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Help celebrate the 51st anniversary of Earth Day at the Oregon Spring Cleanup on Saturday, April 17.

Registration for more than 70 SOLVE sponsored statewide volunteer events is now open, with options including beach cleanups, inland cleanups, restoration projects and native tree and shrub plantings.

Coastal project locations range from Astoria to Bandon, bringing volunteers and SOLVE partners from around Oregon to celebrate Earth Day by working together for a healthier environment and cleaner communities.

This is the first year of the Oregon Spring Cleanup. Its roots lie within two of SOLVE’s most time-honored events, the Spring Oregon Beach Cleanup, which began in 1986, and SOLVE IT for Earth Day, which began in 1990. 

Since they began, the events have engaged more than 250,000 volunteers and helped remove more than 17 million pounds of litter and debris from Oregon’s coast, forests, urban areas and natural landscapes.

All participating volunteers must agree to SOLVE’s COVID-19 safety guidelines.

If you know of an area that could use a litter cleanup or invasive species pull, it’s not too late to host an Oregon Spring Cleanup project: email the idea to info@solveoregon.org.

While most projects are happening on Saturday, April 17, volunteers can also still get involved the weeks before and after, Saturday, April 10, through Saturday, April 24.

SOLVE is a statewide non-profit organization that began in 1969, and has grown from a small, grassroots group to a national model of volunteer action, mobilizing and training tens of thousands of volunteers of all ages across Oregon. For more information, go to @SOLVEOregon on Facebook. 

To search for and register for a Spring Cleanup event, go to www.solveoregon.org.