Great American Clean-Up

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The GAC is a national program of KAB's 500+ affiliates that for the past 20 years has united community activists in one day each spring of trash and litter pick-up that also includes activities such as renovating playgrounds, cleaning up waterways and seashores, planting trees, beautifying parks, graffiti removal and building restoration, conducting recycling collections, youth education and litter-free events. Several national partners provide financial support for the event. A major goal for the GAC is one of education, where the impact of the amassed litter collected points to the need for behavioral and attitude change by community residents. In 2009 approximately 3 million people nation-wide volunteered for the Clean-Up. This past year in Baton Roueg, 36,720 pounds of trash were collected; in addition 30 pounds of donated clothing were collected, five houses were painted, one Waste-In-Place Workshop was held, and one playground was cleaned. A total of 529 individuals contributed 2,710 volunteer hours.

The 2010 Great American Clean-Up will be Saturday, March 20th.
This will include extensive community participation, especially Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. .

Check out our flier for the GAC to share with others..

We anticipate having these headquarter sites (more details later):

• Downtown Baton Rouge - Old State Capitol building (100 North Boulevard, across from the Shaw Center and the LASM)
• LSU lakes at Baton Rouge Beach - Stanford Avenue
• Spanish Town - Capitol Grocery at Spanish Town and 7th
• Beauregard Town - Frosttop at the corner of Government St and St. Ferdinand
• Old South Baton Rouge Civic Association - Purple Circle, 1358 South Blvd.
• CADAV/Scotlandville Community Development Center
  • 1920 Goudchaux at Scenic Hwy
  • Hwy 61 at Hwy 19 (Scotland Ave - Scenic Hwy split)

You are also invited to pick a site of your own preference. If you do so, contact us (below) about getting supplies.

Pickup activities will be from 8:30-12 AM, with registration starting at 8AM.

If you are interested in participating in the clean-up, download this file, and send it to Executive Director Gwen Emick by one of the following:

• E-mail: emick@bellsouth.net
• FAX: 769-2013
• Mail: P.O. Box 80006, Baton Rouge, LA 70898

For further information you can contact KBRB Executive Director Gwen Emick or KBRB Board Chair Jacques Pourciau.

2010 GAC Sponsors:

• East Baton Rouge Ciy-Parish Government

• Baton Rouge Coca Cola Bottling Company

• Keep America Beautiful
  

The box below shows some of the national outcoumes of the 2009 Clean-Up.

The following are the results of the 2009 Great American Cleanup, sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Inc. and our National Sponsors. These figures were derived from reports obtained from participating organizations, and describe the extent of their extraordinary accomplishments. EVENTS/VOLUNTEERS: Volunteers/participants: 3 million Voluneer hours: 5.2 million Communities involved/events: 32,000/30,000 CLEANUPS: Pounds of litter & debris collected: 64 million Miles of roads, streets & highways cleaned/beautified: 102,000 Acres of parks & public lands cleaned: 95,000 Miles of hiking, biking & nature trails cleaned: 7,800 Playgrounds & community recreation areas cleaned/restored/constructed: 3,200 Miles of rivers, lakes & shoreline cleaned: 8,800 Underwater cleanups conducted: 82 Acres of wetlands cleaned & improved: 10,200 Illegal dumpsites cleaned: 4,750 REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE: Pounds of clothing collected for reuse: 4.5 million Pounds of aluminum & steel recycled: 14.5 million Pounds of newspaper recycled: 36.4 million Tires collected for recycling: 870,000 Batteries collected for recycling: 102,000 Pounds of electronics recycled: 6.9 million PET (plastic) bottles collected: 243 million Junk cars removed/collected for recycling: 12,300 BEAUTIFICATION: Trees Planted: 157,000 Gardens, xeriscapes & green space areas created & improved: 6,400 Residential and commercial buildings painted/renovated/built: 1,800 Graffiti removal, sites abated: 15,600 Flowers and bulbs planted: 2.3 million EDUCATION: Educational workshops held: 9,400 Educational workshop attendees (total): 655,000 Adults/children: 160,000/494,000 General awareness events held: 2,900 General awareness event attendees: 4.2 million

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