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PRIDE Spring Cleanup, April 5-19

Volunteer to pick up litter around your community during the PRIDE Spring Cleanup. Cleanup events already scheduled in your area are listed below. To volunteer, call the contact person listed. If you want to clean an area that is not on this list, please call your local PRIDE Coordinator.

Casey County — Robert Holton, 606.787.0703

4/5/2008 — 9 am - 2 pm — Roadside Cleanup at Brush Creek Road — Organization: Brushcreek Pentecostal Church
4/5/2008 — 3 pm - 5 pm — Church Property at Brush Creek Penecostal Church — Organization: Brushcreek Pentecostal Church
4/12/2008 — 9 am - 4 pm — Park/Streamside at Gateway Park — Organization: Corner Stone Baptist Church

City of Liberty — Contact Mayor Steve Sweeney, 606.787.9973

4/12/2008 — Time TBA — Lake Cleanup at Lake Liberty — Organization: KYA/KUNA CCHS Recycling
4/19/2008 — Time TBA — Roadway and streets in city — Organization: CCCM KYA/KUNA CCHS Recycling

School Cleanup Activities
PRIDE encourages schools to organize cleanup events for their students. Due to spring break or testing schedules, these events may be held outside the Spring Cleanup period. These events are not open to the public, but they are listed here to recognize the schools' PRIDE.

3/28/2008 — 9 am - 10 am — Campus Cleanup at Rousseau Elementary School
5/13/2008 — 8:30 am - 10:30 am — Campus Cleanup at Casey County High School, Middle School and Vocational School

Local PRIDE Coordinators

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

Judge Ronald Wright , Casey County PRIDE Coordinator, 606.787.8311
Mayor Steve Sweeney, City of Liberty PRIDE Coordinator, 606.787.9973

County Solid Waste Coordinator

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

Robert Holton, 606.787.8311

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 Watershed Watch
Upper Green River Watershed Watch

PRIDE Environmental Education Grant Recipients in the County (2007 Grant Cycle)

Grant recipients might need help with their environmental education projects from community members. Contact the grant recipient to inquire about volunteer opportunities.

Casey County High: $2,689 to start recycling program

PRIDE Homeowner Septic System Grant Program in the County since 1999

Amount Invested:	$335,001
Septic Systems Installed:	111