Serve Your City: Downtown Portland Litter Clean-Up (PSU)

Help keep our public spaces clean, enjoy some time outside, learn some interesting things about downtown landmarks and local nonprofits, and do something to support the city that PSU calls home. Many hands make light work! Volunteers will check-in, get oriented in small teams, grab gear, and then spread out in small pods into the nearby streets. After picking up litter in our designated areas while connecting to downtown’s many offerings, we will reconvene on campus for a post-project wrap-up, conversation, and an optional boxed snack.

During the project, you'll get to learn more about our local downtown area while making a positive impact and connecting with other students, PSU alumni, and local business leaders along the way. 

The event is hosted in collaboration between the PSU Center for Retail Leadership, the Student Sustainability Center, and the Student Community Engagement Center's #serveyourcityserveyourcampus program, with promotion support from the PSU alumni-founded Tuesdays4Trash.

Our community partners include SOLVE and Adopt A Block.

Registration is required via GivePulse -- look for the green registration button on this page to confirm your registration. If you're a PSU student, you can use your PSU email/password to login and get signed up via single sign-on! 

Date & Time: Saturday, October 8, 2:00pm - 4:30pm

Meeting Location: PSU's Montgomery Plaza, on SW Montgomery St. between SW 6th and SW 5th Ave by the KMC School of Business. Look for the folks with clipboards by the tents for check-in and orientation!

What is provided: Thanks to our partner, SOLVE, we will provide heavy-duty litter bags, high-vis vests, work gloves, litter grabbers. We will have a list of “priority areas” for clean-up and area leads to guide you!

Post-project snacks will also be provided, courtesy of Kroger. 

What to bring: 

• We recommend comfortable close-toed shoes and pants. Dress for the weather.
• We recommend bringing a reusable water bottle as well. 
• If you bring personal belongings please bring a backpack so you can pick up trash hands-free.
• Bring your PSU student ID to access campus restrooms

Bathrooms: PSU campus restrooms will be available to students. Remember your ID so you can badge in!

Accessibility: The check-in area is in a place that is wheelchair accessible. Most of the cleanup work will take place on city sidewalks that are wheelchair accessible. Please reach out if you have any questions or a need for accommodations. 

Contact: For questions contact volunteer@pdx.edu.