Friends of Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office Awarded $1,000
Friends of Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office in Spotsylvania is awarded a $1,000 Green Grant in the Cigarette Litter Prevention and Recycling category as part of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s 15th 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 & Waste Reduction, Cigarette Litter Prevention & Recycling, or Community Beautification.
The Friends of Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office Community Policing was established in 2018 as a nonprofit to support community projects and efforts, such as Blue Christmas, DARE program and DARE day, as well as any new programs that alleviate the financial burden that a community outreach program requires.
The focus of the Friends of Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office’s Green Grant efforts is to identify and target the hot zones known as dumping grounds, clean up the location, and then observe the area in hopes of catching the cause of the problem. Grant funds will be used to purchase cigarette butt urns for proper disposal of cigarette butts.
Local businesses, churches, schools, clubs, and organizations will be involved to clean up and also educate, so that others are made aware of the importance of taking the step to prevent litter. They believe that everyone plays a role, and each citizen can assist in keeping his and her community a safe and clean place to live. Key messaging will include:
- Don’t be the problem, don’t litter;
- Use trash cans for litter and cigarette butt receptacles for extinguished cigarette butts;
- Get everyone involved. The Friends of Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office will work with the county public works and parks and recs to spread the word to pick up litter when you see it.
These are plans that many organizations could also implement. If you’d like to learn more about Cigarette Litter Prevention & Recycling, please see our webpage Cigarette Litter Prevention – Keep Virginia Beautiful or reach out to [email protected] for more information about programs that are free and easy.
