The Keep Antioch Beautiful Committee is seeking volunteers for the 2012 Keep Antioch Beautiful volunteer cleanup event. Last year several hundred volunteers turned out for the second annual event. A large amount of trash was collected and deposited in Allied Waste dumpsters stationed at schools and sites around the city.

The third annual event, chaired by former Antioch Councilmember Martha Parsons, will be held Saturday, April 21 from 8:30-11 a.m. at Contra Loma Regional Park. A complimentary thank-you lunch will be served volunteers following the event.

The event is sponsored by the City of Antioch, Antioch Unified School District, Allied Waste, Genon, Honeywell, Walmart, Arts & Cultural Foundation of Antioch, East Bay Regional Park District, Rivertown Preservation Society, DIGITAL services, Pleasant Hill and Antioch Coin & Jewelry, Pinky’s Klassy Car Wash, Paradise Skate, Dick Straub (in memoriam), Staples, Fast Signs, Antioch Police Crime Commission, Delta Bowl, Central Self Storage, REI, Target, Jim Lanter – State Farm, Kiwanis, and East County Military Families and Friends.

Groups, service clubs and others volunteering at the event include the Antioch and Deer Valley high school Key Club, Antioch Police Crime Prevention Commission, Antioch Rotary, Boys Scouts Troops of Antioch, Kiwanis of the Delta, Operation Homefront, East County Military Families and Friends, Rivertown Preservation Society, Rotary Club of the Delta, Target Employees, and United Citizens for Better Neighborhoods.

To register for the event online, visit www.art4antioch.org. For more information, call 925-779-6137, option 1. You can also follow the Keep Antioch Beautiful group’s efforts on Facebook.