
13/09/2025
JOIN AJHF VOLUNTEERS ON SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2025, 10 AM, FOR A LITTER PICKUP OF LITTLE ROCK'S HISTORIC WEST NINTH STREET IN CONJUNCTION WITH KEEP LITTLE ROCK BEAUTIFUL (KLRB) / KEEP ARKANSAS BEAUTIFUL (KAB) GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP. YOU MAY PARK PAST THE AJHF ADOPT-A-STREET SIGN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST NINTH STREET WEST OF BROADWAY. MEET AT THE ADOPT-A-STREET SIGN ON NORTH SIDE OF WEST NINTH STREET ACROSS FROM MOSAIC TEMPLARS CULTURAL CENTER. RAIN OR SHINE. Adopt-a-Street litter pickups for 2025-2026 (to begin at 10 a.m.): Saturday, 13 September 2025; Saturday, 13 December 2025; Saturday, 14 March 2026; Saturday 13 June, 2026 (in conjunction with National Juneteenth Holiday (19 June 2026) which has been recognized as an official US Holiday starting in 2021). Since 2004, the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation (the all-volunteer nonprofit which sponsors and maintains the Arkansas Jazz Hall of Fame) has conducted at least six litter pickups per year along its Adopt-a-Street section of downtown Little Rock's historic West Ninth Street (a jazz mecca in its heyday). Volunteers meet near the AJHF's Adopt-a-Street sign at the northwest corner of West Ninth and Broadway (across from the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center) and work their way west past Taborian Hall/Dreamland Ballroom to Izard and West Ninth Street. This community-service project is co-supervised by James Thomson (1992 incorporator and AJHJF Board Secretary/Treasurer) and Melissa Woods (AJHF Board Director). Volunteers need not be AJHF members but must be adults (21+); the only minors allowed to participate are children of chaperoning AJHF board members. Safety vests, t-shirts, gloves, and trash bags are provided. Litter pickups are scheduled in conjunction with the following: citywide cleanups organized by Keep Little Rock Beautiful (keeplittlerockbeautiful.com), fall and spring cleanups organized by Keep Arkansas Beautiful (keeparkansasbeautiful.com), neighborhood festivals organized by the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (mosaictemplarscenter.com) and Taborian Hall/Dreamland Ballroom (dreamlandballroom.org). The Saturday 13 June 2026 litter pickup is in conjunction with the Juneteenth Holiday (Thursday 19 June 2026) and is the last of the 2024-2025 AJHF fiscal year. Participants are encouraged to explore (in person and online) the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and Dreamland Ballroom, both of which are supported by the Arkansas Jazz Heritage Foundation members and friends through donations/volunteerism and are profiled in separate albums under "Photos" on its page. Call (501) 661-1604.