STAMFORD, Conn. (Nov. 10, 2011) – More than 3.8 million volunteers and participants joined hands to produce more vibrant, beautiful and cleaner communities during Keep America Beautiful’s 2011 Great American Cleanup, the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program. The 2011 results have been tallied with volunteers donating more than 5.2 million hours at 30,600 events in 16,500 communities throughout all 50 states.
The Great American Cleanup, which takes place annually from March through May, succeeds because volunteers take action towards meaningful change in their communities. As many local and state government budgets tightened in 2011, those volunteer hours are even more important, and valued at over $111 million in services returned to the community according to 2011 Independent Sector statistics.
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