{"id":283160,"date":"2026-05-07T18:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283160\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:22:27","slug":"laredo-cleanup-event-to-support-trash-free-gulf-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283160\/","title":{"rendered":"Laredo cleanup event to support Trash Free Gulf campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laredo is joining cities across Texas this weekend in efforts to prevent waterway pollution through a cleanup organized by Trash Free Gulf, a program of the Gulf Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Nonprofit Keep Laredo Beautiful is inviting residents to help clean up Jose \u201cPepe\u201d Moreno Park from 8-11 a.m. Saturday at 2600 San Francisco Ave. and Garden Street.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers are encouraged to wear jeans, closed-toe shoes and a long-sleeved shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Teens and students seeking community service hours are also encouraged to participate.<\/p>\n<p>On-site check-in will take place from 7-8 a.m. before the cleanup begins.<\/p>\n<p>Registration remains open for those interested in participating at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmtonline.com\/trashfreegulf.com\/find-a-cleanup\/template-etj5y.\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trashfreegulf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe part of the change. Every piece of litter removed helps protect our environment and wildlife,\u201d Keep Laredo Beautiful said in a statement. \u201cTogether, we\u2019re keeping Laredo beautiful one cleanup at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event is held in partnership with Trash Free Gulf, whose campaign includes 60 cleanups across the state, as well as Keep Texas Beautiful and H-E-B\u2019s Our Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers at cleanup sites across Texas can also take part in efforts to improve the health of streams, rivers, lakes, bays and oceans throughout April and May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Laredo is joining cities across Texas this weekend in efforts to prevent waterway pollution through a cleanup organized&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-283160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}