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Thirty Green Grant Awards Wrap Up for 2022

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Green Grants LogoCongratulations to all the 2022 Green Grants that were awarded in June!

We continue to be impressed by the ideas for projects and programs that groups submitted, and the volunteer power and sweat equity that they’re ready to put into action to accomplish goals that will improve our natural and scenic environment.  Thank you to all who applied, and for the good work that you’re doing in your communities!

We wish we could fund all the applications — the competition is fierce!  It makes the role of our judging panel difficult, and we appreciate their time and expertise.

We also want to give a shout out and a huge THANK YOU to this year’s sponsors, without whom this program would not be possible:  Altria, WestRock, and Village Bank!

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Here’s a recap of the daily announcements of Green Grant awards for 2022, with links for your reading pleasure and inspiration!

Announced Category Amount Organization
6/1/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Mill Mountain Zoo
6/2/2022 Recycling $1,000 Northern VA 4-H Educational & Conf Center
6/3/2022 Litter Prevention $750 DuPont Elementary School
6/4/2022 CLPP $1,000 Frederick County
6/5/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Union Presbyterian Seminary
6/6/2022 Recycling $750 North Branch School
6/7/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Pollinator Habitat Garden Club
6/8/2022 CLPP $1,000 Dickenson County Chamber of Commerce
6/9/2022 Recycling $1,000 Ridge Elementary PTA
6/10/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Town of Purcellville
6/11/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Virginia Community Voice
6/12/2022 Community Beautification $500 Friends of Forest Hill Park
6/13/2022 Litter Prevention $1,000 City of Fairfax, Treasurer
6/14/2022 CLPP $1,000 City of Newport News
6/15/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Friends of the Lower Appomattox River
6/16/2022 Litter Prevention $500 Town of Pennington Gap
6/17/2022 Recycling $1,000 Dorey Park Farmers Market
6/18/2022 Litter Prevention $500 Keep Suffolk Beautiful
6/19/2022 Recycling $1,000 Upper Tennessee River Roundtable
6/20/2022 Litter Prevention $1,000 GroundworkRVA
6/21/2022 Recycling $1,000 Gloucester County
       6/22/2022 Litter Prevention $1,000 Friends of Norfolk’s Environment
6/23/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Blue Ridge Conservation
6/24/2022 Recycling $500 Charlottesville TimeBank
6/25/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Sustainability Matters
6/26/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Concerned Citizens of Charles City County
6/27/2022 CLPP $1,000 askHRGreen
6/28/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Downtown Greens
6/29/2022 Recycling $1,000 Children’s Museum of Richmond
6/30/2022 Community Beautification $1,000 Habitat for Humanity in the Roanoke Valley
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City of Newport News Awarded $1,000 Green Grant

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Logo for City of Newport NewsTo help educate citizens about the negative effects of cigarette butt litter, the City of Newport News has been awarded a $1,000 grant as part of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s 12th Annual Green Grants Program.

Newport News has an existing city-wide cigarette waste receptacle program called #NoButtsAboutIt that includes education about the hazards of cigarette litter, the need to keep butts out of waterways, and that proper cigarette disposal can create better curb appeal for homeowners and businesses.

Grant funds will be used to purchase cigarette butt receptacles that will be placed in areas where people are most likely to toss a cigarette butt on the ground or in the landscape when entering a building, such as at recreation centers, apartment buildings, subdivision community/club houses, hotels and motels. The receptacles are placed in areas to cater to the residents and visitors of Newport News. Priority will be given to those that may not have resources or the budget for proper cigarette butt disposal materials.

Information about how to recycle butts through a free program offered by TerraCycle is also promoted.  Their Cigarette Waste Recycling Program easy is free and easy for anyone to participate in.

We applaud the City of Newport News for tackling the #1 most littered item in the world – cigarette butts – and wish them great success with their program!

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Big Stone Gap Awarded $1,000 Green Grant

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Cigarette ReceptaclesCongratulations to the Township of Big Stone Gap, today’s award of our 2021 Green Grants!  They will receive a $1000 grant for their Cigarette Litter Prevention Project.  We’ll be announcing one each day during the month of June. 

Big Stone Gap is a town of over 5,000 people in Wise County. The Township is working to beautifying the downtown historical district and convert from a coal-reliant entity to a tourism-driven economy. With surrounding historical venues and outdoor recreation, he Historic Downtown is currently growing with several new restaurants and shops.

However, as tourism activity has increased in Big Stone Gap, there has been a subsequent rise in cigarette littering. Big Stone Gap will use funds from their Green Grants award to purchase and install cigarette receptacles in high traffic areas around town, including the historic downtown and public parks. The placement of receptacles will provide a significant reduction in cigarette littering, and beautify the town in the process.

Every year, government, non-profit, civic and service organizations in Virginia were invited to apply for grants for $500 to $1,000 describing how they plan to tackle an environmental concern in their community regarding Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.  Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $254,500 for 320 different environmental programs and projects all across the Commonwealth, due to the generosity of their partnership with Altria, as well as additional support from Coca-Cola, WestRock and Keep America Beautiful.

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$1,000 Grant Award Goes to the Town of Floyd

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Music ConcertToday we’re excited to announce that the town of Floyd, in Floyd County, will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Cigarette Litter Prevention project!  We’ll be announcing one each day during the month of June. 

The Town of Floyd is a small community with just under 500 residents who all support its thriving art and cultural scene. Through the center of town runs Warren G. Lineberry Community Park, a formerly vacant lot that was transformed for use as an event space and town gathering place. In an effort to draw awareness to cigarette litter along their streets, they plan to launch their “Butts to the Bins” campaign.

They will use the $1,000 Green Grant funds to install smoker’s receptacles throughout downtown Floyd, including the Warren G. Lineberry Community Park, the entrance and exit to the Heritage Trail, the main public parking areas, as well as the Floyd Visitors Center, and the Floyd Farmer’s Market.  Educational information bringing awareness to cigarette litter and the new receptacles will be available on a touchscreen visitor station.

Every year, government, non-profit, civic and service organizations in Virginia were invited to apply for grants for $500 to $1,000 describing how they plan to tackle an environmental concern in their community regarding Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.  Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $254,500 for 320 different environmental programs and projects all across the Commonwealth, due to the generosity of their partnership with Altria, as well as additional support from Coca-Cola, WestRock and Keep America Beautiful.

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Don’t Leave Your Butts Behind

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Cigarette ReceptaclesWe’re excited to announce today’s award of our 2021 Green Grants goes to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office in Tazewell County, who will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Cigarette Litter Prevention project. We’ll be announcing one each day during the month of June.  

Every year, government, non-profit, civic and service organizations in Virginia were invited to apply for grants for $500 to $1,000 describing how they plan to tackle an environmental concern in their community regarding Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.

The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office is a full service law enforcement agency that has developed a strong initiative to clean up Tazewell County. They have partnered with several Tazewell County civic organizations to create and support cleanup events.  Their “Don’t Leave Your Butts Behind” campaign will tackle the issue of cigarette butt litter.

The Sheriff’s Office will use their grant funds to purchase six cigarette butt receptacles to place at strategic points at county buildings.  By providing people with a place to properly dispose of cigarette butts, it will reduce the amount of cigarette butts being thrown on the ground.

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve the natural and scenic environment.  Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $254,500 for 320 different environmental programs and projects all across the Commonwealth, due to the generosity of their partnership with Altria, as well as additional support from Coca-Cola, WestRock and Keep America Beautiful.

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Some Good News About Cigarette Litter Prevention

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As prevalent as cigarette butt litter is, we don’t have to shrug our shoulders and give up.  There is much we can do to educate the public and provide opportunities for improvement.  Here is one of the success stories that we’re proud to tell you about.

Town Centre Park in the Town of Kilmarnock, has nine acres of lush green space, with picnic areas, fields, and playgrounds for public use. But they were struggling with the problem of cigarette butt litter. Their Mayor and staff were going to the park every day to pick up cigarette butts, and gathered hundreds of butts each week! They were surprised to see that visitors to the park tossed butts near the children’s areas, vendor lots, and walking paths.

The Town applied for a KVB 30 in 30 Green Grant, and was selected to receive a $1,000 award to implement a Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP). They placed more cigarette butt receptacles in high traffic transition points, and two informational signs at the entrance to the children’s areas. They also posted signs to educate the public that cigarette butts do not biodegrade, and should be properly disposed of instead of thrown on the ground.

Several months later we were delighted to receive a report from the Town saying that their “Don’t Be a Butt” campaign was very successful! They reduced the amount of littered cigarette butts from hundreds per week, to NONE on the ground around the children’s area in the matter of nine weeks!

Our Green Grants program will begin accepting grant applications again in Spring of 2021 for programs and projects such as the one in Kilmarnock.

Until then, we are giving away Cigarette Butt Receptacles to businesses or organizations who have a need, and will maintain them.  Enter your name today!

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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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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!