Keep Suffolk Beautiful

🌿 Keep Suffolk Beautiful Hosts 5th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Evening 🌿

Nearly 30 Adopt Program (Adopt-A-Street and Adopt-A-Spot) groups, plus Recycling Drive and Suffolk Earth & Arts Festival volunteers, gathered at the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts to be recognized for their impact on keeping Suffolk clean and beautiful.

Keynote speaker Lisa Renee Jennings of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation highlighted how local cleanup efforts support the health of the greater Chesapeake Bay region.

Since the program’s first appreciation event in 2022, volunteers have removed more than 410,000 pounds of litter and tires and contributed over 25,000 volunteer hours—an estimated value of $932,000 in community service.

Thank you to The Mod Olive for catering!

Learn more or get involved: suffolkva.us/adopt | [email protected] | 757-514-7604

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Keep Suffolk Beautiful will be accepting residential tires at our FREE Recycling Drive & Tire Amnesty Day! 🛞♻️

📅 Saturday, June 13
⏰ 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
📍 Nansemond River High School (front parking lot)
3301 Nansemond Parkway, Suffolk, VA 23434

🪪 Suffolk ID required for residential tire disposal
🛞 Tire rims must be removed
🛞 Tire rims size must be 22 inches or less

Other accepted items and services include:
♻️ Electronics & clothing (Goodwill)
🧪 Household hazardous waste (SPSA — limit 75 lbs. or 5 gallons, ID required)
👓 Eyeglasses & hearing aids (Lions Club)
🌱 Gently used plant pots (Suffolk Master Gardeners)
📄 Document shredding (free — limit of 3 shopping bags or less if exceptionally busy)
🇺🇸 Worn US flags for proper decommissioning
🛍️ Plastic bags
📦 Common household recyclables including paper, cardboard, and #1 & #2 plastic bottles/jugs

🦟 Suffolk Mosquito Control will also be onsite with free mosquito dunks and educational information.

🥫 Suffolk Fellowship Christian Center will be accepting optional food and toiletry donations to support local families.

Clean out your home, garage, or shed and help keep Suffolk clean and beautiful. We hope to see you there!

🌎🎨 Suffolk Earth & Arts Festival 2026

What an incredible day in Downtown Suffolk! The 2026 Suffolk Earth & Arts Festival truly brought our community together to celebrate creativity, sustainability, and the beauty of our shared environment. From talented local artists and hands-on activities to live performances and eco-friendly initiatives, this year’s festival was something special.

A huge shout out to our Lead Sponsor Peanut City Candle Co. - as well as our other amazing sponsors TowneBank, Visit Suffolk, Virginia, The COVE - Center Of Veterinary Expertise, Hero Kids Foundation, Timelessly You Jewelry, WNRN, Sentara Health, Suffolk Master Gardeners, Hope 4 Snow , Gaia’s Dreamwork, and Studio Q!

Special thanks also go to everyone who made it possible—our amazing guests, dedicated vendors, supportive downtown businesses, hardworking city staff, and local churches who showed up, pitched in, and helped create such a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere. This event is a true reflection of what makes Suffolk such a special place.

Take a look at some of the highlights and relive the energy, color, and connection that made the day a success! 🌱✨

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Join us in making a difference at Clean the Bay Day! 🌊💚

On Saturday, May 2, 2026, from 9AM–12PM, volunteers across the region will come together for this incredible event organized by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation—and Suffolk is proud to be part of it!

Keep Suffolk Beautiful and the Nansemond River Preservation Alliance will be hosting cleanup sites at:
📍 Constant's Wharf Park and Marina
100 E. Constance Road, Suffolk, VA 23434

📍 Sleepy Hole Park
4616 Sleepy Hole Road, Suffolk, VA 23435

No pre-registration required—just show up ready to help! Cleanup supplies will be provided at both locations.

Bring your friends, family, or coworkers and help us keep our waterways and community clean. Every piece of litter removed makes a difference! ✨

Huge congratulations to the Suffolk Police Department! 👏

Their incredible Great Suffolk Cleanup effort along Bridge Road resulted in over 200 bags of litter collected—an outstanding achievement that truly makes a difference in our community. With this effort, they’ve earned the top spot for most (per capita) litter collected among large City of Suffolk departments (100+ staff members) - and the championship belt that comes with it!

Thank you for your commitment to keeping Suffolk clean, safe, and beautiful. 💚 We look forward to seeing you defend your title in 2027!