River Clean Up

Art Contest to Design 2025 River Clean Up T-shirt

It’s that time again! UGRA is holding an art contest for Kerr County students K – 12 to design the 2025 River Clean Up T-shirt.

The entry deadline is May 9, 2025.  The theme for this year is “A Clean River is a Healthy River!” Since it’s the 22nd annual River Clean Up, design your artwork with that in mind as well. Please incorporate elements in your design related to how you could work in your community to keep our Guadalupe River clean and healthy.

The winner of the contest will receive a $200 prize and the winner’s design and name will be placed on the 2025 River Clean Up T-Shirt.  Also, the winner will be recognized by the UGRA Board of Directors and have their artwork displayed on the UGRA web page.  The artist with the second place design will receive $100 and the artist with the third place design will receive $50.

For guidelines and the entry form, please see the following link:

2025 River Clean Up Art Contest Entry Form

We look forward to seeing all the entries for this year’s contest!

21st Annual River Clean Up

The 2024 River Clean Up was a success! There were 373 volunteers who collected 4,825 lbs. of common household trash, scrap metal, and tires. There was a big bump in the road this year when the Guadalupe River flooded the week leading up to the original date of the event, causing it to be rescheduled. However, it all ended up working out because September 7th was an absolutely beautiful day to have the River Clean Up. All things considered, the event went very well.

In addition to all the amazing volunteers that showed up and put in the work, we had a great group of sponsors and community partners that really helped make this year’s event successful and we can’t thank them enough.

While this year’s River Clean Up is now behind us, that doesn’t mean people shouldn’t make an effort year round to keep our river clean and beautiful. If you or your group want to do a cleanup, let us know and we will be happy to support your efforts with cleanup supplies.

Check out the 2024 River Clean Up wrap up video below!

2024 Art Contest

2024 River Clean Up Press Release and Video

2024 River Clean Up Recap

River Trash Turned Into Art

2024 River Clean Up Survey

We would like to hear your thoughts on the River Clean Up so we can work to make the next event even better.  Please complete this short survey – it should take less than 5 minutes!  Your responses will be anonymous.

2024 River Clean Up Pictures

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