Get your teams ready! The $1k for 1k is officially open! 

About the challenge:

District 13 has a serious litter problem. We live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, and it's time we act like it. I have partnered with the Great Nova Scotia Pick-Me-Up  to offer $1000 in district capital funds in exchange for cleaning up 1km of District 13’s roads, beaches, parks and trails. Registered non-profit organizations, schools, and sports organizations in District 13 are encouraged to apply. The 1k for $1k continues to be an amazing, fair and equitable way to distribute capital funds throughout the district, and everyone benefits.

Due to the enormous success of this initiative in 2025, I'm bringing it back again for 2026. 
 

How to apply:

• Reach out to me at Nancy.Hartling@halifax.ca to confirm your group qualifies, the area your group wishes to pick up litter, the number of people who will be participating, and your capital request.
• Once you’ve confirmed you qualify and your group has been selected, you will need to complete a District Capital Fund Request Form.
• Pick a date. You litter pick up can be coordinated with Divert NS and the Great Nova Scotia Pick-Me-Up, and your team will be provided litter pick-up kits necessary for the day (available at libraries across HRM). Tipping fees will be waved for any collected garbage dropped off to the Otter Lake facility, or HRM can arrange garbage collection. Please call 311 two weeks in advance if you would like HRM to pick up your litter after your event or if you need your tipping fees waved.

Special thanks to those community groups, non-profits and sports organizations that participated in 2025: New Life Community Church, Roots to Boots Forestry Society, The Anglican Perish of St. Luke’s Hubbards (St. Luke’s Earth Keepers), Prospect Peninsula Residents' Association, West Dover Community Association, Team Black CFB, Terence Bay Community Hall Association, Chebucto Atlantics Hockey, Halifax County Soccer, 1st Prospect Scout Group, Fire Safe Society of Masons Point, The Peggy’s Cove Preservation Society, 2025 Women’s Canada Games Softball, Prospect Road Community Center, PRCMBA (Prospect Mariners Baseball), Hubbards Area Recreation Association, St. Margaret’s Bay Stewardship Association, Westwood Hills Homeowners Association, Fury Girls Basketball, and 250 Vimy Air Cadet Squadron (pickup coming in October).