We are cleaning up downtown Portland!
September 13th, 2024
Here’s my chat with Adopt One Block founder, Frank Moscow, about today’s “We Believe in Portland” event and why I became a block ambassador.
(full disclosure: KATU has since partnered with the organization but I was involved before that happened)
Hundreds of volunteers descend on downtown Portland for cleanup day
September 13, 2024
Since last September, “We Believe in Portland” has tried to combat Portland’s negative self-talk by taking action and cleaning up the streets.
AOB volunteers show that 'it doesn't take a village to do large-scale cleaning'
March 15th, 2024
PORTLAND, Ore. — Meet Liz Hay, Lori Hastings, and Bill Bradford. They're a small group, but they're mighty. "It does not take a village to do large-scale cleaning," Hay said. "The three of us can move mountains."
Nearly a thousand people clean up streets in downtown Portland
May 3rd, 2024
People want to see Portland cleaned up, but that's not something that happens overnight. It requires the dedicated effort of many people, showing up in big and small ways.
Portland neighbors frustrated with rail company as trash along the tracks festers
March 19th, 2024
Like many of his neighbors, Israel Banks is tired and fed up with what's happening just feet away from his backyard. "We've had them come back here," said Banks. "We've caught them on our camera looking above our fence, so we let this overgrow just to keep them back."
We Believe In Portland: Tim Boyle, Columbia Sportswear
March 9th, 2024
Tim Boyle, CEO + Chairman of Columbia Sportswear, has invested heavily in giving back to the Portland community and supported many ongoing clean-up efforts. Tim shares with us his massive love of the Oregon outdoors and the amazing fact that Portland residents can snow ski an hour drive to Mt. Hood and surf an hour drive to the Oregon Coast in the SAME DAY!
Myra hits milestone: Gladstone woman celebrates 100th block cleanup with Adopt One Block
July 7th, 2023
A woman in Gladstone who volunteers with the organization Adopt One Block is dedicated to keeping her block clean. Myra Klettke recently hit a major milestone in that mission – 100 clean-ups.
Volunteer ambassadors clean up the neighborhoods they love with Adopt One Block
February 28, 2023
Despite decades of messaging from litter prevention campaigns, trash still finds its way on to streets and cul-de-sacs-- everywhere. A Portland-based nonprofit has been inspiring residents to clean up their neighborhoods, one block at a time.
AdoptOneBlock Volunteer Closing in on 100 Cleanups
January 20, 2023
A Gladstone woman is doing her part for the environment, one piece of trash at a time. Myra Klettke first heard about Adopt One Block in January 2021…
Lincoln High students clean up streets around new school
October 12th 2022
Oftentimes many of us want to do more to help improve our neighborhoods and communities but we do not know how. How can one person really make a difference? Being good land stewards is taking on a new meaning across Portland and a group of Lincoln High School students is leading the way.
AdoptOneBlock and Subaru of Portland
September 12th 2022
They're reimagining the way we make our city cleaner and happier! Tammy Hernandez met with Frank Moscow, founder of AdoptOneBlock, along with Chris Borquist, general manager at Subaru of Portland, to find out how AdoptOneBlock is making a big impact in our community.
Local non-profit helps clean up Portland - one block at a time
September 7th 2022
There is no doubt that even pre-pandemic, the City of Portland has seen a change aesthetically. Many organizations have stepped in the clean up the trash and garbage strewn about the city streets and freeways.
Thousands volunteer to Adopt One Block in Portland
March 23, 2022
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For more than 4 years, Ragan VanSise has run her Ragan’s Boutique in Portland’s Hollywood District. But you can guess how the last 2 years have gone.
“I’m still here barely hanging on by my fingernails,” she said.
Opinion: Volunteers alone can’t clean up Portland’s trash
March 16, 2022
Moscow is founder of AdoptOneBlock. He lives in Portland.
“You could dump 10 large bags of garbage in Pioneer Square tonight and drive off without fear of being caught or penalized,” I tell friends. Overly dramatic? I don’t think so.
KOIN: Clean up your neighborhood with Adopt One Block
December 3rd, 2021
Frank Moscow launched Adopt One Block, providing residents with the opportunity to take action and help keep local neighborhoods clean.
In just a matter of six weeks, more than 230 blocks have been adopted. Volunteers have signed up to pick up debris or litter in their neighborhood. The goal is to clean their community block by block.
750AM: Interview: John Canzano and Frank Moscow
May 5th, 2021
John Canzano talks with Frank Moscow, founder of AdoptOneBlock.org, which is helping communities come together to reimagine the way we make our cities cleaner and happier. Canzano asks Moscow where the idea for his charity came from, what makes the technology that they use so unique, how many blocks have already been adopted, where the tipping point was that inspired him to take massive action, and what the ultimate win in this collective effort looks like, and much more.
KGW: New nonprofit aims to empower Portlanders to tackle city's trash problem
April 27th, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — In the last few months, more than 2,000 people have signed up to clean up trash on more than 3,000 Portland blocks through a new program aimed at tackling Portland's trash problem. Those gigs are long-term, noted Frank Moscow. That’s how adoptions work.
The Oregonian: Taking ownership of the block you love: Steve Duin column
April 3rd, 2021
In April 2008, environmentalist Paul Hawken described for me the rise of small nonprofits dedicated to sustaining the planet and social justice.
That essential movement began, Hawken said, “when people looked around to see an insult to their property, their river, their forest, their future, their children or their dignity.”
The Bee (SE Portland): 'AdoptOneBlock' – a solution to cleaning up Southeast streets?
April 3rd, 2021
With the year 2020 having been marked with strife, stress, negativity, and tragedy, it was a small spark of light to discover the work of a new Portland nonprofit – "Adopt One Block".
In mid-September of last year Frank Moscow, a native Portlander, decided he wanted to make a difference in the city that he loves. Seeing litter in the streets, he created an online entity to address it – www.AdoptOneBlock.org
KATU: Everyday Heroes: Pride of place motivates Adopt One Block founder Frank Moscow
February 5th, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been a tough year for Portland streets.
In the middle of a pandemic, the city suffered through months of protests and a homeless crisis that has spun further out of control.
For some, like today's Everyday Hero, cleaning up the streets and restoring Portland neighborhoods starts with doing it yourself -- one block at a time.
