Annual River Clean-Up
2024-04-01 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Chicago) | Hallet Oak Gallery
The Second Annual Lavaca River Clean-Up, Downtown Hallettsville will be held on April 1, 2024
The Lavaca County community, including the Hallettsville Girl Scout Troop 9513 will meet at Hallet Oak Gallery at 8 am to receive a safety briefing and t-shirts, and to split into two large teams. The public is welcome to join in the clean-up. The plan is to leave Hallet Oak Gallery at 8:30 am sharp to begin picking up trash at two locations.

The clean-up is planned to start and end at two bridges simultaneously: County Road 1 Poor Farm Bridge and Hwy 77/90, starting at 9 am sharp and ending at 9:45 am with group photos being taken at 10:00 am. “This event is to make a difference by working in two separate volunteer teams to clean-up the Lavaca River in 45 minutes. Comments heard after the last years’ clean-up, was that it was fun, enjoyable, and felt good to help the river which benefits community”, said Mieko Mahi, President of Hallet Oak Foundations’ Friends of Lavaca River group.

Groups Participating:
Friends of Lavaca River Group, Hallettsville Girl Scout Troup 9513, League of Women Voters of Lavaca County, and other groups, including Individuals desiring to be a part of the clean-up. Spectators are welcome to set-up a chair and watch.
The check list of items coordinated:
Mieko Mahi, President, Hallet Oak Foundation, is providing give-away safety items from Inteplast Group. Additional items will be brought in from Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, Patrick Brzozowski, PE, General Manager and Chad Kinsfather, Director of Environmental Services, which included trash bags, T-shirts all sizes. Safety cones from City of Hallettsville for the team leaders to warn traffic of clean-up.
TxDOT items donated: wildflower seeds and 50 safety vests. Friends’ items: 50 bandanas, extra trash bags, work gloves, and safety kit. Donuts will be provided. Mieko Mahi requests these extra items are needed to be in all the team leaders’ vehicles: bottled water, Gatorade, bug spray, spray sunscreen, giveaways, and a safety kit.

Darrell Wachel and Chad Kinsfather will lead the teams on the banks at CR 1 Poor Farm Bridge and Mieko Mahi, Milton Mache, and Patrick Brzozowski, PE will lead the teams at 77/90 Bridge. Valeria Nicole Mayo and Darlene Immekus are the Troop 9513 Leaders for the Girl Scout families.
Special Appreciation Shout-Outs to:

Steven Pituch, Hallet Oak Gallery, fine art photographer for photography coverage
Grace Ward, Hallettsville City Manager, for providing trash pick-up assistance for 1 Day Trash Dumpster Use at 77/90 Bridge – All trash must be in this special provided dumpster by the end of the day. “Please take advantage that it is there and make sure it is full for this special occasion to make Hallettsville both beautiful and safer”, says, Mieko Mahi.
Inteplast Group for Caps, Safety glasses, Gloves, Whistles, Trash bags.
Lavaca-Navidad River Authority for T-Shirts: Lavaca River Clean-Up
TxDOT for Wildflower Seeds to spread out in Oct.
Judge Keith Mudd for Announcement and Proclamation for Annual Lavaca River Awareness and Clean-Up Day.
RL Bordovsky, Town & Country LLC and “Tommy” Tumis, Tumis Tire and Automotive, Hallettsville for their personal assistance to this clean-up to be successful.

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Friends of Hallettsville's Adopt A Highway 77, Downtown Hallettville re: Trash Off
2024-04-06 08:00 - 09:00 | Hallet Oak Gallery
Join Hallet Oak Foundation’s Friends of Hallettsville’s Adopt-A-Highway, downtown Hallettsville.

We meet at Hallet Oak Gallery, 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville, TX 77964, at 8:00 am to wait for teams to arrive, we leave promptly at 8:30 am to designated sites. For this event, since we will have children participating we will pick up trash at the City of Hallettsville Basket Ball Court and work for 15 minutes from 9:00 am to 9:00 am.
This experience will show how clean our city is as trash is hard to find. And to show how fast an area can be clean-up working with volunteers – it’s only 15 minutes!
We will hand out vests, gloves and trashbags, and we’ll have water and a safety kit and will provide a safety-briefing. All Adopt A Highway groups are invited, all non-profits, and any individual may join us. Children under 17 years of age must be with an adult for supervision.
This is part of the Friends of Hallettsville Downtown Revitalization non-profit which is part of Hallet Oak Foundation Inc mission – to improve environment through art and culture.
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Annual Lavaca River Clean-Up & Awareness
2026-03-09 08:00 - 10:00
Announcing the Fourth Annual Lavaca River Clean-Up in Downtown Hallettsville will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2026
The Lavaca County community is invited to participate in the Fourth Annual Lavaca River Clean-Up on Saturday, March 28, 2026, in downtown Hallettsville. The event will kick off at 8 a.m. at the Hallet Oak Gallery, where participants will receive a safety briefing, t-shirts, and be divided into two teams. The public is welcome to join the effort, and the clean-up will start promptly at 8:30 a.m. as the team’s head to two locations along the river to clean simultaneously at two bridges: the County Road 1 Poor Farm Bridge and the Hwy 77/90 Bridge.
Volunteers will work from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m., and group photos will be taken at 10 a.m.
“This event is about bringing people together for a common cause of cleaning up the Lavaca River in just 45 minutes. Feedback from last year’s clean-up showed it was a fun and rewarding experience, and participants felt good seeing the river up close and being a part of the clean-up, which benefits our community,” said Mieko Mahi, President of the Hallet Oak Foundation’s Friends of Lavaca River group.
Participating Groups:

Friends of Lavaca River Group
Hallettsville Cub Scouts Pack 223
Other non-profit groups and individuals interested in participating.

Spectators are welcome to set up chairs and watch the clean-up efforts.
Coordinated Items and Safety:
Team leaders will ensure the safety and success of the event by having extra supplies in their vehicles, including bottled water, Gatorade, bug spray, sunscreen, and safety kits.
Sponsors of the Annual Clean-Up are Inteplast Group, The Lavaca-Navidad River Authority, represented by Patrick Brzozowski and Chad Kinsfather. Additionally, TxDOT will donate safety vests, and Hallet Oak Foundation’s Friends of Lavaca River group will provide 50 bandanas. Donuts will be available for participants.
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