On the first Sunday and third Monday of every month, volunteers come together in Downtown Hillsboro to clean litter and graffiti throughout the neighborhood in an effort to keep Hillsboro clean and safe! Hillsboro Downtown Partnership does this project in partnership with SOLVE Oregon as the biggest and most consistent Hillsboro Solve partners. We provide volunteers with maps, safety vests, gloves, bags, and litter pickers and send them out into the community to clean everything from takeout containers and shopping carts to graffiti and tags.
This community event also helps our organization to stay on top of larger illegal dumps and abandoned camps that may be too much for volunteers to carry but are handled internally by HDP staff. Volunteers also alert us about items such as sharps and human waste so that we can remove them and reduce the hazard for community members.
We believe that community is built through service and coming together monthly to keep Hillsboro tidy has helped us to build connections with corporate teams, students, and caring individuals who are dedicated to keeping our community clean.
