Fall Clean Up

Fall Clean Up 2023 is expected to be on November 4th, and Fall Clean Up 2023 registration is expected to open in early September.  More information to come soon!

Fall Clean Up is an opportunity for CSU students & staff to help Fort Collins neighbors in need.

The program is aimed at assisting elderly and/or physically limited neighbors in the Fort Collins area with outdoor yard work (raking leaves, trimming bushes, cleaning gutters, etc.) that they cannot complete themselves and cannot afford to pay someone to do. This program helps facilitate positive relations between the long-term residents in Fort Collins and CSU students and staff, while also helping the neighbors to maintain their properties and get their homes ready for the fall/winter seasons.

A fall clean-up group standing in front of a house they finished, smiling at the camera

Fall Clean Up was started in 2005 and has been growing ever since. In 2005 there were 24 neighbors helped by just over 50 student volunteers. In 2018, over 2,000 volunteers helped over 300 elderly and/or physically limited neighbors. Additionally, in 2009 leaf pick-up was added to the program at many long-term neighbors’ request. The Fall Clean Up program was happy to provide a much needed service for the neighbors, who were left with numerous bags of leaves and no way to dispose of them. Today, CSU partners with students, staff and local faith-based organizations to collect all bags of leaves filled as a result of the program and take them to a composting/recycle center. See if your project meets the leaf pick-up guidelines. In 2018, nearly 5,000 bags of leaves were collected and composted!

NEIGHBOR REGISTRATION

If you would like to be added to our mailing list to receive information about the Fall Clean Up 2023 event, including a register-by-mail form, please call Off-Campus Life at 970-491-2248.

Fall Clean Up 2023 will take place on Saturday, November 4, 10:00am-2:00pm. 

Neighbor registration will be open early September, 2023.

If you would like to register for a group of volunteers to help you with your yard, please call Off-Campus Life at 970-491-2248 once registration opens. We cannot take your registration until September 5th at 9:00 a.m.

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VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION

A fall clean-up group standing in front of a house holding rakes

Fall Clean Up 2023 will take place on Saturday, November 4, 10:00am-2:00pm. 

Volunteer Signup (completed online) for groups of 6 or more is open from September 5, 2023 – October 13, 2023

Volunteer check-in will be in the Longs Peak room in the Lory Student Center at 9:00 am on November 4.

Volunteer Registration is found below. 

Fall Clean Up Group Volunteer Registration

Fall Clean Up 2023 is November 4th, 2024 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Please complete the following form no later than October 14th, 2023 to register your group for this event. Space is limited so register today! A team leader serves as the manager of the group and liaison between Off-Campus Life and your group or organization. This role includes attending mandatory information and training meeting at one of the times listed below. It also includes contacting your neighbor no later than Wednesday, November 2nd to confirm your project. In addition, the team leader is also responsible for making sure that all team members complete a liability waiver form. All participants must have a signed liability waiver to participate in Fall Clean Up.

Please complete the following form no later than October 13th, 2023 to register your group for this event. Space is limited so register today!

A team leader serves as the manager of the group and liaison between Off-Campus Life and your group or organization. This role includes attending mandatory information and training meeting at one of the times listed below. It also includes contacting your neighbor no later than Wednesday, November 1st to confirm your project. In addition, the team leader is also responsible for making sure that all team members complete a liability waiver form. All participants must have a signed liability waiver to participate in Fall Clean Up.
Is your group part of a Residence Hall?(Required)
Is your group part of Fraternity and Sorority Life?(Required)
Team Leaders are required to attend an orientation session.
I, the team leader, will be attending an orientsation session on:(Required)
PROJECTS WILL BE GIVEN ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. Space is limited so sign up today! Transportation is not provided but will be needed for most projects.

If you have further questions please contact Off-Campus Life, (970) 491-2248 or ocl@colostate.edu

Watch our informational video on Fall Clean Up below!

A fall clean-up team standing in front of a pile of bags of leaves

Fall Clean Up 2020 will take place on Saturday, November 7, 9:00am-2:00pm 

Volunteer check-in is at 9:00 am in the Grey Rock room in the Lory Student Center on the CSU campus).

Volunteer signup (completed online) for groups of 6 or more will be open September 1 – October 16, 2020.