Keep McIntosh Beautiful

"Working Together

for a Clean, Green and

Beautiful McIntosh County"

Newsletter January 2024

WELCOME! You are receiving this newsletter as a KMB member, friend, volunteer or supporter to stay updated on KMB news, events, and volunteer opportunities. YOU make KMB activities possible, and through your actions every day, you help keep our community clean, green, and beautiful. THANK YOU! Photo below by Harvey Junior Williams.

Our Annual OYSTER ROAST/BBQ FUNDRAISER

is Feb.10, 2024! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

PLATINUM

Jarriel Lawn Care

Darien Downtown Development Authority

Coastal Electric Member Cooperative

GOLD

Timothy and Karinna Karsten

McIntosh Industrial Development Authority

SILVER

Skipper's Fish Camp

Southeastern Bank

Get your tickets today for FEBRUARY 10, 2024!

You won’t want to miss our annual fundraiser!

https://keepmcintoshbeautiful.com/kmb-oyster-roast-fundraiser/

Ticket price ($60) includes oyster, clam and BBQ dinner, dessert and beer/wine open bar. We’ll have a Silent Auction! Entertainment by Michael Hulett! Wine/Whiskey Toss!

SHRIMP RAFFLE! $2 each. 3 for $5… Get shrimp raffle tickets from any Board member or call KMB at 912.289.1083. 3 chances for 25lbs of sweet wild GA shrimp from Shell Creek Seafood.

OUR ANNUAL OYSTER ROAST FUNDRAISER IS KEEP MCINTOSH BEAUTIFUL’S MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR…

1) ABANDONED BUILDINGS PROGRAM

2) LITTER PREVENTION AND CONTROL

3) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS

4) RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION

5) EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

THANK YOU TO OUR NEWEST Adopt-A Highway, Park or Spot Volunteer

HEY CUZ RESTAURANT!

They actually adopted 2 areas! They'll be keeping Columbus Square clean, which is known to the kiddos around here as Music Park because of the fun xylophones and other instruments there. It's behind the First African Baptist Church.

They've also adopted Adams Street/99 from the Courthouse to historic Grace Church.

A BIG THANKS TO ALL OF OUR ADOPT-A HIGHWAY, PARK OR SPOT VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT MCINTOSH COUNTY! There are still plenty of miles and places needing some TLC. Please consider making this a way you help keep our community clean, green and beautiful!

We'll be giving away FREE live native OAK

seedlings at Darien's Second Saturday Jan.13!

We'll also have Oyster Roast/BBQ Fundraiser

tickets to sell, as well as Shrimp Raffle tickets!

ABANDONED BUILDING PROGRAM

Looking for a way to remove an abandoned building or mobile home from your property? Keep McIntosh Beautiful may be able to help.

Dilapidated and abandoned buildings are eyesores that detract from our community’s appearance and reduce the value of the property where they are located. They can also be unsafe and unhealthy nuisances that are locations for criminal activity. Very often, cost is the reason these derelict structures aren’t removed.

To address the problem in McIntosh County, we offer financial assistance to owners for the demolition and removal of them from their property.

Structures must be located in McIntosh County, unoccupied, and beyond repair to qualify.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Darien Second Saturday

JAN.13, 2024 10am-2pm

Hwy 17 & Broad Street

NATIVE LIVE OAK

SEEDLING GIVEAWAY

Saturday, FEB. 10, 2024

OYSTER ROAST & BBQ FUNDRAISER, SHRIMP RAFFLE & SILENT AUCTION

Hudson Creek Lodge. 5-8 PM

Why does Georgia celebrate Arbor Day in February?

Georgia Arbor Day is in February because it is the ideal time to plant trees in our state. The holiday was initiated by Julius Sterling Morton in Nebraska in 1872. Morton was a pioneer who traveled from Detroit to Nebraska in 1854. There were no trees in sight, so Morton set out to plant millions of trees.

~Georgia Forestry Commission

KMB needs your support and your volunteer participation. Please join us or renew your membership for 2023-24 TODAY! It's easy to do on our website, with a downloadable form or with PayPal.

Keep McIntosh Beautiful is a volunteer-based, self-funded 501(c)3 non-profit affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, but we receive no funds from either organization or financial support from any government entity.

Individual and local business support is VITAL for our operation and to fund KMB activities for Litter Prevention and Control; Recycling, Education; Beautification Projects & Abandoned Buildings Removal Assistance Program, benefitting Darien & McIntosh County.

Thank you!

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