Keep Oklahoma Beautiful, a state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is taking part again in the nation’s largest annual cleanup, beautification and community improvement program. We are encouraging you and your volunteer groups to make a visible difference where you live by getting on board with this effort.
Join 40,000 Oklahomans, and millions across the nation for the Great American Cleanup. Participating groups include scouting troops, civic organizations, chamber beautification committees, schools, families, businesses, adopt-a-highway groups, sports teams, municipalities and county governments.
You can participate in your community by gathering together a group of volunteers and cleaning up litter along roadsides, in parks, streams, forests, schoolyards and neighborhoods. But don't stop there! Additional event ideas include flower & tree plantings, recycling drives, educational workshops, graffiti removal and freshening up buildings by giving them a fresh coat of paint. The are many ways to participate and make our state and nation sparkle. For more project ideas & tips, click here.
Pretty Clean Places Stay Pretty Clean
Research shows that attractive, clean environments tend to stay that way. Conversely, unattractive, litter-strewn areas will only worsen. Prevent future community eyesores by cleaning up, painting up and fixing up today.
Reports also show that a cleaner environment and town helps community members feel safe. A recent Keep America Beautiful survey revealed that 89% of community leaders reporting Great American Cleanup™ results indicated that their volunteers felt safer in their communities after participating in the cleanup activities.
KEEP OKLAHOMA BEAUTIFUL WILL HELP
Through its affiliation with Keep America Beautiful, GAC statewide sponsor Devon Energy, the national GAC sponsors and other sponsors and partners, KOB is able to offer registered groups in the GAC FREE supplies and support materials for your project: posters, banners, trash bags, media kits, public relations assistance, creative ideas for projects, guidelines for volunteers, etc.
In addition to these supplies, KOB offers a number of grants and cash awards to registered groups which are made possible by funding from Devon Energy and OGE Energy Corp.
For more information about the grants, supplies and resources made available to registered groups, click here.
Since KOB began participating in the Great American Cleanup™ in 2002, 190 millions pounds of litter and debris has been collected by 211,842 volunteers & participants. In addition, 37,300 trees & 389,652 flowers have been planted in communities across Oklahoma.
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