The couple were nominated by Volunteering Northland.
Connop, who is also a candidate for Okara in the upcoming local body elections, said he and Lee were engaged in the clean-up because they loved Whangārei and wanted to support the community in making a positive impact.
As part of the awards presentation, a 30-second video needed to be submitted summarising the group's achievements.
Connop said they could not do the video without their volunteers who have been invited to a celebration and recording on August 31.
The Beautiful Awards celebrate environmental excellence and recognise positive actions taken by communities, businesses, schools, individuals and councils, in local and urban areas to protect and enhance their local environments.
Connop and Lee will attend the annual Beautiful Awards Gala Dinner, to be held on October 24 at the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum in Dunedin.
"Being finalists in two categories makes it worth the air travel, I think. We will offset the carbon of our trip by planting trees," Lee said.
The next Love Whangārei Monthly Clean Up is on September 14 as part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week.
The group will return to the corner of Fairburn and Tuaroa Streets where they have previously removed over two tonnes of waste.
The clean up aims to support the Raumanga and wider Whangārei community to be kaitiaki of their environment.
