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For Immediate Release: November 18, 2005 Contact: Casey Eckert-Luker, KPB Education Coordinator Environmental Waste Services Department Phone: 972-769-4216 KEEP PLANO BEAUTIFUL ANNOUNCES WINNER OF 3rd ANNUAL T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST “LITTER IS A MONSTER OF A PROBLEM” Keep Plano Beautiful (KPB) launched another fun challenge this fall to Plano Kindergarten to 5th graders to create a t-shirt design reflecting the theme, “LITTER IS A MONSTER OF A PROBLEM.” The contest was held in partnership with Plano libraries and PISD Environmental Clubs. The winner of this year’s contest is eight-year-old Jay Purohit, a 3rd grader from Skaggs Elementary School. Jay’s design will be incorporated on 2,500 t-shirts that volunteers for the Great American Cleanup™ will wear on April 1, 2006. Mayor Pat Evans will present Jay a special certificate at the December 12 City Council meeting as a thank-you for depicting so clearly how litter can turn into a monster of a problem and what Plano residents can do about it. The Great American Cleanup™, sponsored by KPB, is Plano’s largest cleanup event of the year. 2006 will celebrate Plano’s 21st year of conducting a community cleanup! This exciting event is an opportunity for all Plano residents, young and old, to get involved. KPB counts on volunteers working together picking up litter on roads, in neighborhoods, creeks, parks, and in playgrounds to create a shared sense of responsibility for maintaining Plano as a clean and healthy community. Following a morning of hard work, volunteers will be honored with lunch, entertained by Radio Disney, and treated to fun activities at Bob Woodruff Park. Registration for the 2006 Great American Cleanup™, will be available online in January 2006; for questions concerning the 2005 cleanup, current sponsors, or how to become a sponsor, call 972-769-4216, or visit www.keepplanobeautiful.org.