(July 31, 2025) Pennsylvania State Representative John Inglis III, serving the 38th District, has honored Donna McCrea with the Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award in recognition of her exceptional dedication to environmental stewardship and community enhancement through her work with the Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Multi-Municipal Shade Tree Commission.

Donna McCrea is a longtime and deeply committed member of the Shade Tree Commission, where she has been instrumental in advancing numerous environmental initiatives throughout the Tri-Borough area. She champions annual tree planting, pruning, and care events, and is widely regarded as a go-to resource for tree-related grant writing and project planning.

Her contributions extend well beyond tree care. McCrea actively participates in the Annual Whitehall Borough Earth Day Cleanup and stream cleanups in partnership with the Watershed of South Pittsburgh. She is also a key member of the Whitehall Committee for Environmental Action and plays a vital role in the region’s Environmental Summits, which bring together environmentally focused groups to collaborate on shared goals.

Currently, McCrea is mentoring a local Boy Scout on his Eagle Scout project to install a Pollinator Garden at Brennan Plaza, generously offering her expertise and support. She is also assisting the Borough with plans for a potential Pollinator Garden on the Echo Glen Traffic Island.

“I am so grateful for the work of great people like Donna,” said Rep Inglis. “Her contributions to clean up her community are only matched by her dedication to mentoring the next generation. She truly embodies what it means to keep Pennsylvania beautiful. There is no one more deserving of the Community Pride Award.”

“Donna McCrea exemplifies the spirit of the Community Pride Award. Her dedication to environmental stewardship, community collaboration, and hands-on action reflects the very best of what it means to keep Pennsylvania beautiful. Local leaders like Donna inspire others to take pride in their communities and protect the natural spaces we all share,” said Shannon Reiter, Executive Director, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship by an individual, school, community organization or civic group that makes an outstanding commitment to litter control, recycling, or general environmental stewardship. The Community Pride Award is available to elected officials to recognize those in the community working to change behaviors at the local level. Elected officials interested in nominating a constituent for a Community Pride Award should visit keeppabeautiful.org and choose grants and awards, then awards, then Community Pride Award for more information. The award is open on a rolling basis.

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About Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s vision is a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania. Since 1990, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful has worked with hundreds of thousands of volunteers across the state to pick up nearly 162 million pounds of trash from Pennsylvania’s roadways, waterways, greenways, vacant lots, forestlands and other community spaces. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s core programming focuses on litter and illegal dump prevention, cleanup, community greening, and proper waste handling and sustainable practices. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful works with many partnering organizations on the state and grassroots level to accomplish our goal of a clean and beautiful Pennsylvania. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is the state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the nation’s largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. To learn more about Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, visit www.keeppabeautiful.org.

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