36 Years of Serving the Midlands!

In 2025, we…

  • Provided supplies for 6,737 volunteers;
  • Were responsible for 817 litter pickup events;
  • Helped to remove 217,964 pounds of litter;
  • And much more!

We’re Hiring!

Keep the Midlands Beautiful is hiring a full-time Program Manager to coordinate several of our volunteer, recycling, and beautification programs, projects and events.  Click HERE for the full job description and send your resume to Traude Sander, Executive Director, at tsander@kmbsc.org.  The position will be filled as soon as an excellent candidate is identified.

Beautification

In 2025, Keep the Midlands Beautiful is installing murals in several of the 19 municipalities that we serve across Lexington and Richland counties. To recommend a mural artist, public location for a mural, or to sponsor a mural for $3,500, contact programs@kmbsc.org.

Litter Prevention

In 2024, Keep the Midlands Beautiful recruited 6,027 volunteers who spent 16,841 hours removing 189,807 pounds of litter and 860 bags of recyclables at 738 litter cleanup events.

Recycling

Each year we provide six free paper shredding drop-off events for residents, we collect over 5,500 pairs of shoes for people in developing countries, we provide free recycling, trash, and cigarette containers for events, and we provide recycling education and presentations.

Complete this form at least ONE WEEK in advance to borrow free litter removal supplies including litter grabbers, safety vests, cloth gloves, and trash bags.

Submit a short report card after each litter pick-up to document the number of volunteers, hours spent and the number of bags of litter collected.  This helps us receive crucial funding to provide supplies for you at no charge.

KMB Program Spotlight

FREE Trees for Batesburg-Leesville Residents & Businesses

Keep the Midlands Beautiful received a grant from the Arbor Day Foundation with funding provided by State Farm to replace trees lost in Batesburg-Leesville due to Hurricane Helene.  Residents and business owners or managers who completed one of our free one-hour workshops in early December received almost 500 free trees.  Thank you to Elite Lawn & Landscape and to Dominion Energy for helping with the workshops.

KMB Partners