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Register your spring events with the Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania |
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Welcome to the new format of CleanWays Happenings. We moved to this electronic format to make it easier to circulate information to you with direct links to websites, programs, and individuals. We hope that you find this format easier to read and to use.
If there is someone on your Advisory Board that does not have an e-mail account, please forward this information to them. If there is anyone that you wish to add to the list to receive this electronic newsletter, please contact Stephanie Larson at slarson@pacleanways.org. |
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PA CleanWays and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Merger Update
Sue Smith, National Education Director for Keep America Beautiful, joined PA CleanWays-Keep PA Beautiful for a Grassroots Roundtable on March 2 in State College. Her presentation included an overview of the national organization and its vast and diverse network. She demonstrated how chapters and affiliates in PA can now take advantage of the tools and resources that are aligned with Keep America Beautiful's three focus areas including litter prevention, waste reduction and recycling, and community greening and beautification.
Over 30 of our network representatives were in attendance. While the majority of our chapters and affiliates will not directly affiliate with the national organization as Keep America Beautiful affiliates, the state organization will continue to serve as a conduit for these programming tools and resources for your local efforts.
While there is still much work to be done, we have begun to lay the framework for an all inclusive grassroots network in Pennsylvania under one governance body, speaking with one voice, and working towards a common goal, to keep Pennsylvania beautiful. If you have questions regarding the merger, please give us a call!
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Great American Cleanup of Pennsylvania 2010 Great American Cleanup of PA
The 2010 Great American Cleanup of PA will once again start on March 1st and continue through May 31st. In partnership with PA CleanWays-Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Keep America Beautiful, the Department of Environmental Protection, and PennDOT, this three month event offers many resources to groups that want to clean up the Commonwealth. As in previous years, coordinators of registered events will be able to get gloves, vests, and bags from local PennDOT District offices. The Let's Pick It Up PA - Everyday aspect of this event will occur April 17th through May 1st, with the focus day being April 24th. It is during this two week period that registered events can dispose of their trash collected from cleanups at participating landfills free of charge. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania were represented in the Great American Cleanup of PA in 2009. Help us continue the trend and register your spring event today by going to www.gacofpa.org or contacting Michelle Dunn at 877-772-3673 or mdunn@pacleanways.org. |
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 Litter Free School Zone The Litter Free School Zone program is designed to encourage students to keep their school grounds, campus, and neighborhood litter-free, and to raise public awareness regarding litter via a Litter Free School Zone sign to be displayed outside the school.
Students, clubs, classes, and even entire school districts can participate in the Litter Free School Zone program. Keeping their school litter-free is an easy and fun way for students to work together, learning valuable community leadership and responsibility skills while gaining a respect for the environment and the world around them. It is also an opportunity to develop a school-wide stewardship ethic and set a community example.
Please help us promote this program. If your chapter or affiliate would like a sign to take with you to speaking engagements or to exhibit at local conferences contact Susan Carmichael at 877-772-3673 ext. 107 or scarmichael@pacleanways.org. Visit our website for more information about the program. |
Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors Convention
PA CleanWays-Keep PA Beautiful Presenting
PA CleanWays-Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will be staffing a display booth at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) Annual Convention and Trade Show April 18th through 20th in Hershey. This conference typically attracts over 3,700 township officials from around the Commonwealth. It is a great opportunity for PA CleanWays-Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to advertise our network, programs, services, and mission. You can spread the word in a similar fashion at the local level. Every county township supervisor association also has an annual meeting for their supervisors. As we have done in the past, we encourage each affiliate and chapter to contact their township supervisor to find out when this annual meeting occurs and to try and get the opportunity to give a presentation on PA CleanWays and the work your affiliate or chapter is doing in that county. To get a list of county association officers and county convention dates, please visit www.psats.org. |
Youth Programs
Sue Wiseman Scholarship
PA CleanWays is now accepting applications for the Sue Wiseman Scholarship, an annual $1,000 scholarship that recognizes youth who have demonstrated leadership and shown exceptional commitment and dedication to reducing litter and illegal dumping in their community. Applicants must be residents of Pennsylvania, ages 16-21, who have initiated and carried out a personal project that addresses littering, illegal dumping, recycling, proper disposal, beautification of an area to deter illegal dumping, or public education that addresses one of the other listed topics. Applications and project requirements are due May 1, 2010. Application forms are available electronically or by calling the PA CleanWays office at 877-772-3673.
Litter Hawk Youth Award Program
PA CleanWays is excited to announce its annual Litter Hawk Youth Award Program. The Litter Hawk program gives youth an opportunity to express their concern about littering and illegal dumping, and preventative measures such as recycling, proper disposal, beautification, and stewardship through visual arts, language arts, and community outreach. This program includes two age groups, 10 and under and 11 to 18, and is ideal for organized youth groups, a classroom activity, or an individual project. Program brochures are available by submitting an online request form or by contacting our office at 877-772-3673. The deadline to submit applications and projects is March 31st. Three winning entries in each age group will receive gift cards to a bookstore in the amount of $75 (10 and under) and $100 (11-18). Awards will be announced during Earth Month (April). These programs are not open to PA CleanWays employees or the immediate relatives of PA CleanWays employees. |
Clean & Green Fund
Help for Direct Costs Associated with Cleanups
Clean and Green funding is available to all chapters. Each chapter can apply for direct costs associated with PA CleanWays programming. Contact Sharon Bungard at 724-836-4121 ext. 105 or sbungard@pacleanways.org to discuss funding prior to submitting your application. Click here for an application. |
We're on Facebook! Join us on Facebook and interact with us and fellow fans of PA CleanWays! Look for cleanup dates and contact information. Some of our chapters, including McKean, Mifflin, and Royal Gardens in Morris Park - West Philadelphia also have their own pages, in addition to The Great American Cleanup of PA/Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. Become our fan today! |
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Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative The Potomac Watershed Cleanup is a program of the Alice Ferguson Foundation and the Trash Free Initiative based in Maryland. As a supporter of the Trash Free Initiative, PA CleanWays-Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is alerting them of any spring cleanups being held in the Potomac Watershed area.
This does not require any additional registering or reporting from chapters or affiliates. All PA CleanWays cleanups that are within the Potomac Watershed will automatically be registered with the Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative by PA CleanWays staff.
Pennsylvania counties that are located within the Potomac Watershed include Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, and Somerset.
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DEP's Recycling Hotline
800-346-4242
The Recycling Hotline, managed by the Department of Environmental Protection, is open from 9:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Messages are taken 24 hours a day and staff returns calls with the best solution to any recycling problem.
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Mileage Reimbursement Rate
Effective January 2010, state government has decreased their mileage rate to 50 cents/mile. It is up to each advisory board to set the rate for your chapter or affiliate. | |
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