Keep Paris/Henry County Beautiful - Henry County Litter Program

04/30/2026

A big thank you to our friends from First Christian Church Disciples of Christ! By working together, they were able to remove 14 bags worth of garbage off of 641 North. If you belong to an organization that is interested in helping clean up our community, we will supply you with everything you need. Give us a call at 731-642-3162 for any questions or to schedule a cleanup! 💚

04/12/2026

Litter can travel from streets to storm drains to streams, and get carried into our neighborhoods, far beyond where it started. Keeping litter secure is one of the simplest ways to protect Montgomery County’s waterways.

Ready to do more? Volunteer opportunities and cleanup programs are available across the County. Learn how to get involved ➡ MontgomeryCountyMD.gov/litter

04/09/2026

Keep Paris/Henry County Beautiful partnered with Keep Tennessee River Beautiful for a successful lake shore cleanup on Kentucky Lake with 17 volunteers. One of the most common pieces of litter we found were tires, which thankfully will be recycled along with all metal that was found. A great time was had by all in attendance! Let’s keep our waterways clean!

02/12/2026

02/08/2026

01/25/2026

❄️🚮 Winter may mean fewer people outside — but litter doesn’t take a season off.

When the weather turns cold, fewer cleanups happen, which means trash can sit longer along roadsides, waterways, and public spaces. Over time, that litter still breaks down, washes into streams, and impacts wildlife and communities.

Even small actions help this time of year. If you see litter and it’s safe to pick up, you’re making a difference — no matter the season. 💚

10/22/2025

🎉 This year marks 5 years of No Trash November....and it's shaping up to be the biggest yet!

Whether you’ve been part of the movement since day one or you're just getting started, now’s your time to jump in.

Here’s what’s waiting for you:
✅ Free t-shirts when you register your cleanup
✅ Triple Trash Masters Rewards points all month
✅ A chance to win the coveted No Trash November trophy
🏆 And a legendary grand prize: the only plush Trashsquatch in existence!

Rally your crew, sign up your group, and show us how your community gets it done.

📍 Start here → https://bit.ly/3Ub4Ry8

05/21/2025

Composting yardwaste at home is a simple way to reduce waste! Composting is nature’s way of recycling. When you collect grass clippings and leaves from your lawn and add them to a compost pile, you can use it to enrich the soil in your garden.

Plus, you’ll help prevent soil erosion, conserve water, and reduce the volume of materials sent to the landfill.

Be sure to follow City of Omaha guidelines. See this page for tips! https://www.keepomahabeautiful.org/resources/leave-it-on-the-lawn.html

05/14/2025

4,198 lbs. of trash removed from Kentucky Lake of the Tennessee River!!! 🤩

After two rescheduled dates due to flooding, we had six faithful volunteers come out for our final cleanup in the 7th annual Tennessee River Grand Slam Cleanup Series in Dover/Paris, Tenn./Murray, Ky., and, WOW, did they make a big impact!

The volunteer trash haul included an impressive 32 bags of litter, 38 feet of barge line, 4.5 tires, THREE channel markers (two green, one red), a large boat fuel tank, a 55-gallon barrel, a jet ski lift, the fiberglass top half of a boat, a 15-foot concrete/metal/foam dock, and more!

Thank you so much to Diann McGuire (a true warrior) at Keep Paris/Henry County Beautiful - Henry County Litter Program for not only collaborating in the organization of this cleanup, but joining and even staying to toss the trash from the trash boat into the dumpster after the cleanup.

We also had TVA employee and our river mile adoptee, Phillip Toon, join, contributing in a big way to our cleanup with his passion for the river and strength that really came in handy when you have things like 400-pound channel markers on the shore...

Thanks to our partners at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area - U.S. Forest Service (and Friends of Land Between the Lakes) for letting us launch from their boat ramp and for using their heavy equipment to haul away the massive channel markers and 15-foot concrete dock that we hauled in from the cleanup. Thanks to Kinsey LLC Tree Service for donating the 40-yard dumpster to haul away all of the trash collected by our awesome volunteers.

As usual with our river cleanups, this event was only possible thanks to all of the committed collaboration of many partners and volunteers. Thank you so much for making such a difference for the Tennessee River watershed! 💪

Tennessee Valley Authority Keep Tennessee Beautiful

04/08/2025

NAPNA is having a neighborhood community cleanup on April 12th at 9:00am. We’ll be meeting at the dog park on Highland Street where suplies will be provided, so bring yourself and a friend! For more information, please contact 731-642-3162.