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News Release-March, 2015
Contact: Alvin Wright: 832-395-2455 office / 713-859-7608 cell
Public Works Streets and Drainage Division Teams Up to Revive Garden
On Saturday, March 7, 2015, starting at 8am, crews from the City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering Street and Drainage Division, in collaboration with Keep Houston Beautiful, will join forces with the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, TBG Partners, and the Houston Housing Authority. The project is coordinated with support from City of Houston Council Member Mike Laster, District J office to, beautify and clean the 7200 block of Bellerive.
Volunteers will clean out garden plots, target areas that require garden beautification, and remove litter from around the storm drain inlet. Completion of this project will allow area residents access to fresh fruits and vegetables while improving storm water quality. The commitment from the garden participants to continue clean-up efforts will decrease the amount of litter and debris that would normally clog inlets.
Senior citizen participants will lead the beautification charge by cleaning and beautifying the vegetable gardens planted on the storm water easement. Others joining this clean-up effort include, staff from Council Member Mike Laster’s office, Keep Houston Beautiful Commissioners, and students from Strake Jesuit and the University of Houston-Downtown.
Tools and supplies will be provided by Keep Houston Beautiful. Those wishing to volunteer should contact Keep Houston Beautiful at 713-839-8855 or email at ebarlow@houstonbeautiful.org.
WHAT: BELLERIVE VEGETABLE GARDEN AND CLEAN UP
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015
WHERE: 7225 BELLERIVE, HOUSTON, TX 77036
TIME: 8 AM TO NOON
Please click here to download the News Release.
Contact: Alvin Wright: 832-395-2455 office / 713-859-7608 cell
Public Works Streets and Drainage Division Teams Up to Revive Garden
On Saturday, March 7, 2015, starting at 8am, crews from the City of Houston Department of Public Works and Engineering Street and Drainage Division, in collaboration with Keep Houston Beautiful, will join forces with the City of Houston Solid Waste Management Department, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, TBG Partners, and the Houston Housing Authority. The project is coordinated with support from City of Houston Council Member Mike Laster, District J office to, beautify and clean the 7200 block of Bellerive.
Volunteers will clean out garden plots, target areas that require garden beautification, and remove litter from around the storm drain inlet. Completion of this project will allow area residents access to fresh fruits and vegetables while improving storm water quality. The commitment from the garden participants to continue clean-up efforts will decrease the amount of litter and debris that would normally clog inlets.
Senior citizen participants will lead the beautification charge by cleaning and beautifying the vegetable gardens planted on the storm water easement. Others joining this clean-up effort include, staff from Council Member Mike Laster’s office, Keep Houston Beautiful Commissioners, and students from Strake Jesuit and the University of Houston-Downtown.
Tools and supplies will be provided by Keep Houston Beautiful. Those wishing to volunteer should contact Keep Houston Beautiful at 713-839-8855 or email at ebarlow@houstonbeautiful.org.
WHAT: BELLERIVE VEGETABLE GARDEN AND CLEAN UP
WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2015
WHERE: 7225 BELLERIVE, HOUSTON, TX 77036
TIME: 8 AM TO NOON
Please click here to download the News Release.
Don't mess with Texas Scholarship
Remember, the 2015 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship is open to any Texas high school senior planning to attend a two or four year accredited Texas college. Students have until midnight (CST) April 4th to apply.
Remember, the 2015 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship is open to any Texas high school senior planning to attend a two or four year accredited Texas college. Students have until midnight (CST) April 4th to apply.
Don't mess with Texas Art Contest
The 2015 Don’t mess with Texas Elementary Art Contest is accepting entries until April 18th. Students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade are asked to submit artwork to be used in the 2016 Don’t mess with Texas calendar and to win an iDeaUSA8 tablet donated by H-E-B and Central Market.
Don't mess with Texas Middle School Slogan Contest
February marks the launch of the first Don’t mess with Texas Middle School Can Slogan Contest. Middle school students in grades 6 through 8 can submit their own original creative litter prevention slogan for a Don’t mess with Texas personality can. The top 10 slogans will be decaled onto the trashcan and delivered to the winner’s schools for display and use before the start of the 2015-2016 school year. Students have until April 18th to submit their slogans and winners will be announced in early May.
The 2015 Don’t mess with Texas Elementary Art Contest is accepting entries until April 18th. Students enrolled in kindergarten through fifth grade are asked to submit artwork to be used in the 2016 Don’t mess with Texas calendar and to win an iDeaUSA8 tablet donated by H-E-B and Central Market.
Don't mess with Texas Middle School Slogan Contest
February marks the launch of the first Don’t mess with Texas Middle School Can Slogan Contest. Middle school students in grades 6 through 8 can submit their own original creative litter prevention slogan for a Don’t mess with Texas personality can. The top 10 slogans will be decaled onto the trashcan and delivered to the winner’s schools for display and use before the start of the 2015-2016 school year. Students have until April 18th to submit their slogans and winners will be announced in early May.
2015 HAUFC Tree Planting Competition
The Houston Area Urban Forestry Council, Harris County Flood Control District, Texas A&M Forest Service and CenterPoint Energy 8th Annual Houston Regional Tree Planting Competition held in conjunction with local Arbor Day celebrations.
Keep Houston Beautiful Commissioners Susan Cita, Walter Hambrick and Nancy Bailey were among the competitors and judges who planted 1,000 trees in record time. Susan judged the winning Professional Team BIO Landscape Services on the best day of the year for planting trees, Walter and his cousin led the Sam Houston University Alumi Team, and Nancy Bailey rallied four teams of Coca-Cola employee volunteers. Nancy’s team took the first place Amateur Team award.
Keep Houston Beautiful Commissioners Susan Cita, Walter Hambrick and Nancy Bailey were among the competitors and judges who planted 1,000 trees in record time. Susan judged the winning Professional Team BIO Landscape Services on the best day of the year for planting trees, Walter and his cousin led the Sam Houston University Alumi Team, and Nancy Bailey rallied four teams of Coca-Cola employee volunteers. Nancy’s team took the first place Amateur Team award.
On Saturday, January 24, 2015 volunteers joined Houston City Council Member for District K Larry V. Green for the 2015 Arbor Day Tree Planting Event. Council Member Green partnered with Trees for Houston, the Houston Parks Dept., The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Keep Houston Beautiful to plant over 400, 15-gallon trees along the esplanades within the Hiram Clarke community. This is part of the District K Klean It Up/Green It Up Initiative.
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Students Can Participate in Art Contests, Slogan Contest,
and Scholarship Competition
and Scholarship Competition
Take Care of Texas and Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) are looking for student artwork focusing on keeping Texas' environment clean for future generations. KTB is also looking for some student help developing a new slogan for Don't mess with Texas cans across the state.
Open to all K-5 students in Texas, the Take Care of Texas Kids Art Contest is looking for artwork depicting how the students, along with their friends and families, can help keep the air and water clean, conserve water and energy, and reduce waste. One grand-prize winner will receive a Samsung laptop, and 15 students will win a Samsung tablet. The contest begins Monday, January 5, and artwork must be received by Friday, March 6.
Don't mess with Texas and KTB are teaming up for the second annual Don't mess with Texas Elementary School Art Contest. Students in K-5 are invited to submit original artwork promoting litter prevention and keeping Texas beautiful. The top 12 designs will be included in the 2016 Don't mess with Texas calendar, and each winner will receive an iDea USA 8-inch tablet. Details, including deadlines, will be posted soon.
Don't mess with Texas is also offering college scholarships for high school seniors. They will also announce details for their middle school slogan contest early this year.
24th Annual City of Houston Holiday Tree Recycling Program Kick Off
City Officials, the City of Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD); the Houston Parks and Recreation Department; Reliant, an NRG Company, and Living Earth
Start off the New Year by recycling your Christmas tree into mulch. Take advantage of the Solid Waste Management Department’s (SWMD) Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Program.
Residents can recycle their Christmas trees by dropping them off at one of eighteen (18) free, drop-off, recycling sites located throughout Houston (listed below). In addition to the drop-off locations, residents with City of Houston collection may place their tree curbside on their scheduled tree waste day and it will be recycled. Click here to learn more.
The Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Program runs December 26, 2014 – January 7, 2015. All facilities are closed January 1, 2015.
Residents can recycle their Christmas trees by dropping them off at one of eighteen (18) free, drop-off, recycling sites located throughout Houston (listed below). In addition to the drop-off locations, residents with City of Houston collection may place their tree curbside on their scheduled tree waste day and it will be recycled. Click here to learn more.
The Residential Christmas Tree Recycling Program runs December 26, 2014 – January 7, 2015. All facilities are closed January 1, 2015.
Location, Date and Hours of Operation:
(All locations closed New Year's Day, January 1, 2015)
(All locations closed New Year's Day, January 1, 2015)
OPEN Wednesday - Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Central Neighborhood Depository - 2240 Central St.
Kirkpatrick Neighborhood Depository - 5565 Kirkpatrick
Sommermeyer Neighborhood Depository - 14400 Sommermeyer
N. Main Neighborhood Depository - 9003 N. Main
Southwest Neighborhood Depository - 10785 SW Freeway
Sunbeam Neighborhood Depository - 5100 Sunbeam
OPEN Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CLOSED SUNDAY
Westpark Consumer Recycling Center - 5900 Westpark
OPEN DAILY, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Doss Park (gates close at 5) - 2500 Frick Road
Memorial Park (Ball Fields 4 and 5) - 7300 Memorial Drive
T.C. Jester Park - 4200 T.C. Jester West
Kingwood – Bens View Lane @ Bens Branch Drive
Ellington Airport Recycling Drop-off –HWY 3 @ Brantley Road
OPEN Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Living Earth - 5625 Crawford Road
Living Earth - 1503 Industrial Drive (Gessner @ Hwy 90)
Living Earth - 1700 Highway 90A East
Living Earth - 12202 Cutten Road
Living Earth – 16138 Highway 6
Living Earth – 5210 S. Sam Houston Pkwy.
Central Neighborhood Depository - 2240 Central St.
Kirkpatrick Neighborhood Depository - 5565 Kirkpatrick
Sommermeyer Neighborhood Depository - 14400 Sommermeyer
N. Main Neighborhood Depository - 9003 N. Main
Southwest Neighborhood Depository - 10785 SW Freeway
Sunbeam Neighborhood Depository - 5100 Sunbeam
OPEN Monday - Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., CLOSED SUNDAY
Westpark Consumer Recycling Center - 5900 Westpark
OPEN DAILY, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Doss Park (gates close at 5) - 2500 Frick Road
Memorial Park (Ball Fields 4 and 5) - 7300 Memorial Drive
T.C. Jester Park - 4200 T.C. Jester West
Kingwood – Bens View Lane @ Bens Branch Drive
Ellington Airport Recycling Drop-off –HWY 3 @ Brantley Road
OPEN Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 7:00 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Living Earth - 5625 Crawford Road
Living Earth - 1503 Industrial Drive (Gessner @ Hwy 90)
Living Earth - 1700 Highway 90A East
Living Earth - 12202 Cutten Road
Living Earth – 16138 Highway 6
Living Earth – 5210 S. Sam Houston Pkwy.
Artwork by Dixie Friend Gay, Burnett Station, Houston TX
THANK YOU to everyone that attended the 30th Annual Mayor’s Proud Partners Luncheon. We truly appreciate you joining us in celebrating the most outstanding environmental stewards of the year. We hope to see at next year’s event! Click here to view event photos.
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Congratulations to this year's Outstanding Proud Partner, J. Howard Rambin III. Click here to take a look at Howard in action over the years for Keep Houston Beautiful. |
THANK YOU to all the volunteers and Silver Eagle crew that contributed their time to beautifying Washington Avenue. We greatly appreciate your efforts!
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Keep Houston Beautiful teamed up with the Houston Housing Authority and over 200 youths from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to replenish the Historic Oaks of Allen Parkway Village by planting 140 trees throughout the property. Thank you to our community partners, the Apache Foundation and the Scotts Miracle-Gro Company who both contributed generous in-kind donations of materials. We couldn’t have done it without you!
THANK YOU to all the volunteers, partners and sponsors who made
Keep Houston Beautiful Day 2014 a success!
Keep Houston Beautiful Day 2014 a success!
More than 1,000 volunteers worked together at 21 sites around the city with one common goal, to make Houston a more beautiful place. We appreciate all your hard work! Cleanup results coming soon.
HEB's Earth Day Video Conference
Win Big $$ for you and your Favorite Environmental Non-profit!
http://www.heb.com/page/offers-contests/earth-day-video-contest
Win Big $$ for you and your Favorite Environmental Non-profit!
http://www.heb.com/page/offers-contests/earth-day-video-contest
GRO1000 Gardens and Green Spaces Grant Program
Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood – Garden & Nature Playground
Saturday, March 22 2014
Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood – Garden & Nature Playground
Saturday, March 22 2014
Thank you for all the hard work and heavy lifting to help make this project happen. We’re so excited this garden at Gabriela Mistral Center for Early Childhood has become a reality. We want to thank Mayor Annise Parker, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, Dow Chemical Company and our national partners for helping to provide a creative outdoor learning space. The children love it!
Many thanks to the Liberty Mutual team that made the event
at Lyerly Senior Living Center such a success!
at Lyerly Senior Living Center such a success!
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