Leadership Update
MARCH 2008
CALENDAR
Year-Round Texas Waterway Cleanup Program
Mar 1-May 31 Great American Cleanup
Mar 14 Affiliate Dues and Annual Report Due
Mar 16 Keep America Beautiful Semi-Annual Report Due
Mar 27 GCAA Judging Austin
Mar 28 KTB Awards Judging Austin
Mar 31 Affiliate Recognition and Survey Due
Apr 5 Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off
Apr 22 Earth Day
Apr 25 Texas Arbor Day
May 13 KTB Youth Award Nominations Due (in KTB office)
Jun 24-27 41 st Annual Keep Texas Beautiful Conference Irving
NEW KTB PROVISIONAL AFFILIATE
Brewster County
KTB AFFILIATE ANNUAL DUES, REPORT, RECOGNITION, AND SURVEYDUE THIS MONTH
Don’t forget, the KTB Affiliate Annual Report, Dues, Survey, and Recognition Form are due this month! Affiliates receiving In Good Standing status or better may receive added benefits and priority for some programs and funding opportunities. To access the forms online, visit www.ktb.org/affiliates. Questions? Call
1-800-CLEAN-TX or email anne@ktb.org.
Friday, March 14 - Affiliate Dues and Annual Report Due
Monday, March 31 - Affiliate Recognition and Survey Due
GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP
The Great America Cleanup is here! Thank you to everyone who has registered an event between March 1-May 31. Your hard work will help make Texas the cleanest, most beautiful state in the nation. If you have not registered, please do so as soon as possible as supplies are limited. Visit www.ktb.org/programs/gac for resources (manual, logos, etc), a list of Texas GAC events, and information on sponsor programs from Honda, Firestone, Sam’s Club, Aquafina, and more!
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS TRASH-OFF
Please make sure your GAC events taking place on Saturday, April 5 are also registered for the annual Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off. You can be part of the biggest one-day cleanup event in the state as KTB affiliates, Adopt-a-Highway groups, and volunteers get out to clean up roadways, parks, schools, waterways, and more! For more information visit www.ktb.org/programs/trashoff.
BOOK YOUR ROOMS NOW FOR THE 41st ANNUAL KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL CONFERENCE
Planning to attend the 41 st Annual Keep Texas Beautiful Conference in Irving, June 24-27? Go ahead and book your rooms now at the Omni Mandalay Hotel at Las Colinas ! Call 1-888-444-OMNI (6664) and ask for the “Keep Texas Beautiful” single/double room block rate of $115.00 + taxes (subject to availability) or visit www.ktb.org/conference for a link to make reservations online. You can also find additional hotel information and early registration forms here.
Want to receive free high-speed internet in your room at the Omni Mandalay Hotel while attending conference? Sign up for the free Select Guest® Program from the online hotel registration page. There are no points to accumulate and membership is free.
AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE IN!
Thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination for this year’s GCAA and KTB Non-Youth Awards! Judging will take place later this month. GCAA winners will be posted on the KTB website (www.ktb.org/awards) by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 28 and KTB Non-Youth Award winners will be posted by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1.
Don’t forget, KTB Youth Awards (Ruthe Jackson Youth Leadership Awards and Sadie Ray Graff Awards) are due in the KTB office by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. We will be mailing out another copy of the KTB Awards application later this spring, but you can always find a copy on the awards web page.
DONATION FOR CONFERENCE RAFFLE
We are excited to announce we will be holding a Fundraising Raffle during the upcoming 41 st Annual Keep Texas Beautiful Conference. There will be 600 tickets sold at the cost of $10.00 each, with thousands of dollars worth of prizes awarded. The money raised during the event will go towards starting up a conference scholarship program (available in 2009). If you are interested in donating an item or items to showcase your community and local businesses for use in the raffle, please contact Michelle at michelle@ktb.org or 1-800-CLEAN-TX. Donation forms will be mailed this spring and available on the conference web page soon.
NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
National & Global Youth Service Day (N&GYSD) is the largest youth service event in the world, engaging millions of young Americans and focusing national attention on the amazing leadership of young people. The 20 th Annual National & Global Youth Service Day will take place on April 25-27, 2008, but all projects held in April may be counted. To register your NYSD project, get project ideas, find helpful materials, and more visit www.YSA.org/nysd/. Registering your event enables Youth Service America to highlight these projects through the national media campaign.
TEXAS WATERWAY CLEANUP PROGRAM WRAP-UP FORMS
Please remember to complete and return a wrap-up form following your cleanup event if you are registered in the Texas Waterway Cleanup Program this spring. If it is your first time to hold a waterway cleanup, you may find it helpful to review the form before the event. Each report received within 10 days after the cleanup automatically enters you into a prize drawing for a gift certificate for a one-year Texas State Parks pass (value $60)! For a form, or to register a cleanup, visit www.ktb.org/programs/twc.
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL RENEWS RELATIONSHIP WITH PHI THETA KAPPA
Keep America Beautiful will continue its partnership with Phi Theta Kappa, and its “Operation Green: Improving Our Communities" International Service Program, through 2010. Phi Theta Kappa is the largest honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters worldwide. Phi Theta Kappa conducts its International Service Program on a biennial basis. KAB is the only organization other than the American Cancer Society to have this relationship renewed beyond the initial two-year commitment. The four focus areas of "Operation Green" are Education and Raising Awareness, Recycling, Beautification, and Clean Communities. While the service program is not a requirement for membership in the Society, it is strongly encouraged. More than 600 Phi Theta Kappa chapters participated with KAB in the first two years of participation. To learn more about the program visit www.ptk.org/service. You can also read how the partnership has benefited Texas affiliates in Grassroots Vol. 26, Issue 3, available at www.ktb.org/newsletters.
2008 KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL MIDYEAR AFFILIATES FORUM
Atlanta, GA - Marriott Downtown
July 30 - August 1
The Marriott is currently accepting reservations for the KAB Midyear Forum; don’t delay in booking your room! KAB room rate is $129/night (plus 15% tax). There is also a parking fee of $18 a day. Call 1-866-316-5959 to reserve your KAB room rate (deadline is June 20) or go to http://marriott.com/atldm?groupCode=keekeea&app=resvlink to register online. Online registration for the Midyear Affiliates Forum will be available April 14.
KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AFFILIATES' SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
The KAB Affiliates’ Semi-Annual Report is due March 16. To access the report go to http://snaponline.snapsurveys.com/surveylogin.asp?k=120277547610&i=11668E68. You will be required to enter your Affiliate I.D. number. Please contact Anne at anne@ktb.org if you need your login number.
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