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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 for one of these events or schedule your own,
call your local PRIDE Coordinator.
- 4/14/08 thru 4/19/08 — 7:30 am - 3 pm — Free disposal
at landfill — Organization: Laurel County Fiscal Court
- 4/19/2008 — 8 am - 2 pm — Laurel River Lake Cleanup (check-in
at spillway)
- 5/3/2008 — 8 am - 2 pm — Wood Creek Lake Cleanup
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.
- 5/8/2008 — 8 am - 3 pm — Campus Eleanup at Cold Hill
Elementary
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| Local
PRIDE Coordinators |
Contact your local PRIDE Coordinator
to learn about volunteer opportunities in your community.
- Jim McDaniel, Laurel County PRIDE Coordinator, 606.878.6845
- Steve Edge, City of London PRIDE Coordinator, 606.864.5521
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| 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.
- Jim McDaniel, 606.878.6845
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| Local
Watershed Watch Programs |
For information about becoming
a Watershed Watch volunteer, call 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
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| 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.
- Cold Hill Elementary: $4,250 to buy environmental curriculum
- North Laurel Middle School: $3,630 to enhance outdoor classroom
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| PRIDE
Homeowner Septic System Grant Program in the County since 1999 |
| Amount
Invested: |
$532,875 |
| Septic
Systems Installed: |
187 |
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