Thank you for becoming an Adopt-a-Beach Team Leader! We’ve put together some resources to make your Adopt-a-Beach cleanup successful and stress-free.

Get ready to lead! Create a Team Leader account and schedule a cleanup on our Adopt-a-Beach website. Use these training materials to learn how to run a successful event. Download the forms you’ll need to run your cleanup. And check out some handy resources to recruit volunteers and publicize your cleanup.

Training

• How-to Guide: An easy-to-follow guide that shows you step by step how to host a successful Adopt-a-Beach event.
  • How to Welcome Your Group
  • Safety and Your Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup
  • Team Leader FAQs
• How-to Video: Check out this brief video about leading a cleanup.

• Video: Recruitment Tools
• Video: Website 101 — Create a Team Leader Account
• Video: Website 101 — Cleanup Management
  • Video: Website 101 — Create a Cleanup
  • Video: Website 101 — Edit, Roster, Clone, and Cancel a Cleanup
• Video: Website 101 — Cleanup Closeout
  • Video: Website 101 — Litter Data
  • Video: Website 101 — Attendance

Forms

• Litter Monitoring Form
• Sign-In Sheets

Publicize Your Cleanup

• Before Your Cleanup
  • Customizable Flyer [PowerPoint]
  • Customizable Press Release
  • Social Media Images & Customizable Text
• After Your Cleanup
  • Customizable Letter to the Editor

Questions?

Check out our Team Leader FAQs! If that didn’t help, Alliance staff are a great resource! Contact us with any questions.

Host a Cleanup

Being a Team Leader is a great way to protect the Great Lakes. Schedule your cleanup now!

Schedule Your Cleanup