Keep Odessa Beautiful hosted their annual Spring Clean Up kick off event and fair Saturday morning at the City of Odessa’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility. Members of the community could come to receive free clean up materials, informational packets and mulch as well as take advantage of a free paper shredding service and food giveaways as part of KOB’s effort to promote Don’t Mess with Texas’ Trash-Off, Texas’ signature event for the Great American Cleanup which is held annually from March through May.
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Keep Odessa Beautiful Youth Advisory Council members clean up the City of Odessa Recycling Center’s Upcycle Garden during KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. KOB hosted the event to help promote registration for Don't Mess With Texas’ Trash Off Spring Cleanup taking place from March 12 through May 27. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Community members gather at the City of Odessa’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility for Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. KOB hosted the event to help promote registration for Don't Mess With Texas’ Trash Off Spring Cleanup taking place from March 12 through May 27. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
City of Odessa Code Enforcement employees Alma Angeles, left, and Oscar Ortega chat as they distribute informational packets and other free swag during Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Keep Odessa Beautiful Youth Advisory Council members prepare coffee and cookies during KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Knights of Columbus members Melissa, left, and Arturo Mendoza hold hands as they leave Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair to pick up litter along West University Boulevard Saturday morning at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility. The event featured free clean up materials, informational packets, a free shredding service, free mulch and food giveaways to promote Don’t mess with Texas’ Trash-Off, Texas’ signature event for the Great American Cleanup which is held annually from March through May. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Sonjia Hernandez, left, and Kazandra Chavez, center, gather informational packets and other swag during Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Keep Odessa Beautiful Youth Advisory Council member Giselle Arenivas, 16, left, pets six year-old Scarlett Benavidez’s dog Mitch as they visit KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
City of Odessa employees Danny Lopez, center, and Harold Vigil, right, gather informational packets and other swag from Keep Odessa Beautiful Youth Advisory Council members during KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Executive Director of Keep Odessa Beautiful Claudia Ortega and City of Odessa Recycling Center Manager Michael Jimenez teach a class of members of the KOB Youth Advisory Council about recycling during KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. KOB hosted the event to help promote registration for Don't Mess With Texas’ Trash Off Spring Cleanup taking place from March 12 through May 27. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Household Hazardous Waste Supervisor Rachel Koranteng teaches a class of members of the KOB Youth Advisory Council about recycling during KOB’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. The event featured free clean up materials, informational packets, a free shredding service, free mulch and food giveaways to promote Don’t mess with Texas’ Trash-Off, Texas’ signature event for the Great American Cleanup which is held annually from March through May. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Anna Schwartz, right, watches as Shred-it employee Frank Monclova shreds a container of her sensitive documents for free during Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. The event featured free clean up materials, informational packets, a free shredding service, free mulch and food giveaways to promote Don’t mess with Texas’ Trash-Off, Texas’ signature event for the Great American Cleanup which is held annually from March through May. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Shred-it employee Frank Monclova, left, and Anna Schwartz watch on a screen as her sensitive documents are shredded for free during Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
A volunteer picks up trash around the City of Odessa’s Household Hazardous Waste Facility during Keep Odessa Beautiful’s Spring Clean Up Kick Off Event and Fair Saturday morning in Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
