that each of us holds an obligation to preserve and protect our environment. Through our everyday choices and actions, we collectively have a huge impact on our world. It's really a simple concept, but one with far reaching effects.

Keep America Beautiful follows a practical approach that unites citizens, businesses and government to find solutions that advance our core issues of preventing litter, reducing waste, and beautifying communities.

The diverse American landscape consists of many different "community environments," each with their own interconnected needs and challenges. With a national network of nearly 1000 local affiliates and participating organizations, we combine education with hands-on stewardship to address the needs of communities on an intensely local and effective level.

KAB Partners with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing’s Little Green Books. New children’s book line teaches kids about the environment and how they can protect it. More> 2008 Vision for America Award Presented to ITW. Industrial manufacturer Illinois Tool Works Inc. recognized for commitment to the environment. More>   MORE NATIONAL NEWS >>

2008-11-07 South Carolina Enquirer-Herald Groups in Brevard County recycle campaign signs PALM BAY, Fla. Now that election season is over, groups in Brevard County are recycling the countless campaign signs that have dotted yards and roadways in recent... 2008-11-07 Tampa Bay Newspapers Campaign signs being collected There are thousands of them on lawns, empty lots, fences and everyplace else. Keep Pinellas Beautiful will be collecting campaign signs for recycling again this... 2008-11-07 Sierra Star Tarp it, cover it and keep it in your bed Driving on California roads, you often see lost cargo such as chairs, tires, wood, mattresses, buckets and clothes. While by no means unique to California, pickup trucks and other vehicles piled high with improperly secured loads are a fact of life... 2008-11-07 West Orange Times Disney cast members help clean up Lake Fran More than 200 Walt Disney World VoluntEARS lent their magical touch to the Florida Coastal Cleanup by clearing the shores of Orlando's Lake Fran of 3,560 pounds of trash and... 2008-11-06 Guidry News Port of Houston Authority Clean & Green Program Celebrates First Anniversary by Planting 365 Trees 365 Volunteers Plant 365 Trees At Tony Marron Park WHAT: Clean & Green Port of Houston Program youth and adult volunteers plant 365 saplings in Houston's Tony Marron Park as part of the program's restoration efforts to keep Buffalo... 2008-11-06 TMCnet A sore sight for city's eyes: Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful got 57 candidates to pledge to remove signs by Nov. 12. If they don't, the names are there for all to see, and Charlotte's not shy about fines. Nov 06, 2008 (The Charlotte Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- For weeks, they've lined streets and yards, advertising candidates and the offices they... 2008-11-06 WOWT.com Applications Being Taken for Iowa Environmental Awards Iowa businesses, organizations and citizens are invited to apply for the Governor's Iowa Environmental Excellence Awards. These awards are the premier environmental honors in Iowa, recognizing leadership and innovation in the protection of Iowa's water, land and... 2008-11-05 News 25 The Day After, Disposing Campaign Signs EVANSVILLE - Now that the election is over, it's time to get rid of those campaign signs. We drove around Wednesday and found most people don't seem to be in too much of a hurry to take them... 2008-11-05 Blanco County News KBB Prepares Lights for a Dazzling Display in Bindseil Park Keep Blanco Beautiful has begun the tedious process of checking strings of Christmas lights in order to get them hung in time for the spectacular Lavender Lights, which will be held in downtown Blanco on November 28,... 2008-11-05 Houston Chronicle Free tree seedlings to be distributed at Katy business The national furniture company has purchased the seedlings and is coordinating distribution with Keep Katy Beautiful to help residents replant trees. Anybody in the Katy area can come out and get the free seedlings, said Jamie Wolman, a member of Keep Katy Beautiful and community specialist for. 2008-11-05 Pegasus News Keep Allen Beautiful hands out Recycled Art Contest awards The City of Allen and Keep Allen Beautiful sponsor the Recycled Art Contest for grades Kindergarten through 12th every year in conjunction with Allen Recycles... 2008-11-05 Trend Hunter Celebrity-Designed Christmas Trees - Celebritree Auctions These stunning Christmas trees designed by celebrities including actresses Julianne Moore, Brooke Shields, Angie Harmon and Eva Longoria Parker and her husband Tony Parker, are being auctioned online this month by Smith & Hawkin to benefit the Keep America Beautiful... 2008-11-05 News 14 Time for campaign signs to come down CHARLOTTE -- The votes have been cast, the politicking is over, and now it is time to take down campaign signs. Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful says many candidates running for office in the county have made a pledge to remove their signs now that the election is... 2008-11-05 News Channel 19 Honda Does Its Part to 'Keep America Beautiful' As they enter into the fourth year of their partnership with the Keep America Beautiful organization, Honda is proud, once again, to be the Official Automobile Manufacturer of the Great American Cleanup. 2008-11-05 Times-Picayune Slidell's beautification efforts paying off The Keep Slidell Beautiful board of directors recently met to discuss the results of the fall citywide cleanup. A total of 172 bags of litter was... 2008-11-05 Lakeland Ledger Free Tire Recycling Offered Nov. 15 Keep Polk County Beautiful Inc. will offer free tire recycling from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 15 to celebrate America Recycles Day at the former Publix Shopping Plaza, 2021 George Jenkins... 2008-11-05 My West Texas Texas Recycles Day set Nov. 15 at Midland College Keep Midland Beautiful presents the sixth annual Texas Recycles Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at Chaparral Center parking lot at Midland College. Please enter off Garfield or... 2008-11-04 Houston Chronicle Free tree seedlings available in Pearland The giveaway will start at 10 a.m. and continue until supplies last. Other Ashley Furniture stores in the Greater Houston area also will be... 2008-11-04 Lakeland Ledger Keep Polk Beautiful Presents Awards ul recently honored individuals and organizations at its annual awards banquet and fundraiser at Bok Tower Gardens. Noah's Ark of Central Florida was named Adopt-A-Road Group of the... 2008-11-04 Times-Republican Marshalltown Board of Realtors rais..... arshalltown Board of Realtors raises funds for people in need' *To: <--TO Email REQUIRED! *From: <--FROM Email REQUIRED! Article Photos In an effort to raise $40,000 the Marshalltown Board of Realtors hopes to receive matching contributions for the Property Maintenance Program in providing low income... 2008-11-04 The Newport Plain Talk Christmas Parade set for Nov. 29 NEWPORT-The Cocke County Partnership/Chamber of Commerce announced that applications are now available at the Chamber office for the annual Christmas... 2008-11-04 Roane County News Election 2008 preliminary results Next year, the county will open up a new 172-bed jail on Third Street in Kingston. Keep Roane Beautiful's former director, Wendy Jackson, has been... 2008-11-04 Athens Daily Review KAB Fall Clean and Texas Recycles Day nears Keep Athens Beautiful is encouraging everyone to do their part this fall. The annual Fall Clean and Texas Recycles Day will be held on Saturday, Nov. 2008-11-04 The Aluminum Association America Recycles Day Nov. 15th - Why Not Every Day? - The Citizen Newspapers - Every day can be a recycle day according to Al Yougel, Executive Director of Keep Peachtree City Beautiful, Inc. Recycling, he feels, cannot be just a one day feel good thing, but should be a deep seated... 2008-11-04 The American Reporter Hominy & Hash SHAME ON THEM; SHAME ON US ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- This is not a news story. Readers can find the facts as they spin out of control in the media. What you'll read here is a full measure of disgust and outrage spewing forth as my fingers speed across this... 2008-11-04 The American Reporter Make My Day IT'S NATIONAL APRIL MONTH! SYRACUSE, Ind. -- Most people think April is one of the more boring months of the year. After all, we only get April Fool's Day, and sometimes Easter, plus it rains for 28 of the 30... 2008-11-04 The American Reporter Hominy & Hash SHAME ON THEM; SHAME ON U.S. ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. -- This is not a news story. Readers can find the facts as they spin out of control in the media. What you'll read here is a full measure of disgust and outrage spewing forth as my fingers speed across this... 2008-11-04 The American Reporter Momentum THE THANKSGIVING OF THE EMPTY CHAIR DUMMERSTON, Vt. - This is a strange Thanksgiving, my friends. It is the Thanksgiving of the empty chair. The empty chair is a powerful symbol, and searching the Web, I found it has many... 2008-11-04 The Daily Times.com Peck's Environmental Festival successful Dear Editor: On Oct. 18, Peck's Memorial United Methodist Church hosted an Environmental Festival. We would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone who helped make this day a... 2008-11-04 The Frederick News-Post Reporter's Notebook: Keep winter beautiful We all know that one family who runs to the store for a week's worth of bread, milk and toilet paper at the first sign of winter weather, or the person who breaks out the parka as soon as the temperature drops below 50... 2008-11-04 WLBT City of Ridgeland : Public Works Department Posted: Updated: Going Green MS Champions! City of Ridgeland : Public Works Department Congratulations to the City of Ridgeland : Public Works Deparment, 3rd Place winners in WLBT's Going Green Mississippi... 2008-11-04 Cincinnati Enquirer Volunteer help adds to city's beauty What do 25,200 pounds of trash, 14,810 daffodil bulbs and 210 cubic yards of mulch have in common? These were what 1,200 volunteers picked up, planted and spread during the annual Make a Difference Day for Keep Cincinnati Beautiful on... 2008-11-03 Florida Running and Triathlon The Greening of the Running Industry (By Linda Honikman, Running USA wire) What once was a relatively small group of tree hugging consumers has grown into a large population of carbon-neutral... 2008-11-03 Jacksonville.com (AP) Four Cheers: Jags players helpful Everybody knew Jacksonville was getting great entertainment value when the city was awarded a National Football League franchise. But few, if anybody, realized what a positive off-the-field impact the team also would have on this... 2008-11-03 Coastal Courier Take the America Recycles Day pledge November is full of important days: Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the Georgia-Florida game. But in the hectic days ahead, take a moment to think about America Recycles Day on... 2008-11-03 Cordele Dispatch Vienna plans special holiday event Nov. 22 From STAFF REPORTS VIENNA - Christmas spirit arrives here on Saturday, Nov. 22 with a full day of events and activities planned to officially kick-off the Christmas... 2008-11-03 How Stuff Works What one thing should I recycle? by Jennifer Horton Print Email Cite Feedback Share Digg This Yahoo! Buzz StumbleUpon del.icio.us Reddit Cite This! Close Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this How Stuff Works article: Horton,... 2008-11-02 My West Texas Jump rope artist performs at Junior League's Family First event The Junior League of Midland's Family First event featured a performance by world champion jump rope artist Meredith Crafton from Ropeworks in Seattle and zumba dancing lessons by Else Cole from the local Gold's... 2008-11-02 Times-Press-Recorder America in Bloom honors AG efforts America In Bloom awarded the city of Arroyo Grande a special recognition plaque on Oct. 4 for community involvement for the second-straight year in the nationwide beautification... 2008-11-02 Press Register Mayor to meet with Roger Williams residents Mobile Mayor Sam Jones, Keep Mobile Beautiful and Mobile Housing Board officials invite all residents of Roger Williams Homes to attend a meeting on Thursday to discuss cleaning up the housing... 2008-11-02 Daily Sentinel 'Nature Realized' helps families rediscover the outdoors It's not every day that you get a chance to pet a giant albino snake. It's also not every day that you get a chance to spend time outside, enjoying nature with the... 2008-11-02 Gwinnett Daily Post Locals win awards for environmental efforts By Jamie Ward Staff Writer NORCROSS - A used auto parts retailer and one of its top brass have been honored for their continued efforts and commitments to the Georgia environmental and recycling... 2008-10-31 The Galveston County Daily News Former Brazoria newspaper publisher Morisse dies ANGLETON Bruce Morisse, a decorated Army veteran, baseball player, tireless community advocate and former publisher of The Facts, Brazoria County s daily newspaper, died... 2008-10-31 2 News Children Learn to Lasso That Money Posted: How parents convey messages about money can determine whether children feel deprived or content with what they have. © istockphoto.com Featured Stories from... 2008-10-31 Lafayette Daily Advertiser Keep Abbeville Beautiful the Junior and Senior Beta Club at Harvest Time Christian Academy did their part to ' .' The beta club sponsors, Ms. Marianne Delcambre and Ms. Sandy Landry took the students to Lyman Drive in Abbeville to pick up litter that was along the side of the... 2008-10-31 Garden City Life Mayor's Report The Department of Public Works will start collecting leaves on Monday, Nov. 3. Collections will start in the Western section on a sporadic basis, depending upon the amount of leaves in the street and weather... 2008-10-31 WNEP-TV Use It All Up - Leave No Trace of Your Leftover Paint When you are close to finishing your painting project, take a quick look in your paint can - how much paint is left? If only an inch or two is left in the bottom of the can, consider painting your project until ALL the paint is... 2008-10-31 WNEP-TV Reuse or Recycle It - Give Your Old Paint New Life Sometimes it is not possible to use all of a product for a given task. Or you may have unwanted paint from previous projects or property owners. Reuse and recycling programs in your community, can take your leftover paint and give it new life by being put to use... 2008-10-31 TheCabin.net Seventh annual Sharefest to be held Saturday The yearly Sharefest, a day of mass charitable acts throughout the community, will take place Saturday. Sharefest is the brainchild of Dr. Quentin Washispack who says he was compelled in 2001 "by the need to provide proof of the gospel; not just... 2008-10-31 Soccer365 Crew Announce Team Awards The Columbus Crew announced the winners of its team awards Monday night at its annual Crew Team Awards Ceremony, presented by adidas, held at the Lifestyle Communities...

Great American Cleanup Launches in Sacramento Keep California Beautiful brought together executives from the government, nonprofit and private sectors together to launch the national Great American Cleanup™ campaign. Read More > Philly Spring Cleanup Record-Setting Keep America Beautiful President & CEO Matt McKenna (left) shakes hands with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter during the Philly Spring Cleanup, part of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup. The Philly Spring Cleanup has been recognized as the largest single-day, citywide cleanup on record. Read More >   New York City Kicks Off Great American Cleanup in Times Square Katie Loovis (left), director of external affairs U.S. Department of the Interior and executive director of Take Pride in America, and NYC Commissioner of Sanitation John Doherty present a President's Volunteer Service Award to Malinda Futrell (center) during the kickoff of the Keep New York City Beautiful Coalition's Great American Cleanup. Read More >

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