Keep Slidell Beautiful News - City of Slidell Beautification, Litter Prevention, Recycling and Other Environmental Programs

KSB has Moved to 2700 Terrace Avenue

01/19/2012 11:10am
Keep Slidell Beautiful has moved to a new location - 2700 Terrace Avenue. From Old Spanish Trail turn on Terrace Avenue (the street that leads to SBBA) and follow the Animal Shelter signs. KSB is across from the new Animal Shelter building.

KSB Receives $6,400 KLB Grant

11/23/2011 9:49am

Keep Slidell Beautiful Receives $6,400

Healthy Communities Grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful

Keep Slidell Beautiful has been awarded a 2011-12 Healthy Communities Grant from Keep Louisiana Beautiful.

According to Executive Director Bill Mauser, the grant proceeds will be used to purchase additional equipment for cleanups, like safety vests, pickup poles, and also purchase heavy duty trash cans to place in certain areas of Olde Towne.

KSB thanks Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the Louisiana State Legislature, Mayor, City Council, Police Chief, City Court Judge, City employees, and the many businesses and volunteers for their help and support.

Winners of the KSB Golf Tournament

10/31/2011 1:34pm

2011 KSB Golf Tournament Winners

Low Net Team - Stuart Consulting Group, Inc.

Low Gross Team - Rotolo Consultants, Inc.

Longest Drive - Casey Dore

Closest to the hole - Casey Dore and Bo Hughes

5th Annual Fall Decorating Contest Winners

10/19/2011 9:30am

The Fall Decorating Contest winners are as follows:

Large Business Fronts

1^st place – Resource Bank, 2283 East Gause

2^nd place –Brian Harris Autoplex, 293 Howze Beach Road

3^rd place –Slidell Memorial Hospital, 1001 Gause Blvd.

Small Business Fronts

1^st place – New Orleans East Kampground, 56009 Hwy. 433

2^nd place – O’Neil’s Automart, 1614 Old Spanish Trail

3^rd place – Carolyn’s Wonderland, 1944 First Street

Subdivision Signs – Traditional

1^st place – Olde Towne Residents Association, Front and Cleveland

2^nd place – Palm Lake Subdivision, Palm Lake Drive

3^rd place - Westchester Subdivision, Pontchartrain and Markham

Subdivision Signs – Non Traditional

1st place – Magnolia Heights Subdivision, Broad Street and Pontchartrain

2nd place – Fountain Estates, Robert Rd. and Fountain Drive

Soles 4 Souls

09/27/2011 9:11am
Keep Slidell Beautiful will be collecting gently used shoes during its Fall Citywide Cleanup on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Heritage Park from 9 a.m. to noon. Shoes will be sent to communities devastated by recent disasters. Please help us by donating your gently used footwear.

KSB Fall Citywide Cleanup

07/29/2011 9:14am
KSB Fall Citywide Cleanup
Saturday, November 12
9 a.m. to noon
Meet at Heritage Park

KSB Receives the Best Buy Tag Team Award

07/19/2011 1:44pm

Thanks to the volunteerism of the employees at Best Buy Store 380 in Slidell, KSB received the Best Buy Tag Team Award.

Best Buy’s $1,000 donation will be designated to the Senior Citizens Center Landscaping Project. KSB be planting trees and shrubs, building a pavilion, installing walking paths, benches, and raised handicap accessible planters. KSB will also form a Senior Citizens Green Team that will be trained by local Master Gardeners. This will provide a means for the community to interact with its seniors, and enable our seniors to enjoy the outdoors, engage in gardening activities and stay physically active.

Thanks Best Buy!

KSB Receives $10,000 KAB UPS Foundation Grant

06/28/2011 9:12am

$10,000 grant will be used to landscape the new Slidell Senior Citizen’s Center

Keep Slidell Beautiful (KSB) recently received a $10,000 grant from the UPS Foundation as part of the Keep America Beautiful /UPS Foundation Community Improvement Grant Program. This grant program – which is supporting initiatives across the country – addresses recycling, litter prevention, waste reduction, beautification and community greening.

The grant awards were presented to Keep America Beautiful (KAB) affiliates in recognition of their volunteer initiatives with local UPS locations throughout the United States. UPS employee volunteers will actively support many of these merit-based award programs in their respective communities. KSB was one of thirteen KAB affiliates to receive a $10,000 grant, and will use the funds to spearhead the Slidell Senior Citizens Center Landscaping Project.

“When I realized there was no funding for landscaping the new center, I took the matter to the KSB Board and asked them to make this our major project for 2011,” said Bill Mauser, Executive Director of Keep Slidell Beautiful. The board unanimously agreed.

The Senior Citizens Center Landscaping Project will provide landscaping at the Senior Center, including trees, shrubs, pavilion, walking paths, benches, and raised handicap accessible planters. KSB will also form a Senior Citizens Green Team that will be trained by local Master Gardeners. This will provide a means for seniors to enjoy the outdoors, engage in gardening activities and staying physically active.

“The UPS Foundation is a leader in supporting and initiating volunteer engagement throughout the country,” said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. “Keep America Beautiful values this partnership because we know our affiliates will make significant and sustainable differences in their respective communities with the help of these grants.”

“The local affiliates of Keep America Beautiful continue to come up with creative approaches to addressing environmental challenges,” said Ken Sternad, president of The UPS Foundation. “UPS and our employees are proud to see it happen and stand ready to support projects that improve the communities where we live and work.”

KSB partnered with several organizations for this project, including the City of Slidell, Council on Aging St. Tammany (COAST), The East St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce Leadership Slidell Class, Green Team School groups, Louisiana Master Gardeners, Ozone Camellia Club, Slidell Police Department and the Slidell Tree Board.

Hearing that KSB had received a $10,000 grant for the landscaping project, Slidell City Council President Landon Cusimano remarked, “That’s wonderful and it’s such a very worthwhile project. I know our senior citizens will appreciate it.”

“I would like to thank the UPS Foundation for their generous donation to Keep Slidell Beautiful,” said Slidell Mayor Freddy Drennan. “Bill Mauser and the KSB volunteers do a great job keeping our city clean and the City of Slidell benefits greatly from their hard work and dedication.”

Keep Slidell Beautiful is also accepting donations to help complete the project. Please send donations to Senior Citizens Project, P. O. Box 828, Slidell, LA 70459. For more information, please call Bill Mauser at (985) 265-5029 or visit the KSB website at www.keepslidellbeautiful.org.

KSB Spring/Summer 2011 Brochure

05/24/2011 2:55pm

Slidell Senior Citizen's Center Landscaping Project

05/12/2011 3:22pm

Keep Slidell Beautiful Receives a ScottsMiracle-Gro GRO1000 Grassroots Grant
(To help local communities develop garden and green spaces in the community)

Keep Slidell Beautiful is one of 100 organizations across the U.S. to receive funding for a garden or green space. The garden is part of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company’s GRO1000 initiative, designed to create 1,000 gardens and green spaces throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe by 2018, the Company’s 150^th anniversary.

KSB will use the $500 grant funds towards the Slidell Senior Citizens Center Landscaping Project. According to Executive Director Bill Mauser, “KSB was looking for a major project to do in 2011. When we found out there was no funding available from the City or FEMA for landscaping at the new Senior Citizen’s Center, KSB adopted that as its project for the year.”

KSB applied for several grants and was excited to learn that it had received the first grant for the project from Scotts Miracle-Gro. Mauser said, “It is our hope that through the development of this space and working with our senior citizens, we can bring our community closer together, and provide a means for seniors to enjoy the outdoors, to engage in gardening activities, and to stay physically active.”

Partnering with KSB on the project are the Slidell Beautification Committee, Chamber of Commerce Leadership Slidell Class, City of Slidell, Council on Aging St. Tammany (COAST), Green Team School students, Louisiana Master Gardeners Program, Ozone Camellia Club, Slidell Police Department, and the Slidell Tree Board.

KSB hopes to begin the project in the very near future. Check our website at www.keepslidellbeautiful.org to get updates on the Slidell Senior Citizen’s Landscaping Project. To make a monetary donation, or to donate your time, materials, or talent, call Mr. Mauser at 265-5029 or 646-4307.

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Volunteers planting garden around sign