| Description: | UB Student Association in coordination with UB Community Relations deploys hundreds of UB students as volunteers in various locations throughout Western New York, working hand-in-hand with community residents on projects to improve the overall appearance of neighborhoods. Originally aimed at merely cleaning up streets, UB Gettin’ Dirty was re-imagined and repurposed in 2010 and now serves to place students in project locations from North Buffalo, to the west and east sides, and in and around downtown. The students have fun while “getting dirty” from a combination of street cleanup, garden and soil work, and various other neighborhood cleanup efforts. Students assist with street cleanup, yard and garden work, cleaning out basements and attics, painting, and general neighborhood cleaning at several locations within the Fruit Belt, including Mulberry, Rose, Locust, Orange, Maple and East North streets, as well as Michigan Avenue at St. John Towers, and at the Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers (BFNC) mental health residence. Occurs twice per school year (spring and fall). |
| Project/Activity Leader(s): | Linwood Roberts, Director |
| Unit: | Government and Community Relations |
| Department: | Community Relations |
| City: | Buffalo |
| State: | NY |
| External Funding: | No |
| Start Date: | 2007 |
| End Date: | active |
| Internal Partners: | Student Association |
| External Partners: | Back to Basics Ministry; Bailey Avenue Business Association (BABA); Bob Lanier Center; Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers (BFNC); Cambridge Community Garden; Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO); Locust Street Neighborhood Art Classes; Macedonia Baptist Church; Minnesota Avenue Block Club; Project Feed Community Garden; Orchard Community Initiative (OCI); NEERV Development; New Testament Revival Cathedral; St. John Baptist Church; Stop the Violence Coalition; University District Block Club Coalition (UDBCC); University Heights Collaborative (UHC); University Heights Tool Library (UHTL); Utica Heights Block Club; West Side Neighborhood Housing Services (WSNHS) |
| Are UB students involved? | No |
