Litter cleanup “Safety First” Simple steps to help the planet while staying safe. Wear a mask and gloves. Use gloves to keep yourself safe from physical contact with litter (and to prevent cuts and scrapes). “Do your part” by wearing your face mask. Avoid touching your face.
Great American Cleanup The Great American Cleanup, coordinated locally by Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful, follows the current “green” movement with the theme, “Green Starts Here.” Keep America Beautiful, the national organization that leads this program, chose this theme to remind families that a better environment for everyone starts in our own communities. The work done…
The Upper Tennessee River Roundtable formed a Keep America Beautiful affiliate in 2007, called Keep Southwest Virginia Beautiful. The affiliate later departed to form a nonprofit, operating as a 501c3 for many years. The formation of this affiliate resulted from a unique partnership among nine counties and two cities. These localities joined to serve on…
