Keep Greenville County Beautiful

Huge Congratulations to Kim Bobo!

Keep Greenville County Beautiful is so excited to share that one of our amazing Board Advisors, Kim Bobo, has been awarded the SCDOT Partner of the Year for 2024 from PalmettoPride ! 🏆 This is a huge accomplishment, especially since it was the first year the award was given. Kim was undoubtedly the perfect recipient.

Kim's dedication to our community is truly inspiring. She's done incredible work managing SCDOT's Adopt a Highway program in Greenville County, which has grown to include over 130 groups, covering 260 miles of state roads. Thanks to her efforts, thousands of pounds of litter are removed by volunteers in the Greenville area annually.

Congratulations, Kim! This award is well-deserved.

Save the date! Join a collection of the Upstate’s Water Professionals to celebrate this precious resource at the upcoming Imagine A Day Without Water Festival! Nonprofits, local governments, and public utilities are coming together to offer activities, prizes, and water education on October 17th in Unity Park from 4-7pm. All are welcome, hope to see you there— don’t forget your reusable water bottle! 💧

A HUGE shoutout to the amazing high school students who volunteered their time to clean up Oak Grove Lake and the surrounding roadways! These dedicated teens removed over a thousand pounds of litter, preventing it from polluting our waterways. Their hard work and commitment to our environment are truly inspiring. Thank you so much for making a difference!

Come help us remove tires out of a section of the Middle Saluda River near Cleveland on Saturday, September 21st!

To volunteer, please send an email to [email protected] for details. 💪💦😀

Volunteers are needed for Mauldin Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, October 19. This is a family-friendly event to beautify the City of Mauldin through trash and litter pick-up along designated routes. The cleanup will begin at 9 a.m. at the Mauldin Sports Center at 10 City Center Drive, and cleanup supplies will be provided.

Want to volunteer? Register for the cleanup by scanning the QR code on the flyer below or https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJFxiAd5rz6fjxdRV4_SsjO5gfTd3hxKQFhpt-FMCJ0_B1kA/viewform

If you have any questions, please contact Mauldin Recreation at 864-335-4855 or 864-335-4860, or email Assistant Recreation Director Willie Stewart [email protected]

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Thanks to an overwhelming response from volunteers, registration for the 2024 Fall River Cleanup has CLOSED due to all sites reaching their registration caps. We are so appreciative of our enthusiastic volunteers!
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Additional information will be sent to registered volunteers and posted to our website during the week before the cleanup. We can’t wait to see all of you on September 21!

Restoration: Phase 2: 2024 Fall Litter Pickups

Register for Litter Pickup https://www.friendsofbaldrock.com/events-news/

Details
Your help with litter pick up is greatly appreciated. There has been a significant decrease in litter since we started in 2021. Let’s keep up the good work!

If you have not already done so, we will ask you to read and sign a liability waiver before you begin work.
SAFETY FIRST! Please do not take any unnecessary risks while you are at Bald Rock Heritage Preserve.

If it is necessary to cancel the event, you will be notified by email before 3p the previous day.

We love seeing young people get excited about making a difference! These awesome kids joined their dad in cleaning up Roberts Road and were amazed at how much litter they collected in such a short time.

It's inspiring to see the next generation taking action to keep our community clean and beautiful. Thanks for being such great role models!

Our Litter Prevention Coordinator made a "vintage" discovery—this 40-year-old beer can floating in Lake Greenwood! Can you believe it can take up to 500 years for aluminum to decompose? Let's do our part to keep our lakes clean and trash out of the water. Remember, follow the instructions: "Please Don't Litter!"

For more information on Greenwood County's litter prevention programs, contact Amber Nappier, Litter Prevention Coordinator, at 864-942-8705 or [email protected].

Save the Date! 🗓️

Greer CPW Lake Robinson Day is on Saturday, October 19th! 🌳🌊

Greenville County Litter Ends Here and Keep Greenville County Beautiful will be there to educate on how litter impacts our waterways and what you can do to make a difference. 🌎

Let’s work together to keep our beautiful lakes clean and healthy! ♻️

Hold on to your seat everyone! This isn't a drill!

It's time for the Fall River Cleanup hosted by Friends of the Reedy River!

Registration for FoRR’s 2024 Fall River Cleanup opens on Monday! 🎉 Locations for this year’s Fall Cleanup have just been announced on our website, so head to the link below to decide which location is best for you and your friends before registration opens this Monday!
https://www.friendsofthereedyriver.org/events

Wow, just wow! We're absolutely blown away by the incredible work of one of our amazing volunteers! 🎾♻️

Thanks to his dedication, we've just shipped off our LARGEST tennis ball collection YET to Recycleballs! That's a whopping 1,000 tennis balls diverted from landfills and on their way to being repurposed and recycled!

We're so grateful to this volunteer for collecting tennis balls from local courts like Holly Tree, Thornblade, Cardinals, and Riverside. His efforts are making a huge difference for our planet. 👏🌎

The Adopt a Road program is in full swing this quarter! With over 15 dedicated groups cleaning up more than 20 roads! They've already removed a remarkable 1760lbs of litter!

Let's give a huge round of applause to all our incredible volunteers who've committed to keeping our community clean by adopting a road. Your efforts are making a tremendous impact!

Learn more about the Adopt a Road program here: https://www.greenvillecounty.org/LitterPrevention/AdoptARoad.aspx

We expect ⛈ to bring severe rainfall to South Carolina over the next couple of days. We got this, but we still need to be prepared ➡

Let's look out for each other and stay 💪 Get the latest storm updates at www.scemd.org.

Thank you to the amazing Eastside Family YMCA summer camp kids for their dedication to keeping our community clean! Throughout the summer, these young environmental champions have worked tirelessly to clean up litter around Oak Grove Lake. Their efforts to remove litter from the lake and prevent it from entering through nearby storm drains are invaluable. We are incredibly grateful for their hard work and commitment to protecting our environment!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for LITTER PICKUP!

Your help with litter pick up is greatly appreciated. There has been a significant decrease in litter since we started in 2021. Let’s keep up the good work!
We are suspending graffiti mitigation now to evaluate the success of slurry applications and filled divots in the fall. Stay tuned.

If you have not already done so, we will ask you to read and sign a liability waiver before you begin work.
SAFETY FIRST! Please do not take any unnecessary risks while you are at Bald Rock Heritage Preserve.
Register at https://friendsofbaldrock.com/events-news/

Art that inspires action 🎨✨ Located at the Conestee Nature Preserve, PalmettoPride worked with Keep Greenville County Beautiful to install "Justin Beaver" 🦫🌲

Environmental Sculptures spark discussions and motivate each of us to reflect on the issues litter and plastic debris causes to wildlife 🐢💔

Since 2015, PalmettoPride has installed 20 sculptures across South Carolina 🗺️ Find one near you: https://bit.ly/3Yc37JW.

A heartbreaking discovery during our recent cleanup with kids from the YMCA summer camps. While picking up litter, these amazing kids found a bird's nest that didn't survive the recent storms. The momma bird used plastic to build her nest, which was unable to weather the storm like natural materials. This is a reminder of the devastating impact litter has on our environment.

Let's work together to protect our wildlife and keep our community clean. Every piece of litter matters.

The water trash trap (aka the WaterGoat) is back in the water at Oak Grove Lake!!

The Hawk and Tom Show are asking if throwing banana peels on the ground consider litter.

Now we know our followers know this answer, so we are asking you to show Hank and Tom how much Greenville cares about this topic!!

Hopefully it will encourage them to spread the word.

Is throwing banana peels on the ground consider littering?

- The Hawk and Tom Show

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for LITTER PICKUP!

Thank you to Girls Who Hike SC who picked up 80 lbs. of litter at Bald Rock Heritage Preserve on June 1 and walked the new trail. Register here for the next litter pickup
on July 23 from 8:30-10a. We start early to beat the heat!! ☀️

Register at https://friendsofbaldrock.com/events-news/

Did you know Greenville County has an app to report litter? It's called Litter Ends Here App and it's a great way to keep our community clean.

With the Litter Ends Here App, you can report litter, illegal dumping sites, and any other eyesores you see around Greenville County. You can even add a picture and leave comments to help pinpoint the location. The county staff will then take care of it!

Let's work together to keep Greenville beautiful! Download the Litter Ends Here app today and be part of the solution.

Learn More Here: https://shorturl.at/r1Nqn

Report litter using your desktop: https://shorturl.at/vBQmO