$1K Grant for Friends of Norfolk’s Environment

The Friends of Norfolk’s Environment has been awarded a $1,000 grant in the Cigarette Litter Prevention Category.  The KVB grant program focuses greater resources and attention on individual localities throughout the Commonwealth and how they are addressing the issues of litter prevention, recycling, waste reduction, beautification and education.

The Friends of Norfolk’s Environment will be launching a new cigarette litter prevention campaign in the busy residential, business, restaurant and boutique district of Historic Ghent.  The merchants and residents of Ghent have seen a huge increase of cigarette litter in their historic community due to Virginia’s new smoking laws, which prohibit most indoors smoking and places smokers outdoors in front of businesses and restaurants.  The overall goal of the Friends’ campaign is to increase awareness, change attitudes and behaviors of the Ghent Smokers and provide them with new opportunities to dispose of their cigarette litter properly.  For more information about the Friends of Norfolk’s Environment or their project, please contact Lisa Renee Jennings at 757-620-0400.

KVB provided the opportunity for government, non-profit and/or service organizations in Virginia to apply for one of (30) $1,000 grants in three different categories: 10 grants for plastic bag reduction and recycling, 10 grants for cigarette litter prevention, and 10 grants for community greening and beautification.  These grants are made possible by KVB’s partners, Walmart and Waste Management.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve our natural and scenic environment.  Our goals include becoming the leading statewide voice, providing a framework for improved communication and collaboration, cultivating and supporting sustainable programs, and engaging citizens by linking them to volunteer opportunities and information through these 5 impact areas:  Litter Prevention, Waste Reduction, Recycling, Beautification, and Environmental Education.