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Clean and Green

Win Up To $1,000 For Picking Up Trash! by Lynne Hart - Executive Coordinator - Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful

You or your group can have your name entered into a drawing for $1,000, $500, $200, $100, and MORE! All you have to do is clean up litter from a half mile of roadway (both sides) in Limestone County. The more half-mile sections you clean, the more times your name is entered into the drawing. And you have until August 28 to do it! You must register to

participate. You can do that at KALBCares.com. Find the Indorama Cash For Trash Challenge under the Events tab. Register your halfmile cleanup, then let us know when it has been done. The trash bags will be picked up and the cleanup verified. Once that is done, you are in the drawing that will take place no later than September 2, 2020. KALB will provide volunteers with safety vests, litter grabbers, and trash bags.

of trash cans and broken trash bags.

We have a serious litter problem in Limestone County. A REALLY serious problem! If you have spent any time at all driving through this

county, then you are aware. It comes from lots of places: tossed out of vehicles, blown from the back of uncovered trucks, and spilled out

Indorama Ventures, a company located right here in Athens, is hoping this challenge will motivate people who do take pride. KALB appreciates Indorama Ventures for sponsoring the cash prizes, which we hope will be an incentive to people who care to go out and help clean up our roadways.

Call or email KALB for more information on how you can be part of the challenge.

Clean and Green

Summer Activities For Kids – With Prizes, Too! by Lynne Hart - Executive Coordinator - Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful There is still plenty of time to get in on the summer activities we’ve created to help make up for the cancellation of the inperson Earth Day & Outdoor EXPO! Gift Bags: Participants in the Earthy Art Contest and Nature Scavenger Hunts will receive a gift bag with items to help them explore nature. Stop by the KALB office (125 East St.) to

pick them up. Earthy Art Contest: Help your children explore nature and collect items they find along the way that can be used to create art. The finished artwork can take any form: framed, glued to a background, hung, etc. If items used are perishable, the work can be submitted by photo. All artwork must be three-dimensional (3D). Artwork will be judged and prizes

awarded to the top three in each category. The Group/ Family category is for those who wish to work on the project as a group/ family and for parents with special needs children. • Age Categories: 5-7 years 8-10 years 11-14 years Group/Family • Prizes in each age category: 1st- $100 2nd- $50 3rd- $25 • ENTRY DEADLINE: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 • INFORMATION: KALBCares.com under EVENTS tab Nature Scavenger Hunts: Hunts have been created to suit three different age groups. Special needs children can participate in the age category that fits their

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abilities. Take the kids outside and let them “hunt” for the items on their list. Each child who submits a completed scavenger hunt will be entered into a drawing for additional prizes. • ENTRY DEADLINE: Wednesday, July 15, 2020

KALBCares.com under EVENTS tab or call 256233-8000

Call KALB at 256-2338000 or email KALBCares@gmail.com with any questions about these programs.

• INFORMATION/ PRINTABLE FORMS:

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