Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Local teachers who've made a difference in environmental education are eligible for the award.
Keep Roswell Beautiful is now accepting nominations for its annual Educator of the Year Award, according to the city of Roswell. Organizers of the award are looking for nominees who work at a public or private school in Roswell, demonstrate exemplary efforts in environmental education and have helped keep the city beautiful during the 2012-2013 school year in some way. To make a nomination, the city requests you submit a one-page Microsoft Word document which details the following: Anyone in contact with local teachers - including students, PTA members, other teachers and administrators - are encouraged to send in nominations. Nominations are due by Friday, April 12. E-mail your nomination as an attachment to Vicki Culbreth at vculbreth@…
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The event is organized locally by Keep Roswell Beautiful.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Updated, Thursday, Jan. 3, 3:03 p.m. - Roswell residents are invited to participate in the 23rd annual Bring One For The Chipper Christmas tree recycling event on Jan. 5. Organized by Keep Georgia Beautiful, this statewide initiative reuses trees by chipping them into mulch that is then used for playgrounds, local government beautification projects and individual yards. This year’s two drop-off locations are The Home Depot on Holcomb Bridge Road in the Holcomb Woods Shopping Center and The Home Depot on Woodstock Road across from Publix. Locations will accept trees from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents are asked to please not drop off trees prior to January 5. The Holcomb Bridge location will enjoy a visit from The Lost Bus, a group of young men…
Monday, September 17, 2012
Ducks can be rented for $3 at Alive After 5 or Roswell City Hall. First place will receive $100
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Monday, September 17, 2012
On your mark, get set, duck! On Sept. 22, more than 1,000 plastic ducks will race 150 yards down Big Creek along Oxbo Road during The Great Duck Race – an annual fund-raiser that supports Keep Roswell Beautiful. Roswell Mayor Jere Wood will send the ducks downstream around 12:45 p.m. as the grand finale to the 22nd Annual North Fulton Rivers Alive Festival and River Cleanup, an event that focuses on keeping our community’s waterways clean for local wildlife and recreation through volunteer efforts to help remove litter and debris from the Chattahoochee River and surrounding areas. “The Great Duck Race is a fun way to celebrate the beautiful waterways that run through the city while enjoying a little friendly competition,” said Janet …
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Volunteers are needed to help keep North Fulton beautiful.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Rivers Alive, Georgia's annual river clean-up, comes to North Fulton on Sept. 22. Sponsored by Keep Roswell Beautiful (KRB), the city of Roswell, the Chattahoochee Nature Center, the city of Alpharetta and the Alpharetta Natural Resources Commission, the clean-up will take place from 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. followed by a cookout at 11:30 a.m. at Riverside Park. The event will be held rain or shine. Georgia has more than 70,100 miles of rivers and streams that need your help to stay clean. Individuals, neighborhoods, scout troops, schools, churches, clubs and service organizations are being asked to pull together to make a difference for the Chattahoochee River. Volunteers are needed on the morning of this event for privet (invasive species) …
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The local organization received the Keep America Beautiful 2011 President's Circle Award.
For the nineth year in a row, Keep Roswell Beautiful was awarded the Keep America Beautiful President's Circle Award. The local organization has repeatedly won the award because it continues to participate in nationwide events like the Great American Cleanup and America Recycles Day, as well as provide training for its executive director, Kim Weber and board members.
