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PRIDE is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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.

Coordinator: Calvin Saum II, 606.666.3818
Web Site: http://www.whocleansbreathitt.us/

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