Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment
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PRIDE is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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.
Pulaski County — Contact: Gerald Hines, 606.677.0320
4/5/2008 — Various — Park Cleanup at
Science Hill — Organization: Science Hill Association
4/11/2008 — All Day — Community Cleanup at Garland Bend
— Organization: Garland Bend Association
4/12/2008 — Various — Park Cleanup at Science Hill —
Organization: Science Hill Association
4/12/2008 — All Day — Community Cleanup at Garland Bend
— Organization: Garland Bend Association
4/12/2008 — Various — Roadside Cleanup at Omega Park
— Organization: Webber Family
4/12/2008 — 7:30 am - 4 pm — Community Cleanup at Waste
Connection Transfer Station — Organization: Solid Waste Department
4/19/2008 — Various — Roadside Cleanup at 914 Bypass
— Organization: Southwestern High School ROTC
4/19/2008 — Various — Roadside Cleanup at Barnesburg
& 914 Bypass — Organization: VFW Post
City of Burnside — Contact: Amy Mink, 606.561.4113
4/4/2008 — 2 pm - 5 pm — Roadway Cleanup in city
4/5/2008 — 9 am - 2 pm — Community Cleanup in city
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.
4/19/2008 — 10 am - Noon — Campus Cleanup at Shopville
Elementary School by the PRIDE Club
Contact your local PRIDE Coordinator
to learn about volunteer opportunities in your community.
Joe Dungan, Pulaski County PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.423.5211
Gerald Hines, Pulaski County PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.677.0320
Amy Mink, City of Burnside PRIDE Coordinator, 606.561.4113
Melody Jones, City of Ferguson PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.679.6800
Janie Ping, City of Ferguson PRIDE Co-Coordinator, 606.679.6800
Dudley Hosch, Friends of Lake Cumberland, 606.561.4399
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.
Gerald Hines, 606.677.0320
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.
Grant recipients might need help
with their environmental education projects from community members. Contact
the grant recipient to inquire about volunteer opportunities.
Somerset Independent Schools: $4,500 to enhance recycling
program
Somerset Christian School: $5,000 to construct wetland