Serve Your Community.
Fund Your Programs.
Host Trashathons to fund your programs, create service opportunities, and showcase your impact in the community.
What is a Trashathon?
A Trashathon is a pledge-driven cleanup event.
Volunteers collect trash (bags or pounds). Supporters – individuals, companies, or foundations – pledge funds tied to the amount collected (per-bag or per-pound). A verified tally converts pledges into funds for your programs.
How It Helps Community Organizations
Fund Your Initiatives
Raise money for scholarships, youth activities, cultural programs, or local service projects.
Activate Members
Give members a hands-on, team-building experience that feels rewarding and purposeful.
Attract Local Sponsors
Businesses love visible community events. A Trashathon gives them a cause they can rally behind and be recognized for.
Strengthen Reputation
When people see your organization cleaning up and giving back, they connect your name with leadership, service, and action.
Why Trashathon Fits Community Groups
What You Get
A Natural Extension of Service
Easy to Organize, Easy to Repeat
Fuel for Future Activities
Community Connection
Why It Matters
You already lead by serving. Trashathon gives you a structure that adds funding and visibility without taking away the service spirit.
Pick a site, rally your members, and you’re set. It’s simpler than most events you plan, and it can become a tradition.
Every bag collected turns into dollars - covering projects or supplies.
Sponsors and neighbors don’t just donate - they see your group in action and connect with your mission.
Built for Every Member
A Trashathon is one of the rare events where everyone finds a place to contribute.
Kids & Scouts
Instead of just ticking a “service hours” box, younger members get a hands-on way to learn responsibility.
Parents & Leaders
They step into mentorship roles, guiding teams, and organizing logistics.
Older Members
Plenty of important administrative and “day of” activities for everyone in your party.
Raise Funds and Awareness in One Event
Every Trashathon gives you more than just a cleanup – it gives you stories to share.
Before & After Photos
Clear transformations provide simple, powerful visuals that show your community the impact of your members.
Press-Ready Results
With stats like “300 pounds removed,” paired with visuals, you’ve got content local newspapers will want to cover.
What a
Single Bag Can Do
Every minute, another truckload of plastic pours into our oceans. It suffocates marine life, poisons ecosystems, and finds its way back into our food and water.
Trashathon gives your volunteers a way to step in. Every cleanup clears what’s right in front of us and prevents it from becoming part of the larger crisis downstream.
How It Works
Plan Your Cleanup
Choose a location that needs it most, set a date, and rally volunteers.
Gather Pledges
Supporters sponsor your efforts per bag or per pound of trash collected.
Trashathon Day
Teams go out with gloves and bags, working together to create visible impact.
Celebrate & Fund Your Project
Collected trash is counted, verified, and pledges convert into funds.
Community Groups Already Making an Impact
Trashathon not only raised funds for our youth scholarship program but gave members a meaningful project to rally around. It boosted morale and visibility in our town.
Springfield Rotary Club
Club President
Grab, Go, Get Started
We make it simple. From planning guides to safety tips - everything is ready for you to grab and go.
Join the Nationwide Movement
You don’t have to reinvent your fundraiser. Many clubs, schools, and community groups are turning to Trashathon to support their mission while cleaning up public spaces.