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Keep Lee County Beautiful
Apr 21, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Angel Coates, Lee County Human Services The Mission of Keep Lee County Beautiful is to improve the environment and improve the quality of life for entire communities. This is a day when neighborhood residents come together to clean up their own neighborhoods. T-shirts, soda, water, food, and self-satisfaction are the reward for residents who participate this Saturday April 22nd. To speak with someone about an active Lee County Team please contact: (Gladiolus team to meet at Joe's Thrift Shop) 10511 Gladiolus Dr., 8 am/ Contact Angela Jackson 454-6030 Center Road team (behind the Page Field Airport) to meet at The Community Club, 507 Center Rd., 9 am/ Contact Ron Benak 265-6622 (Team working across from the NFM Wal-Mart) to meet at Church of the Brethren, 1691 Pacific Ave., 9 am/ Contact Flavia Moss 826-1692 (US 41 and Maple Dr. area team) to meet at the Community Center, 5547 Tenth Ave, 9 am/ Maritza Herdocia 671-4469 (N. 41 and Littleton Rd. Team) to meet at the outreach center, 7656 Hart Rd., 8 am/ Contact Susie Gillespie 634-3460 Or visit www.klcb.org click on "Keep America Beautiful" and enter a zip code for a contact Also "Leave the Scene Clean" by producing a full-color drawing or painting. Students will visualize a correct environmental action and transfer that mental picture into a work of art. Possible ways of expanding on this theme could include: litter prevention, clean-up campaigns, beautification efforts such as landscaping and tree planting, protecting the environment, and recycling. Thirteen winners, one from each grade 1 through 12 and a cover winner will have their artwork and portrait photo featured in a full-color 2007 calendar to be released in the Fall of 2006. |