Glitter

We're partnering with Glitter to bring community-funded park cleaning to Clark Park! 🌿🧹 Here's how it works: neighbors and park lovers chip in a small monthly amount — whatever feels right — and those contributions pool together to fund regular professional litter cleanings. The more people who pledge, the more we can clean. This is a chance for us to fill gaps in cleaning needs especially after events and to create more living wage jobs for folks in our community - Glitter hires and trains cleaners who earn on average $30 an hour. It's a win win! Chip in what you can — every little bit counts. 💚 👉 gltr.ly/Clark

A Glitter-ing Before → After on the 1700 block of Federal St. Our teammate Andre is out here every week making this transformation possible—one block at a time. This is what it looks like when neighbors pool together and invest in their own block. Cleaner, safer, and something to be proud of. Great work Andre! Have one of our 30 cleaners on your block every week → link in bio

Glitter just won the Triple Bottom Champion Award! ✨ We are proud to share that Glitter has been recognized by the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia for our commitment to people, planet, and community. This award is about more than clean blocks. It is about proving that neighbors can pool small contributions and create real, visible change. It is about creating living-wage jobs for people who deserve opportunity. It is about building a model where sustainability, equity, and local pride reinforce one another. We were honored to stand alongside fellow nominees PWPvideo, Feast Your Eyes Catering, Solar States, Strategy Arts, and Re:Vision Architecture. These organizations have helped shape Philadelphia’s sustainable business ecosystem for years, and we are grateful to be in such strong company. Receiving the award from Jamie Gauthier and a citation from the City made the moment even more meaningful. We believe public and private collaboration is essential to building cleaner, safer neighborhoods, and we remain committed to working together toward that shared goal. To our cleaners, subscribers, partners, and team members, this recognition belongs to you. We are building something long term. And we are just getting started. #TripleBottomLine #SBN #Philadelphia #SustainableBusiness

On this snowy week, we are looking back on warmer times, at our summer series of Community Events! Glitter started off this series off so beautifully, with a wrap event for a collaborative project between Glitter, Senator Art Haywood ( @senatorarthaywood ) and Mt Airy CDC ( @gomtairy ) focused on the positive social impact that comes from cleaning blocks affected by gun violence. It was beautiful to celebrate Glitter's ongoing work in the community, and to participate in artist-designed experiences that respond to gun violence & collective loss, and help us feel the power of challenging neighborhood neglect through cleanup & reclamation. NOMAD's “Take a Seat for Gun Violence” is a joyful and intentional art activation that transforms discarded vintage Krueger school chairs, found in Germantown, into interactive public art. These chairs — once used in Philly schools and rec centers — become powerful monuments to reflection, survival, and community memory. This is about turning what was thrown away into something sacred — creating a space where people can sit, reflect, and imagine something better. ( @nomad_face ) JP aka Gritty uses found objects to create a construct of an individual, highlighting the complexity of an individual's existence in their environment, incorporating spoken word to uplift and express that narrative. Lili Sharpless, a teacher at the Germantown Friends School, teaches her students to share their voices through art in creative and collaborative ways. She brought this mindset to the evening, where the audience was invited to use found objects like bottle caps to create a collage. Make sure to follow @shareglitter to learn more, and keep an eye on this space -- lots of exciting things coming to Germantown this spring with Healing Verse Germantown!

SBN’s Triple Bottom Champion Award is back and we’re thrilled to announce this year’s nominees! The award recognizes a business within SBN’s membership that embodies the triple-bottom-line approach of being mindful of people, the planet, and profit. Scroll to meet our six nominees, visit their pages, and learn more! In order of appearance: @revisionarch @solarstates @feastyoureyescatering @pwpvideo @shareglitter and check out Strategy Arts' website at / Voting will be open from Monday, January 19 through Wednesday, January 28. Look out for the link to vote (coming soon)! The winner will be announced at SBN’s upcoming 2026 Annual Meeting on Thursday, February 5 – don’t forget to RSVP using the link in our bio and witness it live! Get tickets now during our flash sale ending this Friday (!!), January 16. Learn more about this year’s nominees, cast your vote, and register for the Annual Meeting via the links in bio 🗳️🎟️

We’re honored to be featured in The Philadelphia Citizen this week 🙌 The story goes deep on what we’ve been building with neighbors over the past four years — cleaning blocks, creating jobs, and proving that safer, stronger communities start right on our sidewalks. From West Philly to the Northeast, the momentum is real. 💥 1,200+ blocks 👥 35+ jobs 🧹 1 powerful idea: when neighbors come together, change happens. Thanks to @thephiladelphiacitizen for shining a light on this work — and the neighbors making it possible. 📖 Read the full article with the link in bio. #GlitterPhilly #CleanBlocksSafeBlocks #PhillyNeighbors #CommunityFirst 😍

Queens clean Philly 👑🗑️ Glitter + Ensemble Arts Philly are teaming up to celebrate the Broadway sensation SIX! 📅 TODAY Tuesday, Sept 23 | 4–6pm 📍 Carpenter Green Park, 922 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19146 Here’s how you can join the fun and win tickets: Option 1) Show up for the cleanup block party → you’ll be entered to win one of two pairs of Opening Night tickets. Option 2) Make a new Glitter pledge between Sept 22–26 → you’ll be entered to win two more ticket pairs. It’s a royal combination: clean streets, living-wage work, and a night of Broadway brilliance. 👉 Make a pledge to be entered to win using Glitter’s link in bio.

🌟 Big news! Thank you to @PhillyInquirer and Bob Moran for covering Glitter's newest large scale-cleaning project — Safe Steps West Philly. Together with ECS St. Barnabas, we’re bringing weekly cleanings to 275 blocks across Carroll Park, Haddington, Overbrook Park, Overbrook Farms, and Morris Park — creating $25/hr jobs and connecting neighbors to vital community resources. Clean streets = safer streets. 💚 Join us for the official kickoff on Sept. 18 at ECS St. Barnabas Community Resource Center, with former Mayor Michael Nutter as a guest speaker. 🍽️ Safe Steps West Philly Community Dinner 📅 Thursday, Sept 18 🕠 5:30 PM 📍 ECS St. Barnabas Community Resource Center (6006 W Girard Ave) Read the full article at the link in our bio. #SafeSteps #WestPhilly #CleanAndSafe #Glitter

✨ VOTE FOR GLITTER! ✨ We're thrilled to share that Glitter has been selected as a finalist in The Philadelphia Citizen’s Ideas We Should Scale Showcase! 🎉 This is a chance to bring our neighbor-powered cleaning model to even more blocks across Philly—and we need your help. 📩 Vote for Glitter using the link in our bio. By voting for Glitter, you’re backing: ✔️ Living-wage jobs ✔️ Cleaner, safer streets ✔️ Community-powered change And you’ll save $5 on your registration if you want to go to the event! Let’s show the city what neighbors can do together. 💪 #VoteGlitter #IdeasWeShouldScale #PhillyClean #CommunityPower #GlitterEffect #ShareGlitter

@‌shareglitter wrapped up their Safe Steps Program in Northwest Philadelphia, a year-long effort to tackle gun violence through weekly street cleanups. These small, consistent acts of care added up to real change. The night included a reflection on the impact of the project and included hands-on collaborative art activations made from recycled materials, turning discarded scraps into something meaningful together. Glitter has been a welcome addition to our Braid Mill community over the past year and we are really proud of everything they have accomplished and will continue to accomplish as they continue their incredible work.

Revive & Thrive✨INFO SESSION 8/11 🌱Transform a Philly vacant lot into a vibrant community space—and be part of the change! We’re looking for local leaders, dreamers, and doers to reimagine what’s possible for our neighborhoods. 💪🏽🏡 🗓️ Join our Info Session (Spanish & English) , MONDAY 8/11 at 6PM on Zoom to learn more 📧 RSVP: [email protected] — put “Revive and Thrive Application Support” in the subject line 📝 Have questions? Email us at [email protected] with “Revive and Thrive” in the subject 📍DETAILS & APPLICATION @ link in bio - or visit circularphiladelphia.org/revive-and-thrive 📲Spread the word, tag a neighbor, and help us build brighter, cleaner blocks! 🌍🧹✨ 💪 Together, Philly neighbors, @trash.academy , @parkinatruck , @shareglitter & @circularphl will pull our strengths, elbow grease, and reuse resources to: ✅ activate shared community spaces ✅ curb dumping ✅ model low-cost, resident-led revitalization that can be scaled throughout our beloved city 🌆 Photos from our partners on this incredible project: @trash.academy (slide 1) & transformations from @parkinatruck on subsequent slides! 🪄 #ReviveAndThrivePHL #PhillyCommunities #VacantLotTransformation #EnvironmentalJustice #CircularPhilly #CommunityPower #ParkInATruck #TrashAcademy #GlitterPHL #PhillyCleanup #YouthLeaders #UrbanDesign #NeighborhoodPride

We persevere because we care. WHY? Because we live here, dammit! Majeedah Rashid and the Nicetown community have been in a famous fight against dumping under the Roosevelt Expy underpass for over two decades! Because of constant caring and perseverance, this site has been cleaned and is being transformed into a sports court for the community. Follow and support the Clean Philadelphia NOW coalition, and learn more at the link in our bio.