Keep Aransas County Beautiful, Inc.
There are many ways to make an impact. With the support of our community we can make a real difference for generations to come!
Mission:
To educate, advise, and engage individuals and businesses in improving and preserving our natural surroundings - both land and water.

Goals:
Our programs address greening, beautification, litter prevention, waste reduction, recycling and more in support of our unique and truly one of a kind - Aransas County.
KACB Receives Harvey Recovery Grant from Keep Texas Beautiful
Awarded $7565 Grant
We are excited to report that KTB has generously granted us and several other counties in the area funds to help us in our post Harvey work!

KACB lost everything during the hurricane in the storage building we were renting and are having to restock and resupply from scratch. We will use these funds to purchase a mobile cargo trailer that will also serve as advertising for our programs as we are out and about. Also, now that we are in the process of repairing the Rockport-Fulton Welcome signs, we now also have added funds for new landscaping!

A big Thank You to Keep Texas Beautiful for your ongoing support to all the counties that were affected by Harvey!
Corpus Christi Mayor Makes Large Donation to Assist KACB in Harvey Recovery Work
Awarded $15,000 Grant
We cannot thank Mayor Joe McComb enough for reaching out to KACB and entrusting us with his Harvey FEMA grant money! Monies will be dedicated strictly toward Harvey repair and cleanup like at Cove Harbor, the Rockport Blue Crab, etc.
Pirate Athletes and Fans Sweep
1580 lbs of Trash Off of 35 Bypass!
Thank you all for coming out to a very well attended event that encouraged community pride and trash education!!

Thank you to our Sponsors!:
The Shack Smokehouse & Seafood - Rockport Donuts - Sonic - HEB Aransas Co. Navigation District - TxDOT - Keep Texas Beautiful

And, our event underwriters:
Diane Tucker - Mark & D'Ann Williams
Our Active Board Has Lots to Report!
Blue Crab
Preliminary Bidding Process Has Started - KACB started making contact with reputable Fiberglass Manufacturing Firms throughout the US that specialize in large scale Animals and Advertising Branding Products. We've received 2 Initial Preliminary Bids thus far: Between $35,000 to $55,000 - As of today, we have $19,862.01 in our Blue Crab Savings Account

Blue Crab Fundraising:
October 18th - 4:00 to 6:30 - Blue Crab Silent Auction Party at Winery by the Bay Donations are needed for the Silent Auction and of course we will accept your general donation(s).

You Can Now Make A Donation Directly to the Blue Crab Savings Account Via PayPal: Donate to the Blue Crab Link

Beautification
Rockport-Fulton Entrance Signage - Harvey did a number on our entrance to the area signage. New Flags have been ordered and we are waiting on the sails to be created by a company out of Corpus Christi. With KTB's grant, will now also include new native landscaping!
Thank you to the Rockport Parks Department for partnering
with us to get the work done!

Greening
1st Saturday of the Month Plant and Plant Seed Exchange - This has become quite popular! Join us at the History Center for Aransas County - 801 E Cedar St, Rockport, TX 78382- 1st Weekend of every month at 10:00 a.m. Next one: Oct. 6th

Wildlife and Birding Sanctuary Spruce Up Weekend - Sept. 22 & 23rd: Join board member and master naturalist Nellie Spurrell and friends from 4pm to 7pm for fun gardening, planting and weeding -
  • Sept. 22nd at Linda Castro Sanctuary - 4041 TX-35, Rockport, TX 78382
  • Sept. 23rd at Ivy Lane Sanctuary - 489 Ivy Lane, Rockport, TX 78382

Education
HummerBird Festival: This week! http://www.rockport-fulton.org/HB
Ongoing Cleanups
35 Business South - Starting next week Thursday, Sept. 20th - Join us for a weekly Thursday Throw Out Workout as we tackle that entire roadway starting from the Aransas County Line toward's Rockport from 9:00 am to 11:00 - wear good shoes you don't mind getting wet. We will supply gloves, trash bags, grabbers. Look for the Bright Yellow Feather Banners.
Mark your Calendars for
Land and Water Related Cleanups
9:00 am to Noon
  • Oct. 30th (Proposed) - Cove Harbor Estuary Cleanup - If all works out with permitting, etc. - we hope to hold our 1st Annual Fishing Guide Led Cleanup - this year Cove Harbor - Land & Water Cleanup
  • February 16th - Love Our Bays Cleanup - Waterway Cleanup
  • April 6th - Don't Mess with Texas Trash Off - Land Cleanup
  • Aug. 10th - 2nd Annual Pirate Sweep - Land Cleanup

**We need Sponsors for all our Programs. Click on this link to see our varying levels!**
Detox Tip of the Month - Hummingbird Feeding
HummerBird Festival is this Week!
Sept. 13th to 16th

The speaker line up this year is fantastic. We at KACB are particularly excited to hear our friend Katie Swanson with Mission Aransas' talk entitled:
Harvey's Impact to Birding Habitats

We are proud to say that we intend to have better partnering with Mission Aransas, Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries and the Aransas County Navigation District.

We are in the planning stages to tackle Cove Harbor Cleanup and other Estuaries impacted by Harvey before the end of the year.

Here is a fantastic article by David Sikes with the Corpus Christi Caller on the needs to help restore our birding rookeries:










Proper Hummingbird Feeding
Given that we have the spotlight on Aransas County's unique birding playground, we thought we'd address the proper feeding and care of our Hummingbirds. Many people don't realize that there are in fact do(s) and don't(s) when feeding our Hummers. Like:
  • Don't use Red Food Coloring
  • Do use refined white sugar 1 part Sugar to 4 parts water
  • Do clean your feeders to remove bacteria and change out the mixture every 2 to 3 days.
For more tips here's:


Come Visit Our Site on the Tour!
We are proud to have partnered with The Aransas History Center of Aransas County to create a beautiful space on the tour with 18 hummingbird feeders.

We Are Always Looking for Sponsors for Various events!
Lots of Levels to Chose From:

Hermit Crab: $25.00
Aransas Wildflower: $50.00
Hummingbird: $100.00
Whitetail Deer: $250.00
Great Blue Heron: $500.00
Texas Slam Stringer: $1,000.00
Windswept Oak: $2,500.00
Big Tree: $5,000.00
Aransas Bays: $10,000.00

When Prompted in the Message Box, indicate which Specific Program you are Sponsoring: 
Seeking New Board Members to Start in January
Consider joining our Board as we do good work and have fun!
Email us - info@kacbtx.org
Your Keep Aransas Beautiful Board
Meets 2nd Monday of Every Month at 5:30
Rockport Center for the Arts - Classroom B - Join us!
Executive Committee:
President - D'Ann Williams
Vice-President - Diane Tucker
Secretary - Judy Sutterfield
Treasurer - Karen Ernst
Executive Director - Rosemary Pizio-White
Board:
Terry & Katy Darby
Malcolm Diecklaw
Donna & Steve Gregory
Neli Spurrell
Mark Waters
Amanda Wilson
Cheryl Wilson
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
"2018 Friends of Keep Aransas County Beautiful"
Super easy to become a Member, you can explore options by clicking here:

Thank you to our FIRST Business Membership of the Year!
ABBA Services
Thank you to our Members and Sponsors