Adopt a Highway: Arizona Volunteer Week

What better time to express gratitude to volunteers than during Arizona Volunteer Week, Apr. 21-27, along with thousands of dedicated individuals who strengthen Arizona communities through volunteering.

ADOT appreciates the nearly 9,000 Adopt a Highway volunteers who picked up 15,000 bags of trash along Arizona’s roadways in 2023. These individuals gave more than 22,000 hours of personal time and resources to promote a clean environment and help reduce litter.

In fact, all travelers can support our volunteers and contribute to cleaner roadways by stashing trash in vehicles, and securing truck loads. 

With the monsoon season approaching, it is especially important that we remind everyone that trash is a big problem in clogging our drainage systems and polluting stormwater. We need our pump stations and drainage grates to work efficiently to remove water from the freeways. Fast-food wrappers, plastic bags, soft drink cups and other items tossed out the window on the highway could contribute to roadway flooding.

Volunteers, thank you for choosing Adopt a Highway as one of the many options available for individuals to get involved in something greater than themselves. We appreciate your actions that help keep Arizona grand year-round.

Please visit the Adopt a Highway website if you are interested in adopting a highway near your community. We welcome you!