Our biggest event of the year, Rivers Alive, is coming up in just a few short weeks. We've been preparing for this and working with volunteers since July, and all our hard work and efforts are about to be unleashed on the rivers, lakes, and streams around Walton County.
A big SHOUT OUT and THANK YOU to all our scouts and volunteers who work so hard to help make this event possible! We couldn't do it without y'all and we are so excited that you continue to participate year after year. We're thrilled and humbled by how much support we have gained over the years and how much we've grown.
This year, we'll have roughly 350 volunteers cleaning the areas around the Briscoe Reservoir, Moore's Ford Bridge, the Alcovy and Appalachee rivers, and Matthew's Park. These volunteers do an amazing job of keeping our rivers clean!
A little background on Rivers Alive...
Rivers Alive is sponsored by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division's Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Program and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs' Keep Georgia Beautiful Program, in cooperation with Help the Hooch, and is held annually each fall. The mission is "to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water resources" (riversalive.org).
The program was conceived by Curtis Farrar in the early 90's. The first cleanup was organized by the DNR Wildlife Division in 1992. In 1993, the cleanup was spread across the various divisions of the DNR: Wildlife Resources, Environmental Protection, Coastal, and Water Resources and in the mid 90's, Georgia Adopt-A-Stream became the lead program. Throughout the 90's, other agencies (government and non-government) organized and participated in their own local cleanups, but there was no collaboration between the various groups. In 1999, these groups joined together in an effort to unify their cleanups forming, for the first time, Rivers Alive. For the past 10 years, Rivers Alive has seen tremendous growth.
For more information about cleanups in your area or to read the Annual Reports, visit www.riversalive.org.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Getting Started
Greetings, Walton County Citizens!
Lately, we've heard the importance of promotion through social media and other online resources. Our society is so technologically motivated and social media is a great way to express ideas, facts, and insights to those around us. Thus, we've decided to jump on the band wagon and take advantage of this very powerful tool. We hope that you'll use these tools to stay tuned with the happenings of Keep Walton Beautiful, learn interesting and important facts, and share with your friends and family.
To get started, I'd like to take a minute to introduce you to Keep Walton Beautiful, Inc. (KWB). KWB was organized in 1972 under the auspices of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) and in conjunction with Keep Georgia Beautiful, Inc. (KGB). Governed by a local Board of Directors, KWB operates through grants, private and charitable contributions, in addition to funding and support from the Walton County Board of Commissioners. KWB depends of a variety of volunteers, organizations, schools and businesses throughout Walton County for assistance with several programs contributing to environmental education year round. Our program focuses on changing citizen's attitudes and behaviors toward littering and waste management and depends on community involvement of programs for recycling, conservation, beautification, and environmental education to ensure our planet's healthy future.
Mission Statement: Keep Walton Beautiful, Inc. is a non-profit organization that seeks to make Walton County, Georgia a cleaner and more sustainable community through education, public/private partnerships and volunteer support.
Lately, we've heard the importance of promotion through social media and other online resources. Our society is so technologically motivated and social media is a great way to express ideas, facts, and insights to those around us. Thus, we've decided to jump on the band wagon and take advantage of this very powerful tool. We hope that you'll use these tools to stay tuned with the happenings of Keep Walton Beautiful, learn interesting and important facts, and share with your friends and family.
To get started, I'd like to take a minute to introduce you to Keep Walton Beautiful, Inc. (KWB). KWB was organized in 1972 under the auspices of Keep America Beautiful, Inc. (KAB) and in conjunction with Keep Georgia Beautiful, Inc. (KGB). Governed by a local Board of Directors, KWB operates through grants, private and charitable contributions, in addition to funding and support from the Walton County Board of Commissioners. KWB depends of a variety of volunteers, organizations, schools and businesses throughout Walton County for assistance with several programs contributing to environmental education year round. Our program focuses on changing citizen's attitudes and behaviors toward littering and waste management and depends on community involvement of programs for recycling, conservation, beautification, and environmental education to ensure our planet's healthy future.
Mission Statement: Keep Walton Beautiful, Inc. is a non-profit organization that seeks to make Walton County, Georgia a cleaner and more sustainable community through education, public/private partnerships and volunteer support.
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