Community Cleanups

Your Opportunity to Protect and Connect

Thank you to all who came out to help keep our environment clean and our community beautiful in 2024.
Please stay tuned to this page for details on the 2025 community cleanup events.

Tzu Chi Canada is hosting a series of community cleanups from coast to coast and we need your help to clean up our parks, streets, beaches, and other public spaces.

We warmly invite you, your family, and your friends to join our efforts in making our neighbourhoods clean and beautiful.

Working together, we can make a positive impact on our local environment!

Find a cleanup near you today

Please click on the city below for more information.

B U R N A B Y

Tzu Chi Canada is hosting a series of community cleanups from coast to coast and we need your help to clean up our parks, streets, beaches, and other public spaces.

We warmly invite you, your family, and your friends to join our efforts in making our neighbourhoods clean and beautiful.

Working together, we can make a positive impact on our local environment!

C A L G A R Y

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M I S S I S S A U G A

M O N T R É A L

NORTH TORONTO

O T T A W A

R I C H M O N D

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V A N C O U V E R

Chinatown Street Cleaning

Chinatown

Vancouver

Saturday, April 22, 2024

10:00am - 12:00pm

Share your cleanup to help spread the word

Meeting place

Meet at the Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate

Notes

All of the necessary tools will be provided, along with a healthy snack. In the spirit of zero waste, participants are encouraged to bring their own water bottles.

Please dress for the weather. This is a rain or shine event, unless severe weather is in the forecast. We recommend wearing all-weather shoes.

Contact

Tzu Chi Foundation Canada
8850 Osler St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4G2
Tel: (604) 266-7699

Safety Tips & Things To Remember

Your health and safety is the highest priority at our cleanups. Please read the following tips and take every precaution to avoid injury.

Wear weather appropriate and protective clothing (e.g. boots or closed toe shoes, hat, sunscreen, bug spray).
Stick to a defined cleanup location.
Work in pairs or small groups.
Use gloves when picking up litter.
Sort garbage and recyclables separetely.
DO NOT pick up dangerous items (broken glass, needles or syringes, chemicals, medical waste, sharp objects, animal carcasses and heavy/oversized objects). If you come across any of these items please leave them where you found them and report the location for safe disposal.
DO NOT pick up litter in unsafe areas such as riverbanks and roadways.
Be mindful of vehicles when near roads.
Please stay off private property.
All children participating under the age of 12 should be supervised by an adult.

Photo & Video Release

Tzu Chi’s Documentation Team will be taking photos and video footage at our community cleanup events. These images may be used by us and published in news stories, social media, and on websites. In addition we may distribute them to our event partners for their use.

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