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The Clean Scene
Serving Lee County Since 1989!
Our mission is to inspire, educate, and engage the Lee County community in improving, beautifying, and protecting our environment.
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Community News and Upcoming Events |
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International Coastal Cleanup
September 19, 2020
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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The debris that is on our shorelines, and in our waterways, is so much more than just a blemish to our environment, it is a public health threat as well as a serious danger to our ocean ecosystems. Keep Lee County Beautiful asks you to join us in making a difference by helping to clean our beaches and waterways.
This is the world's largest, single-day volunteer effort to clean up the marine environment. 2020 will be the 31st year that KLCB has hosted this event in Lee County where we have strived to preserve and protect our precious coastal community.
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Keep Lee County Beautiful would like to thank this year's Presenting Sponsor Manheim Fort Myers, as well as Surfing's Evolution & Preservation Foundation, Waste Pro, First Service Residential, Coca-Cola, Family Thrift Center, and our many other wonderful sponsors who made this event possible. Please visit our event page here to see this year's sponsors and supporters.
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Join The Coastal Cleanup Using The "Clean Swell" Mobile App |
This year if you are unable to join one of KLCB's cleanup sites for the International Coastal Cleanup you can still participate by using Ocean Conservancy's Clean Swell mobile app. This is available for free on both the App Store and Google Play. When you use this app, you will simply record every item you collect. The distance you cleaned is automatically tracked, see the total weight of trash collected when it is calculated for you and a historical record will be kept for your future cleanups.
After you complete your cleanup the data will be uploaded to the Ocean Conservancy's global ocean trash database. Keep Lee County Beautiful will be able to see what was uploaded for Lee County and add it to the amounts gathered at our coordinated sites so that we will have a comprehensive set of data to track our local trash trends.
CLICK HERE for additional information about the Clean Swell mobile app.
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Special Edition Keep Lee County Beautiful Shirts Are Now Available |
Order your special edition Keep Lee County Beautiful shirt now! These are available in a wide variety of colors and styles. The style options are the Unisex Short Sleeve Crewneck T-shirt, Premium Ladies' Tee, Heavy Cotton Long-Sleeve T-shirt, Men's Premium Tank, and Ladies Racerback Tank. All are premium quality shirts and feature the custom designed logo that is full of bright Florida colors.
For every shirt sold Keep Lee County Beautiful will make $10 which will be put towards our various programs to educate the local community while also beautifying and protecting the environment.
Help us reach our goal of selling 25 shirts and raising $250, while raising the bar to Keep Lee County Beautiful!
(offer expires September 30, 2020)
CLICK HERE to view the variety of shirts and colors available. Purchase yours today!
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National Public Lands Day
September 26, 2020
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Since 1994 National Public Lands Day(NPLD) has been held on the fourth Saturday in September. This event has turned into the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort. It celebrates the connection between people and green space in their community, inspires environmental stewardship, and encourages the use of open space for education, recreation and health benefits.
There are a variety of ways that you can participate in NPLD. You could participate in a volunteer work project, or simply do something as simple as going to a public park and do some plogging. Plogging is jogging or walking, and picking up litter while you enjoy your jog/walk. There are also options this year to be a virtual volunteer. CLICK HERE to get information on virtual volunteering on public lands.
Look forward to weekly plogging events starting this Fall with Keep Lee County Beautiful!
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Monofilament Madness
November 7, 2020
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Join us in removing monofilament fishing line and other harmful debris from our local waterways. Volunteers will go out in kayaks, paddleboards, boats, canoes, jet skis...basically anything that floats! This project not only cleans these popular fishing areas of a large amount of fishing line and litter, it also protects our local marine life from the harmful damage these items cause them. Another benefit is the environmental awareness that is brought to those in the local area when they see this project taking place.
Sponsorship opportunities are now available for this event. This is a multi-site event with hundreds of volunteers participating to clean our waterways. Show you support by becoming a sponsor today.
CLICK HERE to learn more about becoming a sponsor.
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Proper Disposal Of Pharmaceutical Waste |
Improperly disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications can be detrimental to our environment. You should not wash these down the drain, flush them down the toilet or even throw them in the trash. Doing this will lead to the chemical compounds in these medications affecting a nearby water source. There are proper disposal location in Lee County. You may check with your pharmacy as some are collection centers. The addresses listed below are Lee County Sheriff Office's that are collection centers.
121 Pondella Rd, North Fort Myers
1301 Homestead Rd, Lehigh Acres
15650 Pine Ridge Road, Fort Myers
8951 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs
14750 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Fort Myers
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Support Those That Support Us
The business community needs our support now more than ever. Keep Lee County Beautiful would like to encourage you to help these businesses that have been supporters of ours. Through their support, we have been able to carry out our mission to inspire, educate, and engage the Lee County community in improving, beautifying, and protecting our environment.
Below we highlight a few of our business supporters that we hope you will be able to assist in these trying times by giving them your patronage.
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Urban Buzz Coffee Company: This Florida based, local coffee shop, has a menu that will satisfy everyone. From Americano, Breve, Mocha, Cold Brew, Chai, Java Blend, Hot Cocoa and Tea. They even serve tasty Energy Drinks, Milk Shakes, Smoothies and various Italian Soda. You really need to stop by and find out what the Buzz is all about!
Located at 4413 S Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral, FL 33904. Find out more about Urban Buzz by visiting their website.
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Abby Services: Since 1997 Abby Services has been helping local residents find the best caregivers, at the best price possible. They understand that when you need a Home Health Aide(HHA) or Certified Nurses Aide(CNA) to help with your in-home care needs you need quality, professional care.
Abby Services is a family owned and operated Nurse Registry, licensed and overseen by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Care givers are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call 239-590-0861 for a FREE in home assessment. Visit their website for additional information.
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Mast Family Culligan Water: Residents all over Lee County trust Culligan to provide safe, fresh and great tasting water. Water is vital to our health and well-being, and from the kitchen faucet to the water hose, the quality of that water makes all the difference. Culligan provides efficient, effective and affordable solutions such as Water Softeners, Reverse Osmosis Filters, Whole Home Filters and Bottled Water. For more information on how to get cleaner and great tasting water call 239-558-1723 or visit their website.
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MK Architecture: Offers award-winning design, production and construction administration services with sustainable and eco-efficient design. MK Architecture knows that experience and talent is what it takes to provide cutting-edge building solutions. Continuing 35 years of experience and a staff of top-notch talent they can make your vision a reality. Their projects range from commercial, interior design and residential. Call 239-482-2121 or visit their website for additional information.
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Walmart: They have a commitment to providing quality merchandise at the lowest price possible. This is what Sam Walton based his first store on over 50 years ago and today it still holds true. Now with approximately 11,500 stores and over 2.2 million employees worldwide they strive to make an impact in lives through not only providing merchandise for less, but also being a leader in sustainability and corporate philanthropy. Visit your local Walmart store and see what you can save today, or visit their website to check out the current deals.
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Mangrove Tree Planting
July 18, 2020
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Our volunteers did a wonderful job planting Mangrove trees on 640 feet of shoreline along a canal in Four Mile Cove, Cape Coral. These Mangrove trees will strengthen this shoreline as they continue to grow, serve as a barrier against storm surges and hurricanes. They will also become a nursery for a vast number of fish such as tarpon as well as a home for wading birds.
Keep Lee County Beautiful would like to thank not only the participating volunteers but also the City of Cape Coral who made this restoration possible. They purchased the trees and provided transportation from the launch site to the restoration area. With their help this project flowed smoothly and was a great success.
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Would you like to help keep Lee County beautiful!
Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. is a non-profit that has always strived towards coordinating programs and events that will beautify and improve our local community. We are also strongly focused on protecting the environment by removing litter and debris throughout our county. One of our main goals is improving both our residents and visitors awareness of proper trash disposal and recycling procedures. Our ultimate goal is to someday not need to have large scale cleanup projects. To achieve all of our goals we could use your help. If you would like to make a small, tax-deductible donation, please visit our membership page by Clicking Here.
We thank you for your support!
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