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.

Leslie County

• 4/5/2008 — 8:30 am - 3 pm — Lake / Roadside Cleanup at Confluence Boat Dock — Organization: Clen Community Board / Fiscal Court — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103
• 4/5/2008 — 9 am - 3 pm — Dump Site at Gem Road — Organization: Coon Creek Fire Department — Contact: Ronald Melton, 606.279.4567
• 4/9/2008 — 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm — Roadside Cleanup at Hyden Elementary — Organization: Hyden Elementary / Clean Community Board — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103
• 4/11/2008 — 1pm - 3 pm — Roadside Cleanup at Pirate Lane — Organization: W.B. Muncy Elementary — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103 or Ronald Melton, 606.279.4567
• 4/12/2008 — 9 am - 2 pm — Roadside Cleanup at Coon Creek Fire Dept. Hwy 3427 — Organization: Wolfe Creek Community — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103 or Ronald Melton, 606.279.4567
• 4/12/2008 — 9 am - 3 pm — Dump Site at Gem Road — Organization: Clean Community Board — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103
• 4/19/2008 — 9 am - 2 pm — Roadside Cleanup at Coon Creek Fire Dept, Hwy 3927 — Organization: Coon Creek Fire Department — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103 or Ronald Melton, 606.279.4567
• TBD — 9 am - 1 pm — Roadside/Community Cleanup at Upper Grassy Church — Organization: Church — Contact: Angie Muncy, 606.672.4103
  

City of Hyden — Contact: Kay Hendrix, 606.672.2300

• 4/7/2008 — 1 pm - 3 pm — Roadway Cleanup at Hickory — Organization: Hyden Elementary
• 4/8/2008 — 1 pm - 3 pm — Roadway Cleanup at City Limits — Organization: Hyden Elementary
• 4/8/2008 — 10 am - 4 pm — Middle Fork Stream at Hwy 57 — Organization: Renaissance Board
• 4/9/2008 — 11 am - 3 pm — Rockhouse Stream at Hwy 421 - 80 — Organization: Community Dev. Board
• 4/10/2008 — 8 am - 4:30 pm — Community Cleanup at Walnut, Elm, Cherry, Oak and Poplar — Organization: Community Home Owners
• 4/11/2008 — 4 am - 4:30 pm — Roadway Cleanup at Owlsnest, Main, Hwy 421-80 — Organization: Community Home Owners
• 4/12/2008 — 8 am - 1 pm — Old Appliances & Tires at Walnut, Elm, Main, Cherry, Oak and Hwy 80 — Organization: Volunteer City Workers
  

• Ronnie Melton, Leslie County PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.279.4567
• Angela Muncy, Leslie County PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.672.4103
• Kay Hendrix, City of Hyden PRIDE Coordinator, 606.672.3464

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

• Angela Muncy, 606.672.4103

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.

• Kentucky River Watershed Watch

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

• Leslie County High and Leslie County Middle School: $5,000 to enhance outdoor classroom