| Leadership Update
SEPTEMBER 2007
Enclosures:
2007-08 KTB Calendar (training dates not included – coming soon!)
GAC/Trash-Off Registration Form
CALENDAR
Year-Round Texas Waterway Cleanup Program
Sept 15 KAB National Awards, KAB Innovation Awards, KAB Achievement Awards, Rogers Award, and Graffiti Hurts® Award Deadlines (all postmarked)
Sept 21 Think Green Grant Application Due
Sept 22 Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup
Sept 29 National Public Lands Day
Oct 10-12 Texas Trees Conference, Waco
Oct 15 Anheuser-Busch Environmental Grant Application Due
Oct 16-18 Texas Downtown Association Conference, Fort Worth
Oct 17-18 Governor’s Volunteer Leadership Conference, Galveston
Oct 19 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards Deadline
Oct 27 Make a Difference Day
NEW KTB OFFICIAL AFFILIATE
Cypress
NEW KTB PROVISIONAL AFFILIATE
Whitesboro
2008 GCAA & KTB AWARDS DEADLINES CHANGE
In an effort to better meet the needs of KTB affiliates, we are pleased to announce that applications for next year’s Governor’s Community Achievement Awards (GCAA) and KTB Awards will be due in February 2008. We hope this deadline will come at a less hectic time of year and allow you to easily report results from one calendar year. Results from January – May 2007 used in this past year’s applications will be permitted in the 2008 applications during this transition period. Look for applications and information on any other changes to the awards process to come later this fall. Note: Ruthe Jackson Youth Leadership Awards and Sadie Ray Graff Education Leadership Awards will still be due in May.
2008 GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP & TRASH-OFF REGISTRATION
It’s never too early to start planning those springtime cleanup and beautification activities! Keep America Beautiful has requested a list of 2008 registrations from Texas groups by mid-October to help gauge needed supplies. To encourage affiliates to register early, KTB is holding a prize drawing for all registration forms received by October 15, 2007. One winner will receive 15 Take Care of Texas t-shirts to use at local events. A registration form is enclosed and can be found at www.ktb.org/programs/gac. We realize that you might not have all decisions made at this time, but please register now and we will work with you later regarding more details. Please contact Katie at katie@ktb.org or 1-800-CLEAN-TX with any questions.
TEXAS RECYCLES DAY – NOVEMBER 15
“It all comes back to you”
Texas Recycles Day (TRD) 2007 is just around the corner! This year’s theme is “It All Comes Back to You.” Keep Texas Beautiful encourages affiliates, businesses, schools, and individuals to participate in TRD and help motivate their community members to make recycling part of their everyday lives. The Recycling Alliance of Texas has volunteered to manage the program (formerly run by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), and KTB is pleased to partner with The Alliance to promote this statewide event. This new partnership will provide KTB affiliates with additional opportunities to interact with Alliance members and to educate Texans on the importance of recycling and reuse. More information will be posted soon at www.texasrecyclesday.org and www.recycletx.com.
BUY YOUR ORNAMENTS ONLINE AT WWW.KTB.ORG!
Keep Texas Beautiful is pleased to announce that we are now selling all four KTB ornaments on our website. Use any major credit card or your PayPal account to purchase the Fourth Edition Wildflower Ornament or any of the three previous editions. All information is safe and secure! Go to www.ktb.org/support/merchandise/ornaments/webpurchase.php to get yours today!
CUSTIMIZED TRAININGS FOR KAB AFFILIATES
Are you a certified Keep America Beautiful Affiliate? If so, did you know that one of your benefits includes one free customized training each year? This training can be tailored to the needs of your community to help address issues your affiliate is facing. Take advantage of this great opportunity to train new board or staff members or just go further in-depth on how to strengthen your local affiliate. For more information and to see about scheduling a training this year, email anne@ktb.org. Not a KAB affiliate? Learn more about these and other great benefits of KAB affiliation by contacting Anne Cunic.
THINK GREEN GRANTS
Waste Management, Inc. is joining forces with Keep America Beautiful to encourage local solutions that showcase your environmental stewardship and community improvement efforts. Fifteen $10,000 grants will be awarded! Grant awards will recognize KAB affiliates’ most innovative or comprehensive programs and partnerships to improve business areas, neighborhoods, or public spaces; or to increase recycling or recycling education in their communities. Applications are due by September 21, 2007. Projects may be initiated during the fall of 2007 and must be completed by September 2008. This program is open to Keep America Beautiful affiliates in good standing only. To download an application, go to www.kabaffiliates.org.
KAB/ANHEUSER-BUSCH ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM
The overall objective of this grant program is to encourage sustainable partnerships between Anheuser-Busch wholesalers and KAB affiliates to successfully improve their communities. The program will award grants up to $10,000, with a total of $50,000, for projects that will promote recycling, reduce litter, and beautify and improve community environments. Applicants must be KAB- certified affiliates in good standing, and proposals must involve a local wholesaler to qualify for grant dollars. Applications are due by October 15, 2007. For more information, to apply, and to find a wholesaler near you, visit www.kabaffiliates.org.
ADOPT-A-BEACH FALL CLEANUP – Saturday, September 22
For 21 years, volunteers from across Texas have rallied to the Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach Cleanup to beautify Texas beaches. This year’s fall cleanup will be held September 22 at numerous locations along the Texas coast. For more information on the Adopt-A-Beach Program or to locate a cleanup site near you, visit www.glo.state.tx.us/adopt-a-beach/cleanup.html or call 1-877-TX-COAST.
2007-2008 KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEES
Keep Texas Beautiful would like to welcome our 2007-2008 committee chairs and members! Thank you to everyone who submitted a request to serve on a committee, your dedication helps make KTB programs and events a success! To see a listing of committee chairs and members, staff liaisons, and committee descriptions, visit www.ktb.org/contacts/committees.html.
BE RECOGNIZED WITH A TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
All too often homegrown heroes go unrecognized. Yet, their efforts to protect natural resources in Texas are increasingly critical to the well-being of our beautiful state. Do you know an individual, organization, company, or community that has worked tirelessly to tackle environmental challenges? Has your affiliate introduced an outstanding project or program this year? Nominate them for a Texas Environmental Excellence Award (TEEA), presented by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The TEEA program honors the state's most outstanding waste reduction and pollution prevention projects. Keep El Paso Beautiful received a first place award last year for its community tool shed program. Enter your project today at www.teea.org. Deadline for submissions is October 19, 2007. Questions? Call 512-239-3150 or email awards@tceq.state.tx.us.
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