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Breathitt County
Local PRIDE Coordinators

Contact your local PRIDE Coordinator to learn about volunteer opportunities in your community.

  • Calvin Saum II, Breathitt County PRIDE Coordinator, 606.666.3818
  • Mayor Mike Miller, City of Jackson PRIDE Coordinator, 606.666.7069
County Solid Waste Office

Contact your Solid Waste Coordinator to request a list of licensed garbage haulers in your county or to report illegal dumping.
Local Watershed Watch Programs

For information about becoming a Watershed Watch volunteer, call 1-800-928-0045 and ask for extension 473, or visit the program’s Web site at www.kywater.org/watch.

  • Upper Cumberland River Watershed Watch
PRIDE Environmental Education Grant Recipients in the County (2009 Grant Cycle)
Grant recipients might need help with their environmental education projects from community members. Contact the grant recipient to inquire about volunteer opportunities. (Grant amounts listed below include $500 to operate a PRIDE Club.)
  • Highland-Turner Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Elementary School: $4,000 for a recycling station, nature trail, weather station and butterfly garden
  • Middle Kentucky Community Action Partnership/Breathitt County Head Start: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom
  • Mt. Carmel Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance an outdoor classroom, trails and greenhouse
  • Rousseau Elementary School: $4,000 to enhance a greenhouse and build a tool shed
PRIDE Homeowner Septic System Grant Program in the County since 1999

Amount Invested: $694,712
Septic Systems Installed: 243

 
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PRIDE
The Center for Rural Development
2292 South Highway 27
Somerset, KY 42501		 Telephone:
606.677.6150
888.577.4339
606.677.6055 (fax)