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# Picking up Baton Rouge
- URL: https://www.redeyebr.com/picking-up-baton-rouge/
- Published: 2026-07-12T23:45:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-12T23:45:36.000Z
- Author: JR Ball

**Keep Tiger Town Beautiful** has [now collected](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E8bLH5KWX/) more than **46,000 bags of litter** from Baton Rouge streets since the volunteer effort launched in January 2021.

**Why it matters:** Four years of early mornings and weekend cleanups have turned one volunteer effort into one of Baton Rouge’s most visible civic success stories.

**Details:**

- **The backstory:** Jennifer Richardson and a small group of "litter warriors" launched [Keep Tiger Town Beautiful ](https://keeptigertownbeautiful.com/?ref=redeyebr.com)as a weekend cleanup effort in January 2021\. It has since grown into a volunteer operation that works six days a week.
- **By the numbers:** Beyond what's approaching 50,000 bags of Heftys, volunteers have installed and maintained more than 200 public trash bins and removed thousands of illegal signs from utility poles.
- **Growing reach:** The nonprofit has partnered with local organizations, developed youth education programs and helped launch Keep Jaguar Nation Beautiful to expand the model into North Baton Rouge.
- **Recognition:** Keep Louisiana Beautiful named the organization its Outstanding Nonprofit for mobilizing hundreds of volunteers during Love the Boot Week.

**The bottom line:** Keep Tiger Town Beautiful has helped improve public spaces, reduce blight and encourage residents to take greater ownership of their neighborhoods. But the group's ever-growing haul exposes the dirty reality that work remains to be done when it comes to residents taking personal responsibility and showing a modicum of pride in East Baton Rouge Parish.