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Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council Wants You to Park Your Butts

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Chesapeake Environmental Improvement Council in Hampton Roads will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.

The CEIC promotes interest in improving the environment of Chesapeake to create a greener, cleaner, and healthier city in which to live, work and visit. Their Keep Chesapeake Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention “Park Your Butts” campaign will place cigarette receptacles at eight locations maintained by Chesapeake Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, in order to reduce the amount of cigarette litter in the city. Grounds Staff will empty receptacles regularly, collect materials in a TerraCycle Cigarette Waste Recycling Box and ship to TerraCycle for recycling. In doing so, for every pound of waste collected through this program TerraCycle will donate $1.00 to the Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.

Congratulations!  Best of luck to you and the people who park their butts in the right place!

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Petersburg Battlefields Receive Green Grants Award

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Petersburg Battlefields Foundation will receive a grant award of $500 for its Litter Prevention project.

The Petersburg Battlefields Foundation works to pursue and promote preservation, education, and tourism within the region, and serves to educate and inspire the public about the Petersburg Campaign of the Civil War. Several drainage channels from roadways, neighborhoods, business districts, and other development lead into the Battlefield. Due to higher occurrences of heavy rain, trash entering the park has increased dramatically. PBF will use their grant to construct PVC pipe structures to filter the litter that enters the park. The structure will allow for water and leaves to pass through the water pipe, but catch larger pieces of trash. Park staff will be soliciting volunteer groups/adoptees to help with cleaning and maintenance of the structures.

Congratulations to the Petersburg Battlefields Foundation for finding new ways to clean and protect the beauty of such an historic park!

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West Piedmont PD Goes Native

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West Piedmont Planning District Commission, in Franklin County will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Community Beautification project.

Formed in 1970 and celebrating its 50th year, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission is one of 21 regional planning districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Since July 2019, they have been working with the “Plant Virginia Natives” campaign to increase local knowledge and buying behavior to use more Virginia native plants in our landscape. The WPPDC will enhance the Benjamin Franklin Middle School Nature Trail with native plants. The plants also provide environmental benefits for pollinators and wildlife, and include signs that will educate students and visitors. The WPPDC will use their grant to buy the native species for the entrance, outdoor classroom, and many areas along the trail.

Congratulations to West Piedmont Planning District Commission!

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Tech for Troops is Awarded $1,000 for Recycling

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Tech For Troops, in Central Virginia will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Recycling project.

Many veterans face two significant barriers when competing in the modern workforce: the lack of a computer and the lack of the skills needed to effectively use that computer. T4T supports these veterans by collecting used technology that would usually end up in landfills and refurbishing the laptops and other devices. They provide the reloaded technology, along with training, to veterans in need for free. T4T’s recycling program reduces electronic waste and the toxic substances found within them by collecting donated electronics, processing them with a team of skilled technicians, and determining if it will be refurbished or properly recycled.

Congratulations Tech for Troops!

06-08-2020 City of Salem

The City of Salem has a Beautiful Project

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The City of Salem-Beautification Division, in the Roanoke Valley will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Community Beautification project.

The Beautification Division of the City of Salem will take on the project of restoring their WWI Memorial green space, which has been in need of improvements for many years. They will use the grant funds to restore the area and plant poppies, roses, an oak tree, and tall grasses, indicative of World War memorial gardens. The Roanoke/Salem American Legion Post is excited about the refurbishment of this area and will provide volunteers for the project.

What a beautiful way to honor our Veterans!

06-07-2020 Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions

Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions is Awarded $1,000

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Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, in Fairfax County, will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Recycling project.

FACS is a non-partisan organization that creates interfaith partnerships in Northern Virginia to develop local solutions to climate crisis. They established a powerful program that has collected more than 1,500 pounds of plastic bags and film, working with three faith communities in an initial 2019 to 2020 pilot program. Instead of ending up in landfills or poisoning our waterways and oceans, the plastic film is recycled into decking and outdoor furniture by Trex, Inc. FACS will use their funds to promote and support their network of faith communities to start recycling programs throughout Northern Virginia.

Less plastic in the landscape and more Trex benches — it’s a win-win for this award winner!

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Green Grant Goes to the Eastern Shore

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Accomack-Northampton Planning District Commission will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Community Beautification project.

The A-NPDC provides regional planning and assists various jurisdictions with very diverse projects, such as local planning and community development. They will use their grant to beautify the Town of Parksley during its revitalization. Their effort to improve the visual appeal of the town will curb negative actions, such as littering, by residents and visitors. After considering the thoughts and hopes of the town residents, the A-NPDC will use perennial native plants in the landscape.

Happy planting!  The bees will thank you too!

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Substance Abuse Free Environment is Awarded $1,000

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Substance Abuse Free Environment, Inc., in Chesterfield County will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Cigarette Litter Prevention project.   SAFE’s mission is to engage its community in working together to prevent and reduce substance abuse within Chesterfield County. Chesterfield County government has over 3,200 employees working at various government buildings, some of which have cigarette butt receptacles and signage placed in designated smoking areas outside of their buildings.

Funds awarded by Keep Virginia Beautiful will be used to add cigarette butt receptacles and educational signs for the designated smoke area used by the Utility Division, since those employees are essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. They will inform citizens about the Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, and educate the community about the problems associated with cigarette litter.

Thank you for helping us tackle the most frequently littered item — good luck to you!

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Keep Prince William Beautiful Wins a 2020 Green Grant!

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Keep Prince William Beautiful, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that serves to educate and inspire people to be environmental stewards. They are working with the County Solid Waste Department’s Recycling Division to host a “Fix-It Fair.” The event will have several professionals who are capable of fixing broken items including jewelry, clothing, small appliances, electronics, bicycles, and furniture, in order to encourage community members to save items that are still usable, but just need a little help. Rather than throwing the broken items away, they will be enjoyed again by their owners and kept out of the landfill.

Now that’s a beautiful idea!

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Augusta County is Awarded a Green Grant!

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Augusta County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, in Shenandoah Valley, will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Litter Prevention project.

The Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for Augusta County offers first time offenders of certain non-violent criminal offenses the opportunity to volunteer for the Augusta County Litter Control Program for a specified number of hours. The program gives participants an alternative to criminal charges by working to remove roadside litter. They will track number of pre-charge participants, and their recidivism rate, as well as record the miles of road covered, and pounds of trash picked up.

Sounds like a win-win program that benefits the participants while promoting the environmental health of Augusta County!

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