Trashercise Across Tennessee
Trashercise combines fitness and community cleanup, a movement started 16 years ago in Leiper's Fork, now expanding across Tennessee to promote healthier communities and cleaner roads.
Trashercise started 16 years ago in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee by resident Aubrey Preston. One day while working out at the gym, Aubrey had an idea to create a program that would encourage people to exercise and pick up trash in his community. After sharing his idea with friends, family and colleagues in Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, he decided to put those ideas into a plan of action. Thus, the Trashercise movement was born.
Aubrey created Trashercise as a fun community event with the dual benefits of roadside clean-up and exercise. Approximately 150,000 pounds of trash have been collected over the past 16 years. The success of Trashercise at the local level has inspired Keep Tennessee Beautiful to continue the movement with the goal of Trashercising in all 95 counties in Tennessee.
All who register for Trashercise Across Tennessee will receive a water bottle sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.