Thank you to every­one who par­tic­i­pated in the 20 Minute Cleanup on May 13th! Peo­ple from all over Howard County got out­side picked up lit­ter and made Howard County cleaner and greener. Even the County Exec­u­tive got out there. By work­ing together we made a real dif­fer­ence! From email reports sent in, 1,055 peo­ple par­tic­i­pated! That is really won­der­ful and shows the great vol­un­teer spirit in Howard County. Not every­one counted their trash and recy­cling, but those who did col­lected 64 bags of trash and 18 bags of recycling.

Check out pho­tos of the 20 Minute Cleanup

An extra THANK YOU goes out to the fol­low­ing groups and indi­vid­u­als who let us know about their anti-trash heroics.

North­field Ele­men­tary School
Vet­er­ans Ele­men­tary School
Ver­sar
Straughan Envi­ron­men­tal, Inc.

The John­son Fam­ily - Pais­ley, Jor­dan, Kennedy and Chan­dler
Rose­mary Noble, Mas­ter Gar­dener
The Wright Fam­ily – Zoe, Lucas and Mary
Brownie Troop 330
Brownie Troop 121
Ned and Kathy Till­man
Howard Com­mu­nity Col­lege
Howard County Tourism
Howard County His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety
Blos­soms of Hope
Elli­cott City Restora­tion Foun­da­tion
Ho. Co. Depart­ment of Fire and Res­cue – the “Gate­way Grab­bers”
East Colum­bia 50-Plus Cen­ter
Elkridge Senior Center

Ho. Co. Tech­nol­ogy and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Groups I and II
Ho. Co. Executive’s Office
Ho.Co. Office of Envi­ron­men­tal Sus­tain­abil­ity
Ho. Co. Dept. of Plan­ning and Zon­ing
Ho. Co. Bureau of Envi­ron­men­tal Ser­vices
Ho. Co. Rec. and Parks Nat­ural Resources Division

We’re sure there are more of you out there, so if you can, please email 20minutecleanup@howardcountymd.gov to let us know you par­tic­i­pated and send us any pic­tures you would like us to include.