Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission
Earthnotes
September 2019
  

In This Issue
KCBC Commissioners
New KCBC Board Members
Upcoming Events
Getting Involved
Teacher's Corner
25th Annual Help the Hooch
Help the Hooch REGISTRATION
Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Shoe Recycling Campaign
The 2019 Magic of Recycling Participants
Get Connected on Social Media

2019-2020
Keep Columbus Beautiful Commissioners
 
Dr. Bridget Downs
Chairperson

Sharon Baker
Vice Chairperson

  Susan Gallagher
Secretary

  Herman Lewis, Jr.
KCGBC Treasurer
  
Anuradha "Ann" Rewatkar
Arsburn "Oz" Roberts
Ashley Lee
Dr. William "Billy" Kendall
Carlos Williams
Cortney Laughlin
David Goldberg
Dominique Williamson
Fran Fluker
Jason Breaux
Kenneth Leuer
Larry Derby
Laurie Smithson
Mark McCollum
Matt Horne
Orlean Baulkmon
Patricia Thomas
Shelia Mitchell
Vanessa Lewis
Wanda Jenkins
Dr. Karretta Venable
Warren Wagner
 
Ex-Officio
Dr. David F. Lewis
Holli Browder
Isaiah Hugley
John Brent
Scott Jones
Skip Henderson
 
Staff
Gloria Weston-Smart  
Executive Director
Curtis Bone
Administrative Assistant

Give a
Heartfelt Welcome
to this year's NEW 
KCBC Board Members!
 ________________________
  
Anuradha "Ann" Rewatkar

Ashley Lee

David Goldberg

Jason Breaux

Dr. Karretta Venable

Matt Horne

Wanda Jenkins

Warren Wagner

Up Coming Programs/Projects

September 3
Shoe Recycling Campaign Kick-Off

September 6
Help-the-Hooch
Golf Tournament
 
September 28
5K Walk and Run

October 4-5
Help-the-Hooch
Clean-Up
 
October 19 
Household Hazardous Waste/
Electronic & Computer Collection/ Personal Paper Shredding/Shoe Collection

November 16
Shoe Recycling Campaign Final Tally

 

To learn more about environmental community involvement, please visit the following sites:

 

Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission, Help-The-Hooch, 

Trees Columbus,  

Oxbow Meadows, 

Keep Georgia Beautiful, 

Keep America Beautiful, 

Chattahochee River Conservancy,

National Arbor Foundation, 

Liter, It Costs You, 

The Clean Air Campaign,

Riverdale-Porterdale Cemetery Foundation, Inc.,

 

 

 

  

Contact Us

Keep Columbus Beautiful Commission, P.O. Box 428, Columbus ,GA 31902

706-225-4008 Fax 706-569-1982

kcbc1987@columbusga.org 

 

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Calendar of Events

Sept. 3 - Nov. 16
Community and School-wide Shoe Recycling Collection

For more information and printable forms for the Shoe Recycling Campaign, follow this link:  https://tinyurl.com/y3pf74zt

Oct. 4
Help-The-Hooch School Campus Cleanup

Oct. 5
Help-The-Hooch Community-wide Cleanup  &
 Watershed Festival

Oct. 18
School Shoe Recycling Pick-up by Two Men & A Truck

Nov. 15
School Shoe Recycling Pick-up by Two Men & A Truck

Dec. 26 - Jan. 4
Christmas Tree Recycling


Environmental Lesson Plans

for grades 4-7                        (Courtesy of the EPA)

Full elementary curriculum, including lesson plans and classroom activities that cover a variety of subjects.                         (Courtesy of  Water.org ) 

Lesson plans from various sources for both elementary and secondary education.  (Courtesy 

Educator-generated lesson plan s on freshwater and freshwater organisms, water conservation, watersheds, water quality, and more for grades K-5.                   (Courtesy of  Pennsylvania Statue 

 
List of lessons and activities for grades K-12
(Courtesy of Teachers.org)


Anti-Litter Pledge
                   
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Recycling Waste Collection

Recycling Waste Collection

shoe recycling

Magic of Recycling
MLK Serve-A-Thon