Events & Volunteer Opportunities

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Litter Cleanups

Please register in advance so we can plan for materials - check back a few days before the event to confirm date and times! Dates more than a month out are subject to change.

January 26, 2025

Trader’s Way Cleanup (10am-11am)

Trader’s way and First Street

February 23, 2025

St. Anne's Park (10am-11am)

Help clean the park and neighborhood along Jefferson Ave

March 22, 2025

Gallows Hill Park (10am-11:30am)

Let’s cleanup the park, trails, and surrounding neighborhoods

April 26, 2025

The Great Salem Cleanup

Multiple sites across the city

May 18, 2025

Riley Plaza (10am-12pm)

Meet by the flag in front of the post office

June 29, 2025

Point - Mary Jane Lee Park (10am-12pm)

Meet at Mary Jane Lee Park

July 21, 2025

Collins Cove (10am-12pm)

We will meet by the basketball courts and clean around the beach, park, and streets

August 23, 2025

Upper Bike Path & Canal St (10am-12pm)

Meeting spot TBD

September 14, 2025

Salem Willows

Meet at Dead Horse Beach

October 4, 2025

Lower Bike Path & Loring Ave

Meet by the bike path at the Loring Ave entrance

November 2, 2025

MBTA Lot & Bridge St

Meet at the MBTA lot

December 7, 2025

Point - Congress Street

Meeting spot TBD

Traffic Island Volunteering

No experience required - bring gloves and any gardening tools you have available.

Mondays - 5-7pm

Please check Facebook, Instagram or subscribe to our email list for locations each week, as well as time changes.

Tuesdays and Wednesdays - 9-11am

Please check Facebook, Instagram or subscribe to our email list for locations each week, as well as time changes.

Lady of Salem

The Ladies of Salem are only up late spring through early autumn, catch them while you can!

May 29, 2024: Return of the Lady of Salem figureheads

Figureheads installed on lampposts on Essex Street, Central Street and Derby Street. The Lady of Salem Maritime Public Art Exhibition on display just in time for the Salem Arts Festival in early June.

August 3, 2024: Salem Maritime Festival

The Maritime Festival is located at Salem Maritime National Historic Site along Salem Harbor.

September 14-29, 2024: Trails & Sails

Trails & Sails featuring the fabulous figureheads of the Lady of Salem Maritime Public Art Exhibition via a self guided tour.

Window Box Competition & People's Choice Garden Competition

Registration is closed, congratulations winners, see you next year!

Past Events

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!

Traffic Island Volunteering

Twice a week: Spring, Summer and Fall of 2023. Planting, mulching, watering, weeding, trash pickup, and more.

Window Box Competition

2023 saw a beautiful competition with residences and local business coming together to refresh their entryways. Congratulations to all our category winners!

Monthly Neighborhood Cleanups

From Gallows Hill to Collin’s Cove, volunteers (in partnership with Keep Salem Beautiful) have been doing monthly cleanups to remove trash and debris. Hundreds of pounds of garbage are removed from the streets; we are very thankful for those folks coming out every month with grabbers and buckets keeping trash out of our local ecosystems. 

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