MLK Day of Service 2026

 

Come join us for the 6th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Cleanup Event!

This community cleanup is hosted by the West Augustine Nature Society and the West Augustine Improvement Association, in partnership with the St. Augustine Connection, Maria Jefferson Chapter of the D.A.R., SAHS Interact Club, SAHS National Honor Society, SAHS JROTC, Protential Foundation, Beachside National Honor Society, Florida Water Warriors, Cedar Church, the Nu Epsilon Sigma Rhoer Club, and Dancing Treetops.

The event will take place on Monday, January 19th, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Please meet us at 252 N McLaughlin St, St. Augustine, FL 32084 at 9:00 AM and be ready to clean up.

Breakfast will be provided by Elizabeth Jennings from One Sotheby’s Realty, St. Augustine, and Coast2Coast Mortgage.

Please bring gloves and/or grabbers, warm clothes, and water.

If you are a club, business, church, or organization interested in teaming up with us for this cleanup event, please contact us using the information provided on the flyer.

Amazing Turnout on a Chilly Morning for the MLK Day of Service Cleanup Event!

 

From all of us at the West Augustine Nature Society, we would love to thank everyone who came out on Monday in the freezing cold to come out and help celebrate Martin Luther King Day of Service with us! Even with the weather, around 200 people joined us Monday morning, and over the span of 3 hours, we were able to collect about a ton of trash and several old tires with all of your help. 

Each year this event grows more with support and we cannot thank all of our volunteers enough! Without these amazing volunteers, who are dedicated to help us with our goal of making the world a cleaner place, we wouldn't be able to do what we do.

Special shoutout to Elizabeth Jennings and Kate Mitchell from ONE Sotheby's Real Estate for providing continental breakfast and warm drinks for our volunteers this chilly morning, I know we all appreciated it!

We would also love to thank our partners for supporting us and our volunteers. 

❤️ The West Augustine Improvement Association 

❤️ The St. Augustine Interact Club 

❤️ Dancing Treetops

❤️ St. Augustine Connection

❤️ Maria Jefferson Chapter of the D.A.R.

❤️ Omega Phi Omega, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. 

❤️ Florida Water Warriors Inc.

❤️ Pie in the Sky

❤️ SAHS Girls Soccer

❤️ Once Was Lost

❤️ 808 Bounce

❤️ Snake Bird Vintage

❤️ Elizabeth Jennings Realtor

❤️ Kate Mitchell Realtor

❤️ Dashalinka Flowers

❤️  Nu Epsilon Sigma Rhoer Club ~ Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc

❤️ Keep St. Johns County Beautiful

❤️ Stella Maris Spa

❤️ The Art House

❤️ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Be sure to check out these amazing organizations, churches, clubs, and businesses! They all played important parts in the success that we were able to have this year, thank you!

MLK Day of Service 2025

Come join us in 2025 for our 5th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Cleanup Event. We are partnering with the West Augustine Improvement Association, the St. Augustine Connection, St. Augustine High Interact Club, Dancing Treetops, Maria Jefferson Chapter of the D.A.R., Omega Phi Omega, of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Keep St. Johns County Beautiful, and Nu Epsilon Sigma Rhoer Club ~ Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc for this special day in our community. 

The event is on January 20th, from 8 to 11 AM. Please meet us at 252 N McLaughlin St, St. Augustine Florida, there will be a continental breakfast provided by Elizabeth Jennings and Kate Mitchell from One Sotheby's Reality of Northeast Florida.

Please contact us if you are a club, business, church, or organization interested in teaming up with us for this clean-up event through the information provided in our flyer above.

MLK Day of Service 2025!

 

Stay tuned! Here's the preliminary flyer for the 2025 MLK Day of Service Cleanup Event. Please share the word and mark your calendars for this event, email us with the email shown in the flyer if you are interested in partnering with us for this event, we'll need all the help and support!

2024, Earth Day, Every Day Clean Up Event - Help Keep our Community Clean

 

We are excited to once again team up with the West Augustine Improvement Association for our 2024 Earth Day Every Day Cleanup Event in St. Augustine.

Come join us as we clean up the trash pollution in our community, before it ends up in our local wetlands and waterways.

• Sunday, April 21st, 2024
• 1-3 P.M.
• Parking will be at 591 N Orange St, St. Augustine
• We will start out at the wood chip pile on 971 Bruen Street
• Service hours will be provided

BRING: Gloves and/or grabber, trash bags, & your own water bottle.

Dancing Treetops is giving a free plant to all of the volunteers, and Southern Horticulture is giving away an amazing gift basket to the raffle.

Support our partners by following them on social media.

• West Augustine Improvement Association Facebook, West Augustine Improvement Association Instagram
• Southern Horticulture Facebook, Southern Horticulture Instagram
• Dancing Treetops Facebook, Dancing Treetops Instagram

We are looking for donations for the free raffle

Overwhelming Support from 200 Volunteers at the MLK Day Cleanup Event in St. Augustine

On behalf of the West Augustine Nature Society, we want to thank everyone who came out to our 4th annual MLK day cleanup event held on January 15, 2024.

Without the amazing volunteers this event would not be possible.

4th Annual MLK Day Cleanup Event in St.Augustine - Come be a Part of Our Community

Save the date! 

Come join us for our 4th annual MLK Day of Service Cleanup event.

● Monday, January 15th, 2024 

● 8-10 A.M. 

● Meet us at 252 N Mc Laughlin St, St. Augustine 

 BRING: Gloves and/or grabber, trash bags, warm clothing & your own water bottle.  

If doing the cemetery clean up, please bring gardening tools, such as rakes, pruners etc.  After the clean up, we invite anyone interested to come join us at the Silent March downtown (Starts at 86 MLK Ave at 10:30 A.M.) to honor and remember Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in St Augustine. 

We are grateful for the support of our community partners: 

❤ The West Augustine Improvement Association

❤ The St. Augustine Connection

❤ Elizabeth Jennings Real Estate Agent, One Sotheby's International Realty

❤ Kate Mitchell Realtor, One Sotheby's International Realty

❤ Ben & Jerry's St. Augustine 

❤ Dancing Treetops

❤ EarthGuyRye 

❤ Compassionate St Augustine & Good Trouble 

❤ Nu Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. 

❤ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 

❤ Omega Phi Omega of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority  

❤ Primerica Financial Services 

❤ Interact St. Augustine High School

❤ Pie in The Sky

❤ The Rotary Club of St. Augustine Sunrise

❤ Sigma Pi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.

❤ Beachside High National Honor Society 

❤ St. Joseph Academy Interact Club

We will be cleaning up the streets around the Pinehurst, San Sebastian and Woodlawn cemeteries, and we will be cleaning up inside of the Pinehurst and San Sebastian Cemeteries, two of the oldest African American cemeteries in Florida. 

Treats for our volunteers: 

• Breakfast is provided by Elizabeth Jennings and Kate Michell from One Sotheby's Realty  
• Ben & Jerry's got ice cream for our volunteers  
• Dancing Treetops and EarthGuyRye are giving away free plants.  
• There will be raffle prizes from the community partners.  

High school students please ask us for volunteer forms. 

If you'd like to get involved in this or future events or donate food, supplies etc. to the events, contact us or the West Augustine Nature Society via messenger or email.

Please share this flyer. It may change as we add more community partners, but we will always have the most updated flyer on the website.