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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.
Pike County — Contact: Jimmy Dale Sanders, 606.432.6245
Date TBA — Time TBA — Litter and Small Dumps at:
- Elkhorn City
- Chloe Creek
- Dorton Creek
- Little Creek
- Rockhouse of Marrobone Creek
- Sidney
- Forest Hills Baptist Church
- Meathouse and Straton Fork
- Shelby and Dry Fork
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.
- 4/12/2008 — 10 am - 5 pm — Campus and Roadway Cleanups
by St. Francis of Assissi School
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| Local
PRIDE Coordinators |
Contact your local PRIDE Coordinator
to learn about volunteer opportunities in your community.
- Jimmy Dale Sanders, Pike County PRIDE Coordinator, 606.631.0902
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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.
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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.
- Big Sandy 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.
- St. Frances of Assisi School: $4,437 to construct greenhouse
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| PRIDE
Homeowner Septic System Grant Program in the County since 1999 |
| Amount
Invested: |
$529,664 |
| Septic
Systems Installed: |
153 |
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