Activities – Wilson County Beautification Association

Upcoming Events

We are excited about the MURAL we will be painting in Floresville! If you love to paint, please register to be a VOLUNTEER to help with this beautiful project, which will be a fun place to visit in Wilson County! We are proud to team up with Floresville Beautiful and Canvas Kids/ Mixed Media by Rosalba. We are super thankful for our sponsors, Floresville Electric Light & Power System, Floresville Economic Development Corporation, H-E-B Floresville, and Walmart Floresville!!
SIGN UP to VOLUNTEER and save your spot! The number of volunteers is limited so sign up now! :

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Past Events – Many events are not listed below because we haven’t had time to update this page!

2025

Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 24, 2025
6:00 pm – Executive Cmte. 6:30 pm – Membership Mtg. (all are invited)
Ag-Extension Room 9
1103 4th St.
Floresville TX

Litter PIck Event – Adopt-A-Highway
April 12, 2025

During the April 12 two-mile Adopt-A-Highway litter pick-up event along 775 at Eagle Creek, some crazy things were found. The Employees and Friends of 181 Auto and Wilson County Beautification Association members picked up 13 bags of litter in 2 miles! They found an old, warped 78 LP record, a complete snake skin, an important piece of mail, which they delivered to the owner, one old croc, and parts of an old dresser. When finished, 181 Auto provided the volunteers with trays of fresh fruit!

Quotes from some of the volunteers:

“I really appreciate the people who come out to pick up litter!”

“People who litter do not love nature.”

“Littering is trashy.”

“Many hands make the job lighter.”

“People should take the trash out of their truck bed so it doesn’t blow out onto the road.”

A super big thank you to volunteers, Steffinie Blankenship Mannifield, Steven and Sheila Whitcher, Wilson County Judge Jared Shaw, Donna Skloss, & Elaine Stephens.

April 12, 2025 – 181 Auto Adopt-A-Hwy litter pick up event along FM 775 in Wilson County, Texas. Thank you, Volunteers!

Membership Meeting
Thursday, Mar. 20, 2025
6:30 pm
Ag-Extension Room 9
1103 4th St.
Floresville TX

Wed., Feb. 12, 2025 – Meet & Greet
7:00 pm at Witte’s BBQ Restaurant in
La Vernia, Texas

2024

We were busy but didn’t get it all posted here yet!

2023
Membership Meeting
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
6:00 pm
Sutherland Springs Museum

Litter Pick-Up Event along CR 344
Jan. 28, 2023

2022

Sutherland Springs Litter Pick-up event
March 12, 2022

2021

2020

Litter Pick-Up
Saturday, October 17, 2020
8:00 – breakfast tacos will be ready!
8:30 – event begins
Begin at Witte’s restaurant, 12153 US Hwy 87 W., La Vernia, Texas
Litter pick-up supplies will be provided
Volunteers are welcome to participate!
This is a team effort by the La Vernia Lions Club and us!
It is a Keep Texas Beautiful “Fall Sweep” event!
We are usually finished by 11:00 am. Students under age 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

2019
Conservation for Everybody
Monday, April 29, 2019
6:00 pm – dinner
6:30 pm – speaker
Baldy’s Restaurant, 9356 US 87 West, La Vernia, Texas
Please RSVP by calling or text to 830-391-0226

Membership Meeting
Monday, Jan. 28, 2019
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Jack’s Cafe, 507 10th St., Floresville Texas

2018

Composting for Gardens – Worms at Work – Everyone is welcome!
Monday, Aug. 27, 2018
6:00 pm – 8:00pm
Jack’s Cafe, 507 10th St., Floresville, Texas
Support Your Local Wildlife
We invite YOU to attend our FREE, quarterly Speaker’s Forum featuring Guest Speaker, Jamie, Killian, our own Wilson and Karnes County Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Certified Wildlife Biologist, who will offer important information on managing our land for the benefit of wildlife in Wilson County, Texas.
Loss of habitat is a major threat to animals and plants. Every one of us can take some simple steps to help preserve a healthy habitat for all no matter how large or small the space. Seating is limited, so please RSVP by phone or text to Donna at 830-391-0226 by Aug. 24. Meals will be available to order at the event if you wish. We look forward to seeing YOU!

Litter Pick-Up Day
Monday, February 19, 2018
9:00am – 11:30am
Along County Road 344
Meet at CR344 and Woodcreek Drive
Bring water, gloves and any heavy-duty trash bags can donate since we have only a few.
Supplied: safety vests, a few trash bags, thin gloves, grabbers
We have a few trash bags but need more, so please bring extras if you can. We welcome donations of trash bags and water. Drop off items on collection day only, please, at meeting location. Our big thanks to Wilson County Commissioner, Pct. 3, Skip Hajek, for agreeing to send crews to pick up the collected bags of litter when we are finished!
Thank you!!

Clean-Up Projects
How to organize a clean-up project:
1. Email us! We can help with:
— publicity to find more volunteers
— where to find grabbers, bags, safety vests, gloves
2. Notify your County Commissioner to help you with important safety needs and to schedule the pickup of your collected bags of litter.
3. Please remember to:
— make a list of all volunteers
— count the number of bags of litter you pick up
— take photos and
— share this info with us!
We use the information when we apply for grants and awards for our County!

2017
A volunteer work day at Rancho de las Cabras was held on
Saturday, May 20, 2017
8 a.m. – 12 noon
Volunteers were advised to wear long pants, hat, closed-toed shoes and bring work gloves, bug spray, and a refillable water bottle.
All volunteers completed a volunteer form (download here) and were over age 18.

A 3-minute FILM about the ranching outposts which served the San Antonio missions, including Rancho de las Cabras was shown before the hard work began. See the video here: texasindependencetrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/rancho-de-las-cabras

Map to Rancho de las Cabras:
www.google.com/maps/place/Rancho+de+Las+Cabras/@29.0984586,-98.1776859,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x510d171589af93af!8m2!3d29.0952712!4d-98.167472