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Keep
Houston Beautiful presents the ...
24th
Annual Mayor's Proud Partner Awards
For
the past twenty-three years, Keep Houston Beautiful
has recognized individuals and projects that help make
Houston a cleaner and more beautiful city. You are invited
to submit an individual or group project that you consider
worthy of this prestigious honor. Your entry application must
be received by the deadline of Friday, August 15, 2008. Please
click on the following link to download the application: 24th
Annual Mayor's Proud Partner Awards application
NEW:
ONLINE ENTRY APPLICATION PROCEDURE!
Keep
Houston Beautiful is delighted to inform you that we have
developped an online entry application to the Annual Mayor's
Proud Partner Awards. Please click on the following link to
fill-out the entry application ONLINE:
24th
Annual Mayor's Proud Partner Awards ONLINE Application
Go Green Houston
AT H-E-B
You can make
a difference in the environment. Join the City of Houston, Abitibi,
Bowater, and H-E-B in "going green" by recycling at
your local HEB. Every recycled item benefits Keep Houston Beautiful
environmental education program.
Click on
the link to the right for information on drop-off
locations.
Waterway
Cleanup Program
Looking
for a fun way to improve your community environment?
Organize a cleanup event to improve and maintain the quality
of surface water. When you register your event with
Keep Houston Beautiful, we will help your cleanup with free
supplies, such as garbage bags, litter-grabbers, gloves, volunteer
giveaway items and much more to any Texan interested in protecting
our local waterways.
The
program, a partnership between Keep Texas Beautiful and the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, helps support the
cleanup of lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds, wetlands and other
inland, freshwater areas. Click on the link to the right
to learn how you can sign-up your group with Keep Houston
Beautiful.
Neigborhood
Weekend Cleanup and Vacant Lot Cleanup
The
Neighborhood Protection Corps., Keep Houston Beautiful, District
Council Members, Houston Parks and Recreation Department,
Houston Police Department, Mayor's Citizens Assistance Office,
Public Works and Engineering, Republic Waste Services, Harris
County, Solid Waste Management, and the Planning and Development
Department join together to coordinate neighborhood weekend
cleanups. We maintain a warehouse with tools that you
will need for your cleanup.
Please
click on the link to the right to download the Cleanup Request
and to reserve tools from our warehouse.
Calendar
of Events and Volunteer Opportunities
Check-out
the KHB calendar of events. Have you
been looking for volunteer opportunities
for your company, organization, neighborhood association
or other groups? Keep Houston Beautiful has launched a new
service for groups planning beautification and cleanup projects
and will post these events weekly. Volunteers will be able
to find a new real-time calendar of events in their area of
interest. Click on the Calendar of Events and Volunteer Opportunities
image on the right.
Adopt
- An - Esplanade
The
city of Houston has a total of 2,240 acres of esplanades.
Residents are ready and willing to adopt these areas. Through
a grant from the Texas Forest Service, Keep Houston Beautiful
in partnership with the Houston Parks and Recreation Department
has published a new user-friendly
“Adopt-An-Esplanade Guide”. The Guide includes
simple easy to follow instructions including a unique flowchart
to lead residents through the procedure efficiently.
For
additional information contact Marilu De La Fuente, Adopt-An-Esplanade
Coordinator at 713-845-1223 or via e-mail marilu.delafuente@cityofhouston.net
Keep
Our Neighborhood Clean
For
information about heavy trash disposal or to report illegal
dumping, call 3-1-1 or go to their web site www.stoptrashinghouston.org.
Click
on the link to the right to learn more about the Stop Trashing
Houston program.
Cleanup
Sweep U.S.A.
With
a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Keep America
Beautiful has launched Clean Sweep U.S.A. , a web
site designed to provide students, teachers and families with
information about real-world issues concerning waste.
The web site contains resources related to garbage, source
reduction, composting, recycling, waste–to–energy and landfills.
The Clean Sweep U.S.A. web site is based upon existing,
proven Keep America Beautiful curricula and research materials.
The online modules are correlated to national educational
standards and provide education on how individuals can manage
waste to reduce its impact on the environment.
Click
on the link below to visit the Clean Sweep U.S.A. web site.
3000
Richmond Ave. Suite 350, Houston, TX 77098
Tel:
713.839.8855 Fax: 713.839.8880 E-mail: info@houstonbeautiful.org
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