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Highway 179, Sedona AZ

Litter Lifters are those Sedona citizens who volunteer to remove litter from our roadsides. Upon reflection, it may seem a small matter compared to personal issues or the national and global picture. Or it might just go unnoticed. However, the absence of litter on our roads is meaningful. It shows we care and take pride in this place. We believe visitors are more likely to return to a clean environment.

Keep Sedona Beautiful currently manages over 125 volunteer Litter Lifters, covering almost 50 miles of roadway. A significant number have served the community for many years and in a few cases, over 20 years.

Because we favor less sign clutter on our roadways, you may not know that KSB Litter Lifters cover the entire length of SR 179, including, as you know, some very challenging segments. They also cover many miles of SR 89A to the west and north of Sedona. Only a single sign at each end identifies Keep Sedona Beautiful.

Our dedicated KSB Litter Lifters need everyone’s help, either on a regular or temporary basis. We provide all the tools; you get all the good feelings from a worthy contribution to our community. By the way, when you see a Litter Lifter, give a honk and wave to those tenacious folks wearing the bright orange vests, true heroes among us.

Call Wendy at 928.282.4938 for information on how you can get involved.

It takes volunteers to make things happen, and Keep Sedona Beautiful operates entirely on volunteer service. People work on the garden project, people volunteer to write news, and people volunteer to direct traffic for events. The Native plant Workshop is all volunteer staffed.

Bell Rock, Sedona AZ

People volunteer for many reasons. What is the ingredient that makes people volunteer for anything? We believe it comes from  a sense of caring. A sense of wanting to contribute to improve. To become a part of something worthwhile. To invest one’s self in something meaningful. A sense of wanting to make a difference.

We’re always looking for like-minded volunteers to join us in our many projects:

• Annual Awards
• Preserving our Wondrous Starlit Skies
• Environmental Workshops
• Land Preservation Task Force
• Landscape Design
• Litter Lifter Program
• Litter Prevention Promotion
• National Scenic Area Designation
• Native Plant Workshop
• Noise Abatement
• “Capture the Wonder” Photo Contest
• Scholarships
• Speaker Series
• Water Conservation

If you can give your community the gift of your time and talent, please contact Wendy in the Keep Sedona Beautiful office at 928.282.4938.

Start your Monday morning with FREE coffee and cookies at Sedona’s Java Love Cafe.  On Monday June 22nd from 7:00 a.m. to 10 a.m. Java Love Café will be giving out a free cup of coffee and cookies in partnership with Keep Sedona Beautiful in order to bring attention to the push for a National Scenic Area designation (NSA) in the Sedona area.  Volunteers from Keep Sedona Beautiful will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on the National Scenic Area designation.  Read more about the event and the NSA …

KSB's headquarters, the Pushmataha Building

Keep Sedona Beautiful volunteers are currently working on a native plant garden at KSB’s headquarters, the historic Pushmataha Building. Spearheaded by Jolene Pierson, Dave Norton and Bill Pumphrey, the garden will be an outdoor venue for various programs and open to the public in the fall of 2009.

The Pushmataha Building is #15 on the City of Sedona’s list of Historic Landmarks.  Built in the Old-West style for a museum and named after a Choctaw Chief. “Pushataha” means “He has won all the honors of his race”. The building is part of the story of commercial development in Sedona in the 1960s.

The Pushmataha Building, on 3 acres with garden paths is available for use by the public.  For more information, visit the Keep Sedona Beautiful website.