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Boston Shines - A fun way to meet your neighbors and build community!
Citywide Neighborhood Clean Up & Community Service Volunteer Program
April 25 - April 26
April 25 - April 26
Mayor Menino's neighborhood clean up and community service program, Boston Shines, provides the tools and materials to help volunteers successfully complete projects in every neighborhood in Boston.
Let the city help you organize a neighborhood clean-up or a day of community service for your co-workers. Join us and paint a community center, plant flowers, sweep, rake and pick up trash to make our communities more beautiful.
For the past five years, over 5,000 volunteers have come together for two days in the spring to participate in a citywide clean up event. Now volunteers have the opportunity to participate in projects 365 days a year.
To find out more about getting involved in any of the following events, please contact Karen Salfity.
| Annual City-wide clean up (April 25th & 26th) | |
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| One-day clean up event, occurs in the spring. | |
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| Neighborhood Clean up (Saturdays) | |
| One-day clean up event, pick your own Saturday or join an already scheduled clean up | |
| Community impact project (Any time) | |
| One-day service project that combines multiple types of service (painting, landscaping, beautification) and involves multiple areas (school, community center, green space), maximizing it's impact on the community, date determined by volunteers | |
| Boston Schools Shine | |
| Work with a Boston Public School, students, parents and neighbors to organize a school clean up | |
| Adopt a service site | |
| Develop an ongoing relationship with a particular site. Projects can be annual or can occur more frequently. | |
| Adopt-a-Block | |
| Commit to cleaning one, or multiple, city blocks either through regularly scheduled clean ups or sponsorship | |
