May, 2012 – Great American Cleanup

The Great American Cleanup effort continues during the month of May including this weekend in various locations in Palm Beach County. Volunteers can visit the Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful website at www.keepPBCbeautiful.org for further details and sites or call (561) 686-6646 for more information. Volunteers are encouraged to pre-register by contacting the volunteer coordinator at their chosen location. All supplies will be provided and commemorative t-shirts will be given away to volunteers while supplies last. Community service hours will be given.

In what continues to be the nation’s largest grassroots community improvement program, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful’s volunteers will clean up litter and debris from public spaces, neighborhoods, roadways, waterways, parks, and schools.  Additional community improvement activities include tree and landscape plantings, and other beautification projects. Moreover, the Great American Cleanup is a significant opportunity for local organizations to coordinate activities that encourage civic engagement and action.

The Great American Cleanup takes place across the country in urban areas and rural hamlets alike, reaching its apex during the spring season. Throughout the months of March, April and May, an anticipated 1,200 KAB affiliates and participating organizations will bring together an estimated 3.8 million volunteers to produce more vibrant, beautiful, cleaner and safer towns and cities.

The 2012 theme — #GreenStartsHere – is a call to action that civic leaders and volunteer groups can use to create more sustainable communities. Focusing their volunteer efforts on activities surrounding waste reduction, recycling, beautification and community greening, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful will foster unity and strengthen community bonds through the Great American Cleanup. Following Palm Beach County’s official Cleanup date, the national movement will be highlighted by a National Day of Action on Saturday, April 28, featuring large-scale cleanups and coordinated events in cities across the country – including some in Palm Beach County.

 

“Service to the community is the ultimate demonstration that you love where you live,” said Matthew McKenna, President and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. “Participating in the Great American Cleanup can become a foundation for uniting friends, family, neighbors and communities in activities that don’t just make your community aesthetically pleasing, but also make it more effective at overcoming challenges.”

 

America’s leading companies and brands support the campaign. The National Sponsors of the 2012 Great American Cleanup to date are:  The Dow Chemical Company; The Glad Products Company; LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.; Nestlé® Pure Life® Purified Water; PepsiCo’s Pepsi-Cola and Gatorade companies; Solo Cup Company; Troy-Bilt® Lawn and Garden Equipment; Waste Management, Inc.; and Wrigley. Promotional Partners are: Crescent Art and Framing Products; Clorox® Green Works®; and Miss America Organization. Educational Partners are: Rubber Manufacturers Association and WM Recycle America.

Local Palm Beach County sponsors include Pratt & Whitney, Waste Management, Publix Super Market Charities, Veolia Environmental Services, and Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Attorneys at Law.