Programs

Beautification

Mural Program

Murals painted by local artists are commissioned on sides of businesses, schools, churches and fences.

Cleanliness

Green Wave

Green Wave is a program hiring youth to assist in business improvement zones, along image routes and in parks to improve the overall cleanliness and beauty of Winnipeg streets.

Graffiti Removal

Graffiti Removal is conducted during the summer with the aid of youth hired through the Urban Green Team program.

Cigarette Litter

We are partnering with BIZ zones and businesses across Winnipeg to bring cigarette litter bins to high-traffic areas, so cigarette butts can be disposed of properly.

Team Up to Clean Up

The Team Up to Clean Up campaign, which has a both a spring and a fall component, is Take Pride Winnipeg!'s largest program, with over 60,000 people volunteering annually to help pick up litter from city streets, playgrounds and parks.

Education

Take Pride - Take Action

Take Pride - Take Action is a program focused on what each of us can do to take pride in our city.

P.A.W.S.

P.A.W.S. is a club for middle school students to learn about volunteering and improving their neighbourhoods.

Past Programs

Bag Up Manitoba

An education program for elementary schools across Manitoba, to teach students about the single-use plastics and help keep plastic bags out of the landfills.

Brush Up Winnipeg

A group volunteer program to beautify the community by painting homes for seniors and other deserving homeowners throughout Winnipeg.

Sustainability Day

In 2014, Take Pride Winnipeg! Inc., Assiniboine Park Conservancy, Manitoba Education for Sustainable Development Working Group (MESDWG) partnered for the first Sustainability Day at the Zoo, October 2, 2014. There were 16 daytime exhibitors sharing ideas about sustainability throughout the day with the public.