FLINT, Michigan – “Beautificando Nuestro Neighborhood” an annual event, held Saturday, May 21, 2022,  promotes health and community connection by organizing volunteers to unite together to clean up and beautify the neighborhood. Additionally, this event encourages community members to be outside and connect with the Earth by distributing vegetable plants and seeds to take for a home garden. This event and the distribution of plants were made possible with the sponsorship from HAP, Health Alliance Plan. This event is in collaborative efforts with Keep Genesee County Beautiful, the Neighborhood Engagement Hub, and Edible Flint, to provide volunteers with the necessary resources, tools, equipment, and materials to clean up and improve the neighborhood conditions of the city.

Thanks to the service of more than 20 volunteers, that came from all over the State of Michigan, garbage and litter were removed from the streets and sidewalks, soil and vegetation were added to the Latinx Community Garden, vegetable plants and seeds were distributed to community members, and neighborhood improvements were completed positively impacting the community.