Keep Loup Basin Beautiful keeping you in the “Loop”
Attention:
RESIDENTS OF OUR NINE COUNTIES!
From March 1 thru May 31, 2009
We will be giving away a Troy-Bilt
Leaf Blower and a Troy-Bilt Weed Trimmer, each worth over
$200, in a random drawing of all volunteers for all cleanup,
fix up, or beautification projects in a public space during
the "Great American Cleanup".
Any
group large or small, any project large or small can be
entered, but you must register your project prior to
completion. We will again have free Glad Bags and supplies.
Talk
to Linda, 308-728-3393 email:
Linda.Studnicka@rcdnet.net
Keep Loup Basin Beautiful
Here are 20
great tips for improving community environments
year-round:
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Work with the local
civic groups to identify and eliminate eyesores, and
beautify the local environment.
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Pick up a piece of
litter every day.
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Keep a litter bag in
your car or your recreational vehicle so you dispose of
litter properly.
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Create a trash fishing
contest in your waterway to increase awareness about
illegal dumping and littering.
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Write a letter to the
editor of your local newspaper asking others to respect
public lands and keep them clean.
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Help your local
schools conduct recycling drives and clean-up projects.
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Create a beautiful
green space by planting trees and shrubs in an area in
need of improvement.
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Ask local businesses
to adopt-a-spot and take care of it.
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Paint and fix up
playground equipment.
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Organize a paint-out
with family and friends, and create a community
paintbrush mural over a wall of illegal graffiti.
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Recycle your old
tires.
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Report graffiti to
your local authorities.
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Donate your old
computer equipment or dispose of it properly.
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Conduct a recycling
drive in your neighborhood or your business.
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Volunteer to help your
employer conduct paper recycling drives at work.
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Donate gently used
clothes to needy organizations and shelters and identify
other items that you can reuse.
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Compost yard and food
waste and seek advice if you don’t know how.
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Find out how pollution
in storm drain runoff can impact our aquifers and
ecosystems, and be passionate about doing your part to
reduce litter and solid waste.
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Ask your local
government officials to establish regular community
improvement activities, and to support and promote
volunteer efforts.
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Help your library
establish an environmental corner that offers books and
other educational materials about taking care of the
Earth.
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