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In This Issue
KLB Grant Focus
KLB Announces Poster Design Contest Winners
2009 KLB State Conference
KLB Supports America Recycles Day
Upcoming Events

KLB Grant Focus:  Original Children's Book Features Literacy and Environmental
Responsibility

KLB Children's Book

Author Cindy Foust read her new book, "Be Smart...Do Your Part!" to first-graders at the Louisiana Governor's Mansion to launch the project.  The book, which targets elementary students, tells the story of a boy who becomes interested in serving his community and decides to do so by helping to preserve the environment. The book was initiated by the Monroe Rotary Club and sponsored in part by a grant from KLB this year.

Pictured above with students from Dalton Elementary School in Baton Rouge are (from left to right) KLB Board Member Dr. Susan Strain, KLB Board Member Jackie Poole, Author Cindy Foust, KLB Board Member Norman Ferachi and KLB Executive Director Leigh Harris.


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  Fall 2009
KLB Announces Poster
Design Contest Winners

Winning design to be featured as a poster in all Louisiana Offices of Motor Vehicles.


KLB Poster Winner


In late October, Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) announced the winners of its first student poster design contest.  The contest called for entries from Louisiana middle and high school students (grades 7-12). In the above photo, KLB Executive Director Leigh Harris (left) congratulates First Place Winner Jenny Wang (middle) and Glasgow Middle School Educator Geeta Dave (right).

The program, created by KLB, gave students the chance to design a portrait of what Louisiana would look like if citizens refrained from littering, recycled more and took time to beautify our state's landscape.

The winners are:
  • First Place - Jenny Wang, Glasgow Middle School - Baton Rouge, LA
  • Second Place - Cayla Zeek, St. Thomas More High School - Lafayette, LA
  • Third Place - Jenny Zhang, Glasgow Middle School - Baton Rouge, LA
  • Most Creative - Emma McKay, Ascension Episcopal School - Lafayette, LA

Wang's design is featured as a poster in all Louisiana Motor Vehicles field offices.  She was also awarded $500.  The runners-up received awards for their designs as well.

KLB Hosts Seventh Annual State Conference - August 19-21, 2009

KLB Exxon Award
ExxonMobil of Baton Rouge accepts first place in the Beautification & Community Improvement category at KLB's 2009 State Conference.


The 2009 conference, held in Shreveport, focused on issues relating to green living and its impact on community development in Louisiana, as well as trends in litter law enforcement, community building, and sustainability of community anti-litter programs.

This year's keynote speakers included Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Vice President Maitreyi Roy, who discussed greening work and its effect on community development; and Tom Martin, president of Zehnder Communications, with tips for gaining awareness through social networking mediums such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.


KLB Shreveport Award
Shreveport Green received first place in Litter Prevention.

The conference concluded with Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne speaking and helping host the annual Keep Louisiana Beautiful awards luncheon. The awards recognize exemplary programs, organizations and individuals across Louisiana promoting and strengthening cleaner communities.

Awards were given to the following individuals and organizations:

Waste Reduction
CITGO Petroleum - 1st Place
Town of Ball - 2nd Place
Corporal Wayne  Heckford , Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office - 3rd Place

Litter Prevention
Shreveport Green - 1st Place
DeQuincy Elementary School / Hershal Frazier - 2nd Place
Calcasieu Parish Police Jury - 3rd Place

Law Enforcement
Deputy Richard Elam of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office - 1st Place
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - 2nd Place

Beautification & Community Improvement
ExxonMobil of Baton Rouge - 1st Place

Dianne Chandler Award
Mrs. Chester Lee Moses
KLB and Affiliate Communities Support America Recycles Day

ARD Logo

America Recycles Day (ARD) is a 12-year-old program aimed at educating Americans on the benefits of recycling at work and home, and also encouraging citizens to buy products made with recycled materials. As a new signature event of Keep America Beautiful, Keep Louisiana Beautiful is pleased to promote the program this year in our home state. Communities are using the days leading up to November 15 to host a variety of events including:

Saturday, November 14 - Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council is holding a sale on refurbished electronics in Baton Rouge

Saturday, November 14 - Keep Natchitoches Beautiful has partnered with Goodwill Industries and others to hold Operation Hard Drive, a used electronic equipment collection event.

Click here for more information on recycling or to take the America Recycles Day Pledge. 
Upcoming Events

America Recycles Day
Sunday, November 15

KAB National Convention
Wednesday, December 2 - Friday, December 4


  • Click Here to learn about upcoming GAC events in your community.
 
If you're receiving this e-newsletter, you've indicated your support for the work of Keep Louisiana Beautiful and our network of affiliate communities committed to a cleaner Louisiana.  All of us here at KLB thank you for your support and encourage you to continue taking responsibility, speaking out against litter and participating in initiatives in your own neighborhoods and communities.  



Sincerely,
 
Leigh Harris, Executive Director
Keep Louisiana Beautiful
Keep Louisiana Beautiful is a volunteer-based service organization dedicated to a healthy and litter free Louisiana. Through a network of statewide affiliates, KLB promotes its mission to educate Louisianans on the ecological and economic effects of littering. For more information, please visit www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org.