2017 Awards and Grant Highlights
In January 2018, Keep America Beautiful recognized Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and its partners for the following initiatives and accomplishments during 2017:
- State Agency Partnership Awards–The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for support of the Great American Cleanup of PA.
- Environmental Office Award – Edward “Todd” Ottinger, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Ranger for his outstanding commitment to community service and his approach to enforcement of environmental laws and regulations.
- Diamond Award – Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful for implementing multiple community improvement programs, including the Great American Cleanup of PA and Cigarette Litter Prevention Program.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Affiliate Grant Awards:
- Keep American Beautiful-Lowes
$10,000 to Keep Blair Beautiful to create bird, bat, and pollinator habitats while educating the community on their importance.
$10,000 to Keep Lancaster County Beautiful to educate the community about the value of recycling, create an opportunity for skill sharing by fabric artists and hobbyists and provide job training/transitional employment for low-income residents.
$20,000 to Keep Philadelphia Beautiful to develop a program to provide preschoolers with hands-on learning and professional development to pre-K teachers to incorporate agricultural and environmental lessons into classroom learning. An outdoor learning center will be built at the largest pre-K site in North Philadelphia. - Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
$20,000 to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to implement CLPP programs in six Pennsylvania State Parks with recreational lakes including Cooks Forest, Clear Creek, Kinzua Bridge, Maurice K Goddard, Ohiopyle, and Raccoon Creek State Parks. - Keep America Beautiful UPS Community Tree and Recovery Tree Planting
$5,000 to Westmoreland Cleanways and Recycling to replace trees that were cut down for safety reasons in St. Clair Park, a historic landmark in the City of Greensburg. Local students from Greensburg Salem Middle School will be assisting in the planting project. - Marlboro
$23,000 to Keep Blair County Beautiful for trail improvement work in Blair County.
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Congratulations to our Affiliate Network, Pennsylvania state and local governments, corporate partners, and volunteers!
