Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful was awarded a $75,000 grant from The Home Depot Foundation for its Ohio Valley Region VA Hospital Community Beautification and Greening Project. In partnership with Keep Ohio Beautiful and Team Depot, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful will revitalize outdoor green spaces at two Veteran Affair Hospitals in the Ohio Valley Region including the Columbus VA Medical Center and VA Butler Healthcare.

The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful inaugural Great American Cleanup of PA video contest deadline is fast approaching on May 24th. Over 4,000 events are held each year with this event across the state that is held between March 1st and May 31st. Sponsors for the video contest are Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB) rewarded six schools participating in the Litter Free School Zone program with $1,500 dollars in cash prizes. The awards were sponsored by the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Keep America Beautiful, and The UPS Foundation.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB) took the opportunity during an enforcement session at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors' 91st Annual Educational Conference and Trade Show to announced a new pilot program using surveillance cameras to help curb illegal dumping. The Illegal Dump Surveillance Support Pilot Program is designed to provide surveillance cameras to eligible organizations in western Pennsylvania to help capture evidence at active, illegal dumpsites. KPB will loan three high quality surveillance cameras and provide training and assistance to selected applicants. Grant recipients will work with local enforcement agencies to ultimately reduce illegal dumping through successful prosecutions.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has announced that they have received a $15,000 grant from Keep America Beautiful to continue their work with the Keep America Beautiful Cigarette Litter Prevention Program. The three $5,000 block grants include Erie State Parks, the City of Pittsburgh, and the City of Erie and surrounding area.

Greensburg, PA (March 6, 2013) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is now accepting applications for the Sue Wiseman Scholarship, an annual $1,000 scholarship that recognizes youth who have demonstrated leadership and shown exceptional commitment and dedication to improving their community.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is announcing their inaugural Great American Cleanup of PA video contest. Over 4,000 events are held each year with this event across the state that is held between March 1st and May 31st. Sponsors for the video contest are Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful received a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) Gold State Recognition Award during KAB’s recent 60th anniversary National Conference in Washington, D.C., distinguishing itself as an exemplary statewide affiliate organization.

GREENSBURG, Penn. (Feb. 4, 2013) – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful (KPB) received top honors for Best Statewide Activation of the Great American Cleanup during KAB’s recent 60th anniversary National Conference in Washington, D.C. Additionally, KPB received a Keep America Beautiful (KAB) State Affiliate Innovation Award for its innovative Nature Explore Classroom, produced in partnership with The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh.

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced that registration is now open for the 2013 Great American Cleanup of PA. Event coordinators can visit the Great American Cleanup of PA webpage, www.gacofpa.org, to register their event. This annual event is held in conjunction with the Great American Cleanup of Keep America Beautiful and in partnership with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, and Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association. Additional partnering businesses include the American Chemistry Council, Greenstar Recycling, Pennsylvania Beverage Association, Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association, Republic Services, Steel Recycling Institute, and Weis Markets.

Nearly 8,000 volunteers from 48 counties across Pennsylvania canvassed their communities to remove over 714,000 pounds of trash and debris from Pennsylvania’s waterways and coastal regions during the 2012 International Coastal Cleanup event.