2024-11-02 09:00 - 11:00
Join your neighbors for a fun and impactful morning at Brambleton Community Clean-Up @Beaverdam Reservoir! This community-wide event is designed to bring people together to help preserve the natural beauty of Beaverdam Reservoir. Participants will have the option to choose from different clean-up activities based on their interests and abilities: Scenic Hikes: Explore the trails while collecting litter along the way and enjoying the beautiful surroundings. Common Area Cleanup: Help tidy up shared spaces in and around the reservoir, making it a welcoming spot for everyone. Shoreline Restoration: Roll up your sleeves and clean along the water’s edge to protect local wildlife and keep the reservoir pristine. All ages are welcome! Whether you’re a nature lover, an avid hiker, or just looking to give back, there’s a way for everyone to get involved. Let’s come together and make a difference for our community and environment!

Board meeting
2024-11-18 19:00 - 20:00
Board meeting via Zoom by invite only.

Board meeting
2024-12-09 19:00 - 20:00
Board meeting by invite only. Annual holiday dinner.

Board meeting
2025-01-27 19:00 - 20:00
Board meeting via zoom by invite only

Area leader dinner
2025-02-27 18:00 - 20:00
Save the date. Annual area leader meeting/dinner. We will have 2 guest speakers. This meeting is for area leaders only. Please see invite in your email if you are an area leader. We will have supplies on hand getting ready for your spring cleanups.

Spirit night fundraiser
2025-03-05 15:00 - 22:00
Come to the Ashburn Texas Roadhouse for a great dinner and 10% of your food order will go to KLB. Thank you for your support.

Sterling clean up
2025-03-16 10:30 - 12:30
Heads up! Another Cleanup! Loudoun Nature Conservation Project will be hosting a park clean up at Claude Moore on 3/16 at 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. They will be meeting at the Heritage Farm Museum (21668 Heritage Farm Ln, Sterling, VA 20164) you can receive an extra half hour if you bring your own gloves and trash bag. This is a great way to support the community so please sign up if you can!

Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM on March 16, 2025

Location: Heritage Farm Museum (21668 Heritage Farm Ln, Sterling, VA 20164)

Purcellville town-wide cleanup
2025-03-22 09:00 - 16:00
Two time slots to choose from. 9-12 or 1-4. please see sign up for details.

Waterford Cleanup
2025-03-28 00:00 - 2025-04-06 23:59
Waterford clean up will be Friday March 28 through Sunday April 6th. This is the normal roadside trash pick along roads into Waterford. If weather delays this it will extend one week longer to Sunday April 13.

Material will be available on my front porch 15575 Second St Waterford on Friday March,28

Contact Nick R. for areas that you can help with.

ratcliffe2@gmail.com

Willowsford Cleanup
2025-03-31 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for our third annual Village wide clean-up day, Monday, March 31st, 2025 from 10-12pm! Keeping Willowsford beautiful takes a Village, participating in this clean-up day is only one way you can make a difference in your community. This is a day LCPS has off school and a great opportunity for students to get additional volunteer hours. Please register on sign up.

Broad Run Farms cleanup
2025-04-05 00:00 - 23:59
Sterling cleanup in Broad Run farms-

April 5th.

Please contact Dan Schultz for details of event and how you can help out.

schdan9977@gmail.com

Sterling Blvd cleanup
2025-04-05 08:45 - 12:00

Potomac Watershed cleanup
2025-04-05 09:00 - 12:00
Potomac Watershed Cleanup 2025

The Potomac Watershed Cleanup has grown from a small shoreline cleanup at Piscataway National Park to a watershed wide network. What started as a few cleanup events along the Potomac River is now a regional event spanning Maryland, Virginia, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

This year, Cascades Community Association will have 2 locations –

• Quarterpath Trace Community Center (Main Hub) – 20430 Quarterpath Trace Circle.

• The intersection of Buoy Place & Reef Terrace off of Lowes Island Blvd.

We encourage everyone to stop by, pick up bags and gloves, roam throughout the community (not just the community center), then return all trash to the main hub to be taken to the landfill.

Tree Planting #1
2025-04-05 10:00 - 15:00
We will have 2 tree plantings this year with the Goose Creek Assoc.

The dates will be April 5th and the 12th, 2025.

NO CHILDREN under the age of 14 please. This is heavy lifting, hard labor. Only high schoolers and older please.

Details:

We are looking forward to planting with you all on Saturday, April 5th and I am following up with the final details. We are monitoring the weather closely and we will still plant in light rain and passing showers. However, we will cancel/postpone the planting if a deluge or lightning is expected.

Our planting location will be Fiddler’s Green and the GPS address is below, but does not get you to the farm entrance. Please follow the additional driving instructions. There will also be signs and volunteers to guide you.

Date:Saturday, April 5th, 2025

GPS Address:34767 Fiddlers Green Ln,Middleburg, VA 20117

Additional Driving Instructions:Continue on Unison Road until you see the Goose Creek Association sign at the entrance to Fiddler’s Green. Turn onto property at the sign and proceed down the driveway where additional signs and volunteers will direct you. See attached a map with the entrance identified in white.

Proposed Schedule:10 AM: Volunteers arrive 10:15 AM: Tree planting demo and education on why we do riparian plantings10:30 AM: Tree planting begins12:00PM: GCA provides boxed lunches12:30 PM: Planting resumes~2:30 PM: Volunteers depart

LunchWe will provide a variety (including veggie) of boxed subway lunches for participants (example: sandwich, chips, apple, cookie, & water), but people are welcome to bring their own. In the case of allergies, it is best for the participant to bring their own lunch, but if necessary, please let us know and we will try to accommodate specific needs. We will also have plenty of water available throughout the day.

Paperwork:Please have everyone sign the attached liability waiver and bring it with them to the planting site on Saturday. We will have extra copies on hand, but it is always easier if the paperwork is completed in advance. I will have community service forms for interested volunteers if they wish to receive credit for their hours.

Additional Details:There will be a porta-john on site.

Please remember that we will plant in light rain and only cancel/postpone in the case of heavy rain or lightning.

We highly recommend that participants wear waterproof/old boots or shoes since we are working near water.

Bring work gloves and dress warmly in layers, remembering that layers can always be removed.

Remember to check for ticks when you get home.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns and thank you again for working together with us to improve the water quality of the Goose Creek Watershed!

Keep Leesburg Beautiful
2025-04-05 11:00
The Town celebrates Keep Leesburg Beautiful throughout the month of April each year. This initiative is an opportunity for businesses, residents, and community groups to come together to make Leesburg a cleaner place for all. The Town welcomes volunteers to get outside in the Spring by hosting a litter clean-up competition, where the winning group will be presented with the Golden Grabber.

The Town is happy to provide supplies; like trash bags, gloves, safety vests and trash grabbers for clean up events throughout the year.

Please click on link to register!

Lovettsville Market cleanup
2025-04-06 14:00
Come help us on Sunday, April, 6th at 2pm as we continue our clean up efforts along Berlin Turnpike!! Since 2013, we have collected over 340!!! bags of trash and countless tires! Please meet in the empty lot next to Bridge End Gas station by 2pm. Gloves, Safety Vests and trash bags will be provided! Please email julieharner75@gmail.com to RSVP!

Dry Mill rd cleanup
2025-04-12 10:00 - 12:00
Cleanup is on Saturday, April 12 at 10 a.m. at the intersection of the W&OD Trail and Dry Mill Road. Volunteers should bring a water bottle, bug spray, and sunscreen. Supplies will be provided. Rain date is Sunday, April 13 at the same time. Service hours will be signed off this this event.

email Chad Green at chadgreen@verizon.net or call 540-391-1482.

Tree Planting #2
2025-04-12 10:00 - 15:00
NO CHILDREN under the age of 14 please. This is heavy lifting, hard labor. Only high schoolers and older please.

It will likely be a chilly day with light rain, so please dress accordingly!

The Fiddler’s Green GPS address is below, but does not get you to the farm entrance. Please follow the additional driving instructions. There will also be signs and volunteers to guide you.

Date:Saturday, April 12th, 2025

GPS Address:34767 Fiddlers Green Ln,Middleburg, VA 20117

Additional Driving Instructions:Continue on Unison Road until you see the Goose Creek Association sign at the entrance to Fiddler’s Green. Turn onto property at the sign and proceed down the driveway where additional signs and volunteers will direct you (it is a long driveway!). See attached a map with the entrance identified in white.

Proposed Schedule:10 AM: Volunteers arrive 10:15 AM: Tree planting demo and education on why we do riparian plantings10:30 AM: Tree planting begins12:00PM: GCA provides boxed lunches12:30 PM: Planting resumes~

2:30 PM: Volunteers depart

LunchWe will provide a variety (including veggie) of boxed subway lunches for participants (example: sandwich, chips, apple, cookie, & water), but people are welcome to bring their own. In the case of allergies, it is best for the participant to bring their own lunch, but if necessary, please let us know and we will try to accommodate specific needs. We will have plenty of water available throughout the day.

Paperwork:Please have everyone sign the attached liability waiver and bring it with them to the planting site on Saturday. We will have extra copies on hand, but it is always easier if the paperwork is completed in advance. I will have community service forms for interested volunteers if they wish to receive credit for their hours.

Additional Details:There will be a porta-john on site.

Please remember that we will plant in light rain and only cancel/postpone in the case of heavy rain or lightning.

We highly recommend that participants wear waterproof/old boots or shoes since we are working near water.

Bring work gloves and dress warmly in layers, remembering that layers can always be removed.

Remember to check for ticks when you get home.

thank you again for working together with us to improve the water quality of the Goose creek watershed

Community stream clean up-Sterling
2025-04-19 08:30 - 23:30
It’s that time of year again to gear up and clean up the waterways in Sterling. These waterways directly impact our local eco systems as well as the ecosystems of the Chesapeake Bay where all the water flows to in the end. Help us this year with cleaning up the trash in our little streams and waterways in Sterling, VA.

Help make our community a cleaner, greener place by volunteering to help pick up litter.

Make a difference in your community by volunteering to help keep our environment clean and green!

Where: We’ll meet in the old Big Lots parking lot before dispersing into teams to clean up various streams in the area.

Time: Sign In 8:30 am to 9:30 am.​​

Everyone participating must Register:

Everyone participating must complete and sign a Waiver:

Fill Out Online Waiver and Submit Online: English, Espanol

Print Out Waiver, Sign, and Bring with You: The Sterling Foundation • Volunteer Waiver

Note: Minors must be accompanied by an adult​.

Dress for Success – Wear long pants, long sleeves, and boots. Stay Hydrated – Bring a refillable water bottle.

​For further questions contact our stream captain atchair@sterlingfoundation.org

Let’s work together for a cleaner, healthier community!

Board Meeting
2025-04-21 19:00 - 20:00
Board meeting by invite only via Zoom.
