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2024 Green Grants Award #6: Friends of the Buchanan County Public Library

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Buchanan County Public Library logo, with shelves of booksCheck this out!  The Friends of the Buchanan County Public Library, in the Southwest corner of Virginia, are awarded a $1,000 Green Grant in the Litter Prevention category!  Each year, groups are invited to apply for a Green Grant in the category that best fits their goal for projects and programs that are needed in their community.  The applications are evaluated and scored by a panel of experts in their fields, and thirty awards are announced, one each day in June.

Although Keep Virginia Beautiful has awarded 415 programs and projects throughout the state since 2011, this is the first Green Grant award that has gone to a group located in Buchanan County — another reason to celebrate!

The Friends of the Buchanan County Public Library is a group of library volunteers and supporters who sponsor author visits and book signings, assist with projects such as landscaping the library, serve as program volunteers, and raise funds Boy picking up litter outsidefor the library. In addition, the Friends organization partners with other nonprofits and government organizations to support community improvement projects.

The Friends partnered with the Keep Buchanan County Beautiful Committee last year to present the One Bag Challenge, which encouraged citizens in the county to pick up at least one bag of litter. This challenge was very successful, and citizens of all ages participated. Those picking up litter were encouraged to submit photos to the Buchanan County Public Library’s Facebook page, which helped to bring attention to the project.  They look forward to repeating the successful results again this year.

Funds from the Green Grants award will be used to purchase litter grabbers, safety vests, and gloves, to provide volunteers with the tools they need to safely clean up.  The Friends of the Buchanan County Public Library will be able to loan the supplies to people for the One Bag Challenge and other cleanups — and no one is better at loaning items to citizens than libraries!

 

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Pulaski County is Awarded $1,000 Green Grant

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We’re pleased to announce that Pulaski County, in Southwestern Virginia, is awarded a $1,000 Green Grant in Litter Prevention as part of our 13th Annual Green Grants Program.

Every year, government, non-profit, civic, and service organizations in Virginia are invited to apply for grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 that will help address an environmental concern in their community.  Grants must focus on one of the following priorities:   Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification..

The goal of Pulaski County is to involve the general population in their litter program called, “One Bag Challenge.” This is an ongoing challenge to all citizens, civic groups, Boards, Towns, county departments, and agencies to pick up One Bag of Trash from roadsides or wherever they find litter.  Citizens and groups picking up are asked to submit pictures of themselves with the litter they’ve cleaned up from the location.  The pictures are posted on the Pulaski County Clean Community Council Facebook page.

The County anticipates that hundreds of people will participate to remove bags of litter, tires, discarded furniture, appliances, and other items from the landscape.

The funds awarded for the Green Grant will be used to purchase supplies necessary for participants to safely cleanup litter.  Litter grabbers, gloves, vests, and bags will be given to individuals for the One Bag Challenge.

Thank you, Pulaski County, for the work you’re doing to encourage litter cleanup!