Benefiting:
KEEP
MARIETTA BEAUTIFUL
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 nd (5:00pm- 7:00pm)
Central Coast Wines
The Central Coast region of
California is made up of more that 100 wineries.The cool climate
growing conditions of warm days and cool evenings produce some of
Californias finest vintages. Join us this Wednesday as we sample
wines from Edna Valley, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Sta Rita Hills
appelations.
SATURDAY,
APRIL 5th (2:00- 4:00pm)
It’s True ! Blends Have More Fun
Around the World, some of the best
wines are made with a number of different grapes, to produce wines
with unique characteristics and flavors. This Saturday stop in and
try some great red and white blends we have brought in for this
tasting. These wines will be sure to please and will work great with
any up and coming Spring event you may have planned.
Keep Marietta Beautiful
Contact: Joan Ellars 770-794-5606
jellars@mariettaga.gov
Keep Marietta Beautiful's mission to generate an
environmental pride and a sense of ownership within the Marietta
community. Because you are reading this, I am sure you all believe
in that mission as well. We truly believe that the appearance of a
city affects its residents and whether businesses and new residents
decide to locate here. Where there is litter and graffiti, people
will not come. That includes tourists. And where there's litter and
graffiti, studies - and I'm sure your own eyes - show us that crime
and litter and graffiti goes hand-in-hand.
So we believe our work is integrated with the
missions of law enforcement and economic development. When residents
feel like they are part of a community, they take pride in what's
around them and how things look. They won't throw trash out the
window in their own neighborhoods when they feel that sense of
ownership. We take our job seriously to do everything we can to make
this a safe and economically viable community.
As your local affiliate for
Keep America Beautiful, we work to implement their 3 core goals:
Litter Prevention, Beautification and Waste Reduction. Over the past
year, here is how we have done that:
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More than 1,000 citizens volunteered more
than three thousand-one hundred hours for activities like Love
the Loop, neighborhood cleanups, a Chattahoochee River cleanup,
Adopt-A-Mile, Teacher Supply Storehouse, tree plantings,
electronics recycling and other activities to make your city a
better place to live.
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With our coordination, residents recycled
almost 7,000 tons of paper, yard clippings, glass and plastic.
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At 24 programs throughout the year, we
educated more than 7,000 children and 1,300 adults on recycling,
water conservation, trees, environmental preservation and the
effects of littering.
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Just last year we began inkjet cartridge
recycling and electronics recycling programs. Both initiatives
have been tremendously successful. Our first electronics
recycling day last summer drew more than 300 families and
businesses who recycled 2-and-a-half tractor trailers worth of
computers and other electronics, weighing more than 60,000
pounds! This is 3 tons of material that otherwise would have
ended up in a landfill. I am proud to announce that we have just
received a grant from the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation that
will allow us to hold another electronics recycling event this
year.
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In addition to all this, we also conducted 8
litter-free events, compiled the city's litter index, looked
after the city cemetery, conducted a water festival, planted
trees at city schools on arbor day, coordinated the Great
American Cleanup and worked with the Marietta Police Department
to clean up graffiti in the city.
That's quite a number of accomplishments. But we
couldn't have done it alone. We are blessed to be supported by a
wonderful city, including the mayor and city council, the parks and
recreation staff, code enforcement, law enforcement, public works
and sanitation. Because you, the city, have had the foresight to
invest in us, I want you to know that we take your investment
seriously and turn that into an even bigger investment in the city.
For every dollar the citizens invest in Keep Marietta Beautiful, the
return on investment is 3 dollars and 37 cents.
In addition to our wonderful volunteers and
community and business partners, Keep Marietta Beautiful is led by a
volunteer board. This is a group of dedicated city residents and
business partners who truly care about their community. They work
very quietly behind the scenes to organize our many projects. This
board includes:
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Johnny Banks
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Martha Crawford
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Jewel Cribb
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Pat Dooley
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Judy Garrett
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Dorothy Ann Garrett
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Candice Groves
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Karen Hillenbrand, Chair
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Betty Lou Hunter
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Bonnie Lantz
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Lloyd Nawrocki
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Michael Petelle
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Lynn Robertson
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Courtenay Vanderbilt
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Mary West
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Ann Wolf
We also are supported through close ties with
other local affiliates in Smyrna, Georgia and Cobb County, Georgia,
as well as our statewide organization, Keep Georgia Beautiful. We
are affiliated with Keep America Beautiful on a national level.
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American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
American Stroke Association
Angels with Badges- Marietta Police
Atlanta Children’s Shelter
Atlanta Pet Rescue
Atlanta Weimaraner Club & Rescue
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Twin Lakes
Canine Companions
Center For Children & Young Adults
Center for Family Resources
Children’s Restoration Network
Cobb Bar Association
Cobb Depart of Family & Children Services
Cobb Landmarks Society
Cobb Symphony Orchestra
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Friends of the Strand
Georgia Ballet
Good Mews
Happy Tails
Homeless Pet Foundation
Humane Society of Cherokee County
Humane Society Of Cobb County
Junior Leaque of Cobb-Marietta
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
March of Dimes
Marietta Reads
Mostly Mutts
Multiple Sclerosis Society
MUST Ministries
Our Pals Place
Safe Path
Susan G. Komen Foundation
WellStar Health Systems
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