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Community Earth Month

Celebrating springtime through stewardship & community service that improves the environment around us.

April 25 – May 31

Become a Volunteer

Clean-Up Days

Help beautify our community and protect our environment by picking up trash on your own or during one of our organized clean-up events!

Become a Volunteer

Stormwater Education

Stormwater is the largest source of pollution in Montana’s waterways. You can help change that! Look for community art, information, and more throughout May.

See Events Calendar

Landscape & Gardening

Learn about ways to add native greenery to your home and community spaces!

Find us at the Library During the First Friday in June

Join Ripple in celebrating springtime through stewardship and community service! Ripple is hosting our Community Earth Month, full of opportunities for each member of the community to connect with and help protect our Earth. Check back regularly as we update our schedule.

Events Calendar & Become a Volunteer

Clean-Up Days

Stormwater Education

Native Tree & Plant Education

Community Art

Dare to be a force of nature!

Get involved!

Community Earth Month includes Clean-Up Days,  Stormwater Art and Education, Landscape & Gardening, and Community Art.

With so much going on, you’re sure to find a way to get involved! Don’t forget to tag us at @ripplemontana and with #RipplesofChange so we can see all the awesome stewardship you do!

Is your organization or business interested in getting involved with Ripple’s Community Earth Month? Submit the form below or contact Tammy Gordon at tgordon@mtech.edu to volunteer. Contact Samuel Klusmeyer at sklusmeyer@mtech.edu to get your Earth Month Event on our calendar. 

Upcoming Events

May 2025

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  • Earth Month Art Walk Gallery
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  • Birding/Point Count Field Trip at the Steward Mine
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  • Youth Outdoor Day at McGruff Park
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  • Park Street Community Garden Clean Up Day
  • Thompson Park Clean-up Day
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  • Kennedy Cleanup
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  • BHS Career Center Cleanup
  • Whittier Cleanup
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  • Emmerson Elementary Cleanup
  • West Elementary Clean Up
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  • Stormwater Festival
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Volunteer With Ripple

Volunteer With Ripple
Are you looking to Volunteer in the Butte area or Missoula area? *

 

What is CFWEP doing with Butte Schools?

Each year, CFWEP brings students in Butte Schools out into the community to help pick up trash. This year, our Clean Up Butte with Students (CUBS) week will take place May 8-18!

Clean Up Butte with Students Week aims to:

  • Teach students about our local waterways with in-class instruction
  • Foster stewardship of our local waterways with real-world community service experience
  • Teach students about how stormwater is not treated in Butte
  • Put safety first
  • Reward students with a pizza lunch

This year, we plan to work with:

  • Whittier Elementary
  • Emerson Elementary
  • West Elementary
  • Butte High Career Center
  • Kennedy Elementary
  • Margaret Leary Elementary
  • Butte Central Catholic Elementary School

Community Earth Month is Made Possible by Our Generous Sponsors & Partners

SPONSORS

PARTNERS

Interested in supporting Community Earth Month?

Contact Samuel Klusmeyer at sklusmeyer@mtech.edu.

Donate to Ripple

Support CFWEP through RIPPLE

Our RIPPLE Campaign is launching alongside Earth Month! RIPPLE is an effort to grow CFWEP’s reach. Much like one drop of water causes a ripple effect, YOU can cause a ripple by helping bring others into the work CFWEP does.

Has CFWEP touched your life or that of your child?

If you’d like to support our work, grab a blue envelope at any Earth Month event, from our Leadership volunteers in the community or simply make a donation on our  RIPPLE website.

Every donation during Earth Month enters the donor into a drawing for a free three-month membership at Fairmont Hot Springs.

Donations of any amount will be matched by a grant from Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

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