May 8 2013

 

CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM

 April 9, 2013 – Keep Wakulla County Beautiful was named as one of eleven Florida affiliates awarded a grant from Keep American Beautiful for Cigarette  Litter Prevention Program.  The grant in the amount of $2000.00 will be used to purchase and install permanent cigarette butt receptacles in several public parks and other designated high traffic areas Wakulla County.
It is estimated that several trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide every year. That’s billions of cigarettes flicked, one at a time, on our sidewalks, beaches, nature trails, gardens, and other public places every single day. In fact, cigarettes are the most littered item in America and the world. Cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate, not cotton, and they can take decades to degrade. Not only does cigarette litter ruin even the most picturesque setting, the toxic residue in cigarette filters is damaging to the environment, and littered butts cause numerous forest fires, are mistaken for food by birds and wildlife and in our area, end up in our sensitive waterways.
For more information on Keep Wakulla County Beautiful, visit our website at www://KWCB.org or contact us at helpkwcb@gmail.com.
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May 8 2013

AWARDS FIRST TWO CLASSROOM GRANTS

 May 7, 2013 – Keep Wakulla County Beautiful has awarded the first two Classroom Grants to for the 2012-13 school year.  The $100.00 awards were granted to Deborah Madden and Freebeau Swindel at Wakulla High School and Elena Myhre and Racheal Ryan of Medart Elementary.

The proposed project for Wakulla High School will involve students, WHS Staff, community volunteers in creating and maintaining a garden landscape at the school.  The carpentry students and their instruction will build, stain and install two trellises in the garden.  The garden will be maintained by students who volunteer to work after hours and can be awarded bright futures hours.  Community partners are Just Fruits and Exotics and Betsey Smith, Landscape specialist.

Medart Elementary will be creating a mural designed by students that will incorporate all Medart students.  The goal is to inspire teamwork and leadership.  The mural will be centrally located in the main hallway for all students and visitors to see.  The focus will be 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – and outstanding undertaking to inspire our young citizens.

Our next grant period will begin in August at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.

For more information on Keep Wakulla County Beautiful, visit our website at www://KWCB.org or contact us at helpkwcb@gmail.com

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