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Great American Clean-up kick-off is Saturday

Posted at 9:45 pm March 5, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Keep Anderson County Beautiful Great American Cleanup

A submitted photo from the 2013 event.

Keep Anderson County Beautiful is hosting a kick-off event for the Great American Clean-up from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday in front of the Oak Ridge Civic Center.

“If you were provided a free litter grabber and large plastic bags, would you take the challenge to help keep your part of Anderson County litter-free?” asked Linda Kimmel, event co-chair. These materials will be available on Saturday and from KACB for litter pick-ups throughout the Great American Clean-up from March to May.

“The goal is to enlist citizens of Anderson County to pick up trash found in their own neighborhoods and roadways,” Kimmel said. “Working together, we hope to clean up one ton of litter. Civic groups, families, neighborhoods, churches, youth groups, and businesses are encouraged to form teams to reach this goal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Great American Clean-up, KACB, Keep America Beautiful, Keep Anderson County Beautiful, Keep Tennessee Beautiful, Linda Kimmel, litter

Organizing for Action has Climate Cleanup at Melton Lake Park on Saturday

Posted at 11:35 am June 14, 2013
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

Organizing for Action will be holding an event on Saturday called Climate Cleanup. This event will take place at 3:30 p.m. and be held at the pavilion at Melton Lake Park next to the New China Place restaurant in Oak Ridge.

Climate Cleanup will start with Organizing for Action fellow Scott Julius giving a speech about climate change, why the climate change deniers are wrong, and how this problem impacts Tennessee. His assistant Rose Williams will give a short speech about what one can do to help. Their goal is to encourage people to contact senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander to get them to sponsor comprehensive climate change legislation.

After the speeches, a  cleanup will take place to help remove litter from the park, allowing those present to do something tangible to help the environment. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Federal, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: "Climate Cleanup", cleanup, climate change, legislation, litter, Organizing for Action, Rose Alexander, Scott Julius

Keep Anderson County Beautiful has clean-up challenge

Posted at 2:07 am February 21, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Keep Anderson County Beautiful is having two clean-up kickoff events and litter awareness campaigns in March.

It’s part of the 2013 Great American Cleanup Clean-up Challenge, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Top Stories Tagged With: 2013 Great American Clean-up Challenge, Anderson County, clean-up, KACB, Keep Anderson County Beautiful, litter, litter awareness, Norris, Oak Ridge

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