September 2020 Newsletter
Fall Events
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What's in this newsletter:
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The Great GreenBelt Cleanup 2020
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The Great GreenBelt Cleanup 2020 is in the books!  Over 170 volunteers joined Keep Carroll Beautiful to remove litter and debris, clean signs, and perform simple tasks on the Carrollton GreenBelt trail. Beautiful weather, happy faces, hard workers... we could not have asked for a better day on the trail!
Families, friends, puppies, singles, small groups, big groups, schools, civic organizations, businesses came out on a Saturday morning to clean up litter and bring awareness to the trash problem! Make sure to wave at the people wearing their green #GGCU2020 t-shirts around town! They are all awesome! More pictures on the GGCU 2020 website. |
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One of our volunteer groups - Latinos United of Carroll County - has a message for all of Carroll County residents: fill out your CENSUS 2020 by the end of September! Why is CENSUS participation important? Federal funds are distributed per population and support programs like:
- Title 1 School Grants (all Carroll Co Schools are Title 1) / ED
- School Breakfast and National School Lunch Program / USDA
- Medicaid, Headstart, Health Care Centers / HHS
- Learn more about the Distribution of Federal Funds.
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Keep Carroll Beautiful Receives
Carroll EMC - Impact Grant
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2019 Carroll EMC Impact Grant helped fund the purchase of trash pickers, new bag holders, vests, gloves, and trash bags for the volunteers. The 2020 Grant will help offset KCB's Household Recycling Program.
Impact Grants are made available to organizations through Member participation in Carroll EMC’s Operation Round Up® program. Members are given the opportunity to contribute by rounding their electric bill to the nearest whole dollar. These funds are separate from company profits and are only accessible to the Foundation Board of Trustees who award the donations to eligible partners. |
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Support Keep Carroll Beautiful
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When you shop at selects stores, a small percentage of the sales can be donated to a non-profit of your choice. KCB participates in two of those programs:
- Kroger Community Rewards - link your Kroger Plus Card to Keep Carroll Beautiful (#24858).
- Amazon Smile: Choose "Keep Carroll Beautiful" as your Non-Profit and Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to our organization.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit Keep Carroll Beautiful (KCB) relies on donations from companies and individuals to continue providing recycling events, beautification, and educational outreach. To learn more about our programs, please visit KeepCarrollBeautiful.org and review our Annual Report. Any donation to KCB is tax-deductible!
The success of our programs and events depends on grant funding, sponsorships, and donations. Throughout the year, Keep Carroll Beautiful partners with local businesses and organizations to work towards the goal of a clean, green, safe, and beautiful Carroll County.
Through Electronics Recycling, Paint Recycling, Tire Recycling, Paper Shredding events, the resident of Carroll County were able to reduce their impact on the environment and divert tones of hazardous materials from the landfills. Thanks to sponsorships from business partners - most of those events are free to the public. To ask about upcoming sponsorship opportunities, please email KCB or call our office at 678-321-4816. Volunteer opportunities with Keep Carroll Beautiful include cleanups, tree or garden plantings, help with recycling events, and in-office clerical tasks. Our programs work for all ages and abilities and can fit most schedules. Whatever your lifestyle - we can find a perfect volunteer opportunity for you!
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The Third Annual Keep Carroll Beautiful Green Run will be held Saturday October 3rd along the beautiful Carrollton GreenBelt. Keep Carroll Beautiful uses this race to raise much-needed funds for our community recycling events, beautification efforts, and litter clean-ups. This will be an in-person event with a virtual option.
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*UPDATE* Fall Electronics Recycling
October 10, 2020
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The 2020 Fall E-Recycling Event will be hosted in one location - at the Midway Church in Villa Rica. We are looking forward to seeing everyone on October 10. Please, do not leave any items outside of our office. Due to the cancellation of the Spring E-Recycling, we have very limited storage and cannot accept any new items at this time. Read more: What to bring to E-Recycling.
Only electronics will be accepted
Not accepted: appliances and electrical equipment
E-Recycling is made possible by:
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Native Plant Sale - WGNPS
September 19, 2020
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West Georgia Native Plant Society is hosting their first Native Plant Sale at the
Carroll County AG Center. "The mission of the West GA Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society is to promote the stewardship and conservation of Georgia's native plants and their habitats through education and with the involvement of individuals and organizations." Source.
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KCB Donates Trash Bags
to Carroll County Sheriff's Office
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In August, Keep Carroll Beautiful donated 60 boxes of trash bags to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office. These bags are used by the inmate detail to pick up trash along roadways within Carroll County.
While the donated bags barely fit into a pickup truck and a large SUV, they are a "drop-in-a-bucket" for the department - in 2019, there were 17,495 bags of litter collected during the road pickups and that number does not include tires or large debris.
Martyna Griffin/KCB and Carroll Co. Sheriff - Terry Langley
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New Recycling Bins
for Oak Mountain Academy
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Oak Mountain Academy started recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans in their cafeteria a few years ago. Students and parents pick up the recyclables and move them to the Carroll County Convenience Centers. When their old, cardboard boxes finally fell apart, the Environmental Club and teachers contacted KCB about new bins - we knew how to help them! With new, BIG, beautiful, blue bins!!!
Martyna Griffin/KCB and OMA Environmental Club Students & Kari Manuel, OMA Teacher
OMA Environmental Club:
Ruby, Autumn, Jenna, Ella, Jordanna, Ana, and Ms. Dugan
during Great GreenBelt Cleanup 2020
Keep Carroll Beautiful provides volunteer opportunities for young and older students. With the Adopt-A-Trail program, we try to assign cleanup areas close to restrooms and playgrounds, so kids can participate in community-building activities away from car traffic and close to park amenities. Please see our Adopt-A-Trail page for more details on GreenBelt cleanups. |
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Changes to City of Carrollton
Debris Pickup:
September 1, 2020
"Beginning September 1, 2020, grass, leaves, clippings, and yard debris must be bagged in paper bags (no plastic) and left for collection. Larger debris must be cut into four-foot lengths and placed at the curb (not in the street), away from any stormwater drain, and without blocking sidewalks."
Alternatives to bagging leaves and grass clippings
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Office Status:
Closed to Walk-ins / by Appointment
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To protect our staff and board members as we gear up for Fall programs and events, we keep our office closed to the public. You may reach us by email at info@keepcarrollbeautiful.org or call, Wednesday to Friday, from 10 am to 2 pm, at 678-321-4816.
If you need to schedule an Adopt A Road cleanup or need an event recycling container - we will be happy to set an appointment for pickup that follows current COVID19 recommendations!
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Please do not leave any recyclables in the back of KCB office!
Keep Carroll Beautiful strives to be the information hub for all things recycling in Carroll County. While we may offer programs and recycling events for specific items, we no longer accept recyclables that can be easily dropped off at locations throughout the county.
While we appreciate the effort to do the right thing, leaving bulbs and batteries in the back of our Dixie Street office often ends up with broken glass and creates health hazards to our staff. We are working on restarting some of the collection programs, but in the meantime, we are not accepting any items at our office.
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Thank you for subscribing to KCB Newsletter!
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Martyna Griffin
Executive Director
martyna@keepcarrollbeautiful.org
Cathy Robinson
Office Manager
cathy@keepcarrollbeautiful.org
Ryan Fleming
Recycling Coordinator
ryan@keepcarrollbeautiful.org
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Jacqueline Dost - Board President
Kate Disinger - Vice President
Kala Elliott - Secretary
Danielle Fluck - Treasurer
Sunshine Ballew
Susana Velez Castrillon
Tyler Duffey
Danielle Fluck
Tiffany Harris
Janet Hyde
David E. (Bo) Jackson
Rebecca Jackson
Jeremy Moore
Brad Prince
Daria Pushkareva
Hannah Smith
Nicole Walker-Smith
Adam Uglum
Jillian Walker
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