Press Releases

(October 20, 2020) Litter affects the health and safety of humans and wildlife, is visually unappealing and sends a message that no one cares. Once it reaches our waterways, it transports chemical pollutants, threatens aquatic life, and interferes with river, marine and coastal environments. Litter also carries

(OCTOBER 13, 2020) Litter affects the health and safety of humans and wildlife, is visually unpleasant and sends a message that no one cares. Once it reaches our waterways, it transports chemical pollutants, threatens aquatic life, and interferes with river, marine and coastal environments. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s

PHILADELPHIA (October 8, 2020) – Nicole Chandler-Harper, a Philadelphia native, was chosen as one of four Cox Conserves Heroes regional award winners for her extensive clean up and beautification work in her Overbrook neighborhood in Philadelphia. Chandler-Harper chose Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful as her nonprofit of choice to

Your Vote Secures $50,000 for Pennsylvania Neighborhood Parks through the National Cox Conserves Heroes Award Winner   PHILADEPHIA (October 1, 2020) – Nicole Chandler-Harper, a Philadelphia native, was chosen as one of four Cox Conserves Heroes regional award winners for her extensive clean up and beautification work

(September 21, 2020)  – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful seeks volunteers to participate in Pick Up Pennsylvania as a way to celebrate National Public Lands Day. Traditionally, National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort, meant to encourage environmental stewardship and build connections between people and

(September 10, 2020) Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is offering supplemental learning tools for in-class, virtual or homeschoolers through their Open Your Eyes to Litter series of five books. The books provide hands-on learning and are appropriate for grades K through six. Each book addresses the PA Department of

September 3, 2020 – Pick Up Pennsylvania, a program of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, runs from September 1 through November 30. During this time, residents are encouraged to improve their communities by picking up litter. The program supports the Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup, the largest volunteer-based cleanup

From Left: PA State Representative Tony DeLuca; Faith Milazzo, Community Pride Award Recipient; Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and Myrna Newman, Executive Director of Allegheny CleanWays. The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Community Pride Award recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship by a business, individual, school, community organization or

    (August 4, 2020) – Registration for Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania fall program is Open. Most communities have experienced an increase of visible litter lining their streets, parking lots, trails and waterways during the past few months under stay at home orders. The results

          FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2020 Heidi Pedicone, Program Director | Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Tel:  (724) 836-4121 | Email:  hpedicone@keeppabeautiful.org  | Web site:  www.keeppabeautiful.org Danielle Krebs, Communications Manager | Tri County Community Action Tel: (717) 232-9757 x101 | Email: dkrebs@cactricounty.org | website: