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For Immediate Release: March 24,
2005
Contact: Casey Eckert-Luker
KPB Education Coordinator
Phone: 972-769-4216
KEEP PLANO BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF COMMUNITY-WIDE CLEANUPS
Radio Disney to entertain during Volunteer Appreciation Picnic
Keep Plano Beautiful (KPB) is calling for volunteers to pick up litter and
debris around neighborhoods, schools or businesses, parks, greenbelts,
roadways, or creeks throughout Plano and to paint, plant, and do whatever it
takes to put a “shine” on our community this spring! KPB is counting on
volunteers, young and old, to show why litter “bugs” Plano residents and
how, unchecked, litter can hurt our community.
The Great American Cleanup™ (GAC), which runs from March through May, is
America’s largest litter prevention, beautification, and community
improvement program. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are
serving as Honorary Chairs of the 2005 Great American Cleanup™. KPB’s
exciting target event, scheduled for Saturday, April 2, 2005, is an
opportunity for ALL Plano residents to get involved and join forces with
over 2 million volunteers nationwide participating in cleanups in more than
14,000 communities.
For the first time, Plano ISD middle schools have joined forces with KPB to
support the Great American Cleanup. Fundraisers have been conducted at six
of the the honor of kissing “Molly” the Cow at the Volunteer Appreciation
Picnic!
Groups and individuals can volunteer to clean locations all over Plano from
8:00am to 11:00am on April 2. Following a morning of hard work, cleanup
volunteers are encouraged to bring their collected litter, as well as the
“most unusual littered item” found during their cleanup, to Bob Woodruff
Park; the items will be displayed, and the most unusual items in three
categories will win prizes.
Volunteers will be honored with lunch, treated to entertainment by Radio
Disney, given photo opportunities with many community mascots, and invited
to participate in interactive environmental activities for adults and kids
alike. The event is sponsored locally by the following: Trinity Waste
Services, OTTO Container Management, Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., Frito-Lay,
Inc., Medical Center of Plano, Ozarka Water, Wienerschnitzel, and Whole
Foods Market. A special feature of the Picnic will be a thank-you to Skaggs
Elementary 5th Grader, Laura Lee, the winner of the 2005 GAC t-shirt design
contest.
Last year, more than 2 million Great American Cleanup™ volunteers picked up
9.6 million pounds of liter, collected recyclables, eliminated illegal dump
sites, renewed parks, planted community gardens, and cleaned up lakes,
rivers, seashores, and roadsides all across the country. In 2004, over 2,600
Plano volunteers picked up over 7.5 tons of trash and debris locally, with
almost 1.5 tons of landscape waste diverted from the landfill to the City’s
compost site.
To register online for Plano’s largest citywide cleanup, please go to the
KPB website at:
www.keepplanobeautiful.org.
Keep Plano Beautiful is a City of Plano Commission that engages individuals
to volunteer and take responsibility for enhancing their community through
litter awareness, prevention, and community beautification. Keep Plano
Beautiful is affiliated with Keep America Beautiful, Inc., and Keep Texas
Beautiful, Inc. For more information about KPB and the Great American
Cleanup™, go to the KPB website or call the KPB office at 972-769-4130.
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