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Leadership Update
JULY 2008
Enclosure:
KTB Training Menu
CALENDAR
Jul 30 - Aug 1 Keep America Beautiful Midyear Affiliates’ Forum Atlanta
Aug 1 Texas Waterway Cleanup Program Fall 2008 Early Registration Deadline
Aug 25 Keep America Beautiful Annual Report Due
Sep 15 H-E-B Green Bag Grant Applications Due
Sep 17 KTB Overview, Guide to Affiliate Coordination, and Awards Training El Paso
Feb 10 GCAA Applications Due
Feb 17 KTB Non-Youth Applications Due
NEW KTB PROVISIONAL AFFILIATES
NEW KTB CAMPUS AFFILIATE
John Haley Green Team, Grand Prairie
FIFTH EDITION ORNAMENT ON SALE
The Fifth Edition Keep Texas Beautiful Ornament is on sale now! This year’s ornament highlights the beauty of West Texas with a prickly pear cactus, yucca plant, horned lizard, and more. The ornament is once again designed by Nelda Laney. Ornaments are $18.00 each (+tax and shipping) and are discounted to $14.40 each for orders of 25 or more (may be combination of all five editions). Buy yours online at www.ktb.org.
H-E-B GREEN BAG/RECYCLING GRANTS
KTB is accepting applications for the H-E-B Green Bag Grants through September 15. Grants ranging from $150 to $3,000 are available to affiliates and their partners in an H-E-B service area with Good Standing status or better. Eligible affiliates were contacted earlier this summer, but if you believe you are eligible and did not receive an email, please contact Christine Chute Canul at christine@ktb.org. To learn more and download an application, visit www.ktb.org/hebrecyclinggrant.htm.
GET FREE SUPPLIES THROUGH THE TEXAS WATERWAY CLEANUP PROGRAM
The Texas Waterway Cleanup Program (TWCP) is here to help you restore and beautify lakes, creeks, streams, ponds, and other waterways in your community. We are pleased to partner with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to offer FREE supplies such as gloves, trash bags, hand sanitizer, posters, and more for cleanup projects around fresh water waterways.
If you are planning to host an event anytime before December 31, 2008, we ask you to please register by the fall season early deadline of Friday, August 1. Early registrations will be entered into a prize drawing to win one of five sets of 50 volunteer safety vests and two bottles of Ivy Block. Minimum early registration information includes group name, date, and waterway. Complete registration details can be provided eight weeks prior to event. Please contact Hester Bloom at hester@ktb.org with any questions.
SPRING TEXAS WATERWAY CLEANUP PROGRAM WRAP-UP WINNERS
Congratulations to Keep Falls County Beautiful and the City of Fort Worth on each winning the TWCP Spring Season wrap-up prizes. All Wrap-up reports returned to KTB within 10 days of the event were entered into a drawing for a one-year Texas State Parks Pass (value: $60).
Still haven’t turned in a wrap-up for spring events? Please do so ASAP so we may include your results in our totals.
FALL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRAINING HOST SITES
KTB is pleased to announce training opportunities for the West Texas region this fall. Each training will consist of a KTB Overview and Guide to Affiliate Coordination as well as an Awards Training segment. Additionally, we are looking for host sites for future trainings in 2008-2009. Hosting is easy, fun, and a great opportunity to highlight your affiliate! To register for a training and to see a list of training types and suggested scheduling, see the enclosed menu or visit www.ktb.org/affiliates/training.html. Contact Hester Bloom at hester@ktb.org with questions or to let her know your interest in hosting a training.
September 17, 2008 - El Paso
October 29, 2008 - Midland
NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS
Please join us in welcoming the two newest members to the Keep Texas Beautiful board.
Edward C. Camarillo of Brownsville serves as City Commissioner and has been a committed environmental advocate, serving on the Brownsville Beautification Committee, drafting a no plastic bag ordinance, creating recycling opportunities at schools, and initiating a curbside recycling program in a district subdivision.
Lufkin’s Tony Moline, Executive Director of Angelina Beautiful/Clean, will serve as an Affiliate Coordinator Representative on the board. An active KTB member who most recently volunteered on the 2007-2008 KTB Awards Committee, Moline currently sits on the Solid Waste Advisory Committee for the Deep East Texas Council of Government.
2008-2009 Officers
President - Terri Cardwell, Lake Jackson
President-Elect - Susan Ghertner, San Antonio
Vice President - John Howard, Austin
Secretary - Dorothy Wolverton, Duncanville
Treasurer - Karla Vining, Austin
Assistant Treasurer - Lee Lockard, Austin
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL NEWS
Important Deadlines
August 25 – KAB Annual Report Due*
September 15 – KAB National Awards Applications Due*
Waste Management Offers Think Green Grants
Once again Waste Management is funding fifteen $10,000 Think Green ® grants. Grants are given to encourage local solutions showcasing environmental stewardship and community improvement efforts. KAB affiliates in Good Standing with KAB are eligible to apply by September 22*. KTB will award winning Texas communities one (1) complimentary registration to the 2009 KTB conference in Houston.
* All forms available at www.kabaffiliates.org. Contact anne@ktb.org for password.
41st ANNUAL CONFERENCE WRAP-UP
Thank you to everyone who attended the 41 st Annual Keep Texas Beautiful Conference last month in Irving. The Conference could not have been such a success without the support from volunteers, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and conference committee and host task force members. Look for pictures, PowerPoint presentations/handouts from speakers, and more to be online soon. We look forward to seeing you in Houston next year!
Thank You Conference Sponsors
Platinum
COKE
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Silver
Altria
IESI Texas Corporation
Raytheon
Republic Services, Inc.
Waste Management
Bronze
AEP/SWEPCO
Autocar, LLC
BASF Corporation - Freeport
PaperRetriever.com
Rehrig Pacific
Texas Commercial Waste
Wastequip
Copper
Carson Cattle Co.
Ruthe Jackson
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