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KSB Fall Citywide Cleanup
Saturday, November 12, 2011
9 a.m - noon
Heritage Park
Soles for Souls - Bring your gently used shoes to the Citywide Cleanup
KSB Benefit Golf Tournament
Thanks to these sponsors:
Camellia Sponsor - Slidell Memorial Hospital
Magnolia Sponsors - BLD Services, LLC
H. Davis Cole Assoc.
Ochsner Northshore
Azalea Sponsors - CLECO
Honaker Funeral Home - Forest Lawn Cemetery
Pine Lily Retreat - Ladies Retreat
Trigon Associates, LLC
Cart Sponsors - Fleming Construction Co. LLC
Frischhertz Electric Co. Inc. (Gregg Frischhertz)
Litter Free Events
Bayou Jam Concerts are Litter Free Events where KSB distributes pocket ashtrays.
Adopt-A-Street Program
The Adopt-A-Street Program allows volunteer organizations, groups, scouts, schools, or businesses to adopt a street or area. The Adopt Group cleans the area four times a year - two in conjunction with the Spring and Fall Citywide cleanups. KSB provides a sign on the adopted street that identifies the organization who has adopted it.
The Adopt-A-Street Guidelines and Agreement Form can be found under "Programs" on this website.
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
KSB's Cigarette Litter Prevention Program continues with three area drug stores distributing free pocket ashtrays. The staff at Slidell Farmer’s Market distributes KSB pocket ashtrays every Saturday. A total of 1200 pocket ashtrays have been distributed, thus helping reduce cigarette litter by 38%. Over 220 cigarette receptacles have been sold.
KSB sells cigarette receptacles to area businesses for $40 each. To order call 985-265-5029.
Bayou Bonfouca Cleanup
Palmetto’s Restaurant and KSB partner each year on two Bayou Bonfouca Cleanups. Volunteers are rewarded with free admission to an all-day Music Fest on the Bayou sponsored by Palmetto’s.
Two Citywide Cleanups
Two citywide cleanups a year continue to draw participation from students, civic groups, churches and citizens. Because of the success of KSB's efforts, 2/3 of the volunteers pick up litter and 1/3 work on beautification projects.
Parade Anti-Litter Program
"The success of parades should be measured by the smiles on our faces and not the amount of litter on our streets," Bill Mauser urges parade goers. Please place trash in one of the 520 vinyl trash containers along the city's four and a half mile parade route. Since using the trashcans, there has been a 70% reduction in litter on the streets. Krewes are reminded to use the extra trash containers at the beginning and end of the parades.
Clean/Green Schools
The Slidell Beautification Committee’s Clean/Green School’s program had a new look in 2011. To enable all schools to reap the rewards of a clean school and educate students on the importance of a litter free environment, schools set their own goals according to these rankings:
Remarkable
Outstanding
Extraordinary
To achieve “Remarkable” status schools had to be clean, litter free, and document student participation. To achieve “Outstanding” status students had to complete the above, plus provide education on a clean and beautiful environment through poster or essay contests. To achieve the ranking of “Extraordinary” students had to complete all of the above and work on some type of program or project at school like a vegetable garden, composting, or recycling.
In 2011 fourteen schools participated with three earning the rank of “Remarkable” receiving $50 for their schools; six achieved the rank of “Outstanding” and received $100; and five schools achieved “Extraordinary” status and received checks for $150. School representatives were treated to a reception where the awards were announced.
Litter Prevention Projects
KSB 's litter prevention efforts are working as evidenced in KAB’s Annual Report where its litter index showed improvement with a score of 1.52, down from 1.77 last year.
- Map of New KSB Location - 2700 Terrace Ave.
Posted on: 2012-01-20
- Cigarette Litter
Posted on: 2009-09-17
- Free Pocket Ashtrays
Posted on: 2009-09-17
- Cigarettes Are Litter, no ifs ands or Butts
Posted on: 2009-09-17
- Order a Cigarette Receptacle
Posted on: 2009-09-16
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