Real Caring

Lending a Hand

In our tourism and hospitality community, passionate Tucson Ambassadors are ready to serve and preserve what they proudly promote, whether they're collecting trash along a roadside, pulling invasive species at a national park, or helping make the holidays brighter for families in difficult circumstances.

MTCVB Outreach and Volunteering

Beat Back Buffelgrass Day - Saturday, January 28, 2012
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau staff and friends/family volunteered to help rid Sabino Canyon of a little more invasive buffelgrass. They were joined by another dozen volunteers from the Sabino Canyon Weedwackers. View more photos on the TucsonCVB Facebook page.

Tucson Clean and Beautiful - Friday, October 7, 2011
Members of the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau volunteered their time to give the retaining walls near the Tucson Convention Center Music Hall a fresh coat of paint. The project was part of the Tucson Clean and Beautiful initiative and the MTCVB's "Real Caring" volunteer efforts. To view more photos of this event, visit the TucsonCVB Facebook page.

Tucson Clean and Beautiful - Saturday, March 19, 2011
MTCVB joined with Tucson Clean & Beautiful, which promotes and develops community environmental education & participatory programs in waste reduction, recycling, litter abatement and prevention, beautification, resource conservation, solar and alternative energy, and much more. Over 10 MTCVB staff, along with staff from our accommodation partners, cleaned litter along Kolb Road from 22nd Street to Speedway, as well as two washes nearby. View our Facebook album and don't forget to "like" VisitTucson. 

Beat Back Buffelgrass Day - Saturday, February 5, 2011
More than 30 MTCVB staff and their family joined hundreds of other Tucsonans for the Beat Back Buffelgrass Day.  MTCVB worked for four hours and pulled 65 bags of buffelgrass from two acres in lower Bear Canyon. Take a look at our Facebook photo album of the event!

MTCVB Joins Ben's Bells - Thursday, December 2, 2010
Over 20 Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau staff volunteered to help paint Ben's Bells at their studio, located in Main Gate Square, near the University of Arizona. We were thrilled to be a part of such a positive Tucson organization.

MTCVB Makes a Difference! - Saturday, October 24, 2009
On National Make a Difference Day, The Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau (MTCVB) and our industry partners worked to beautify a stretch of Tucson's Benson Highway that leads visitors from the Tucson International Airport to the heart of our amazing city. MTCVB was joined by tourism industry professionals from Southern Arizona Lodging & Resort Association (SALARA), the Attractions Alliance, and the Tucson Airport Authority.

Aviva Children's Services Holiday Adopt-a-Family
For the last 10-years, the Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Buerau has adopted a family for the Holiday season. We are passionate about helping those in need, and will continue to help in any way we can.

Gospel Rescue Mission Thanksgiving Dinner
The MTCVB has been donating to the Gospel Rescue Mission since 2006.