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The Great American Cleanup is an annual, nationwide, community improvement campaign started by Keep America Beautiful in 1999. Each April, thousands of Georgians celebrate Keep Georgia Beautiful Month by cleaning, restoring, and beautifying their communities as part of the Cleanup. Click here to learn more about the Great American Cleanup. This year's Great American Cleanup was April 17th.
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Other events at the Amphitheatre that day include:
Relay for Life Yard-sale, KSB Electronics Recycling and Friends of Screven County Animals Adoption Event
This year's Great American Cleanup was Saturday, April 17th. Dumpsters were available at collection spots around the county from April 12th through the 21st.
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Where do I drop off the trash?
Once you have collected the trash, you can drop it off at several locations. The items will be weighed. The weights of all items will be announced later. These weights determine the winners of the community competition.
There will be a friendly competition between communities to see which picks up the most.
Help your community win by signing up to volunteer today!!
This year, the cleanup will be the entire week of April 12th through 20th. There will be dumpsters available all week at the following locations:
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Bay Branch |
TBD |
Bay Branch Fire Station 9 |
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Cooperville |
Byron Haire |
Cooperville Fire Station 3 |
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Hiltonia |
Vivian Forehand |
Hiltonia Convenience Center |
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Jenk Hill |
Rosa Bedford |
Jenk Hill Fire Station 2 |
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Newington |
Joy Evans/Brian Barrs |
Newington City Hall The week of April 12th thru the 17th Town employees will pick up any items left on the shoulder of the street as we have done in the past. This is a once a year opportunity to get rid of that old stuff you been meaning to throw away. If you have an item you may need assistance removing, please contact Town Hall at 857-3115 Go to |
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Oliver |
Vernon Edenfield |
Oliver Convenience Center |
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Rocky Ford |
Beth Ward |
Rocky Ford Fire Station The Rocky Ford Fire Department will be picking up large appliances, etc. from residences in Rocky Ford Monday, April 13th through Saturday the 18th. Contact the Rocky Ford City Hall for details: 863-7121. |
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Sylvania |
TBD |
Sylvania Amphitheatre |
Friendly competition between communities
There will be a friendly competition between the communities. Once you have collected the trash, you can drop it off in your community. The items will be weighed. The weights of all items will be announced later. These weights determine the winners of the community competition. The winning community will be awarded the "traveling" Keep Screven Beautiful Clean Community Award.
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And the winner is ...
Jenk Hill Community!!! |
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Jenk Hill - 2200 pounds
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Newington - 1680
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Rocky Ford - 740 pounds
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Sylvania - 680 pounds
Refreshments Following
There will be refreshments served after the cleanup in Sylvania at the Amphitheatre at noon.
You must have a raffle ticket to receive refreshments.
Who are the local sponsors?
The following local sponsors have helped fund this year's Great American Cleanup. Please be sure to recognize these sponsors at every available opportunity.
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City of Sylvania |
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Screven County Board of Commissioners |
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The Cotton Patch |
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Discount Tobacco |
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Brown's Office Centre |
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Sylvania Jr. Woman's Club |
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Sylvania Rotary Club |
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Planters Electric |
Who are the state sponsors?
The state sponsors for this year will be: Coca-Cola, Georgia Power and the Keep Georgia Beautiful program at the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
Who are the national sponsors?
2010 National Sponsors are: Pepsi, Waste Management, Wrigley, DOW, Nestle Pure Life, O.B., Troy-Bilt, Glad, Solo, Scots Miracle Grow
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2009 GAC
KSB presents plaque to t-shirt designer
The KSB Board presented a plaque to Sharon Blank to thank her for designing this year's Great American Cleanup t-shirt. This design ties together the Keep America Beautiful theme: Green Starts Here.
Volunteers help clean up for the 2009 Great American Cleanup.
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Mission Statement
The Keep Screven Beautiful Commission encourages and educates all citizens of Screven County to end litter, minimize solid waste and beautify our county. The Commission works toward improving litter and solid waste control ordinances and seeks effective enforcement of all pertinent ordinances.
Keep Screven Beautiful
P.O. Box 159
Sylvania, GA 30467
Phone: 912.978.1076
Email: ksb@keepscrevenbeautiful.com
