Green Gift Winners Announced
Thank you to everyone who applied to receive a Green Gift! We are still celebrating our 70th Anniversary year as we award 35 Green Gifts to add to the 35 Green Grants to equal 70 GREEN THINGS going on across the Commonwealth! The efforts in communities are impressive and bring hope, knowing the difference you’re making to improve our natural and scenic environment!
Submissions for Green Gifts were evaluated by their compelling narrative, need, project goals, geographic location, to reflect a statewide presence, and inclusion of underserved communities where appropriate. It made for some tough decisions!
And now… drum roll please… here’s the list of awardees:
Trex Bench: This Trex Outdoor Furniture Yacht Club 48″ Bench is comfortable, durable, recyclable and sustainably made.
Stuart Rotary Club in Southwest Virginia
City of Hopewell Planning & Development in Hopewell
Front Royal/Warren County Anti-Litter Council in Northern Virginia
Neabsco ES Green Team in Northern Virginia
Culpepper Garden in Northern Virginia
Downtown Greens in Central Virginia
Dumpsters.com: Complimentary use of a roll-off dumpster from Dumpsters.com for large-scale cleanups and oversized debris.
Town Of Claremont in Central Virginia
Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation in Hampton Roads
Naturally, Newport News in Hampton Roads
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Hampton Roads
Richmond Clean City Commission in Central Virginia
Glasdon Recycling Bins: Includes a set of 6 blue bins with a capacity of 16 gallons; each measure 21″ x 14″x 23″ high.
YMCA Camp Silver Beach on the Eastern Shore
William Monroe High School in Central Virginia
Virginia Living Museum in Hampton Roads
Carroll County Litter Task Force in Southwest Virginia
Albemarle County Public Schools in Central Virginia
City of Norton in Southwest Virginia
Stanley Elementary School in the Shenandoah Mtns/Valley
William Wetsel Middle School in Central Virginia
Floyd Center for the Arts in Southwest Virginia
Kecoughtan High School Ecology Club in Hampton Roads
Cigarette Butt Receptacles: Supplies include a mounted receptacle, 10 car cup ashtrays, and 50 pocket ashtrays, to encourage others to collect cigarette butts to be recycled for free through TerraCycle
American Druze Society in Central Virginia
VA Master Naturalist Peninsula Chapter in Hampton Roads
Triple S Facility Services LLC in Hampton Roads
501Kitchen+Bar in Hampton Roads
We were a little disappointed that there weren’t more organizations that applied to help us reach our goal for the total of CLPP Green Gifts available, so we reached out to our partner at Virginia Green Travel Alliance to help us place four additional Green Gifts for cigarette butt receptacles. Tom Griffin, Executive Director of VGTA, said there is always a need for cigarette butt receptacles at businesses and organizations within the hospitality industry, and he will help us identify the additional awards.
Dogipot Pet Waste Station: The stand-alone dispenser can be easily mounted to a fence post or pole, and comes with two rolls of 200-count compostable pet waste bags
Brookland Park Litteratti, in Central Virginia
GroundworkRVA in Central Virginia
Wythe County Board of Supervisors in Southwest Virginia
Micah Ecumenical Ministries in Northern Virginia
Middle Peninsula Master Naturalists in Central Virginia
We’ve enjoyed capping our Anniversary year off with a combined total of 70 Green Grants and Green Gifts! The work our residents and businesses are doing all across the Commonwealth is amazing, thank you all!
And we’re especially grateful to our sponsors for their support of our Green Gifts campaign:
