Blacks Run Clean Up Day

23rd Annual Blacks Run Clean Up Day and Arbor Day - Many Small Groups Event

Get a group together, or your family, or just yourself, and join us on April 10, 2021 for the Annual Blacks Run Clean Up Day and Arbor Day Tree Planting event.  Each clean up site will be limited to a maximum of 25 people due to COVID-19 guidelines (and don't forget your masks). But, we have lots of sites that are in need of some TLC! 

Register for either Blacks Run Clean Up Day or the Arbor Day Tree Planting.

Space is limited due to the availability of supplies, so register early!  As a bonus, volunteers will receive a seedling of a native tree to plant on their own, while supplies last.

Can't make it on April 10th?  Blacks Run always needs its TLC. Get a small group together (less than 25 per COVID-19 guidance from the Governor) and schedule a day to volunteer to clean up a section of Blacks Run.

Blacks Run Clean Up Day Stats

2015: 450 volunteers, 4.1 tons of refuse

2016: 500 volunteers, 2.5 tons of refuse

2017: 516 volunteers, 3.24 tons of refuse

2018: 600 volunteers, 4.12 tons of refuse

2019: 700 volunteers, 3.8 tons of refuse (and 25 tires)

Interested in being a sponsor, displaying at the Green Scene, or have general or registration questions? 

All volunteers need to complete and return the volunteer waiver  [27KB] prior to the event on April 10, 2021.

Contact Keith Thomas, Stormwater Compliance Specialist, at Keith.Thomas@HarrisonburgVA.gov or 540-434-5928. 

If you or your organization are interested in participating in a clean up at any other point during the year, please contact Wes Runion, Environmental Specialist, at Wesley.Runion@HarrisonburgVA.gov or 540-434-5928