Volunteering

VOLUNTEERING AT KWB

     Did you know that Keep Walton Beautiful has been around since 1980? Yessir, we've been around the block a few times! KWB depends on a wide variety of volunteers, organizations, schools and businesses throughout Walton County to assist with programs encouraging envirnomental education year round, and we need YOU!

       Projects include THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP - now a year round effort that includes such events as neighborhood, road and river cleanups, school activities, document destruction and Earth Day. RIVERS ALIVE is held annually in the fall and focuses on cleaning up the county's rivers, lakes and streams. AMERICA RECYCLES DAY is held November 15 and involves public education of the benefits and methods of recycling. BEAUTIFICATION assists with landscaping area parks, schools and public locations, including Arbor Day. BRING ONE FOR THE CHIPPER, of course, is the Christmas Tree Recycling Program that takes place every January. There's a lot to do!

        By volunteering with KWB, you can become an important part of improving our community and the quality of life for every Walton County citizen. It will  save resources, money AND give you that warm, fuzzy feeling!

       Give us a call at 770-267-1421 or check out our website at http://www.waltoncountyga.gov/KWB/KWB.html

Document Destruction Day Hours Changed

Due to scheduling conflicts, the hours for the Document Destruction Day on June 8 have been changed to 10:00 am.m until 12:00 p.m.
Up to two bankers box size files of paper will be shredded fere of charge. There will be a $5.00 per box charge for more than two.

We hope to see you there!

Document Destruction Event

We're gearing up for our annual Document Destruction Day event scheduled for June 8. We will be partnering with Lindsay Document Destruction to offer free document shredding for the public (no businesses, please!) Bring old bank info, credit card info, bills, tax records, legal papers and even old medical records and have them safely disposed of right before your eyes! You can feel secure in the knowledge that your disposed-of data will not be compromised or misused. From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm we will be located in the parking lot in front of Carmichael Drugs in Monroe, so stop by! More info as we get closer to the date!

Good Friday Hours

The Recycling Center will be closed on Friday March 29, 2013 and Saturday March 30, 2013 in observance of Good Friday. Regular business hours will resume on Monday, April 1.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays from Keep Walton Beautiful!

We hope that you've had a beautiful holiday season and we want to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year in 2013.

Are you making New Year's Resolutions?  If so, here's one for ya: Recycle MORE in 2013!  You can even take a pledge to recycle more at this site.  You can sign up as an individual or as a business and vow to be better about recycling.  Although we've already had our America Recycles Day event for the year (it was 17 November 2012), we encourage you to take a look at this site because it is helpful year round.  They offer tons of great tools to help you with your recycling habits.  Also, you can sign up with Catalog Choice to stop receiving all that junk mail that we throw away anyway.

Looking for something to do with your LIVE Christmas trees?  You can recycle them here, at our main center, or at any of our convenience sites.  We are accepting them NOW through Saturday, January 5th.  The trees will be chipped into mulch and used by the city and county in our parks and other public areas.  In the past, seedlings were available to all those who participated.  However, this year, we will not be giving away seedlings.  If you wish to order your own, you can do so through your local Georgia Forestry Commission office or by visiting this website.

Christmas Crafts

Beth Pawlicki, with Pathway to Empowerment Youth Groups, shared this link (see below) with us.  One of her students, Natalie, found this awesome resource for Recycled Craft ideas.  We thought it would be a great site for ideas on homemade Christmas gifts!  They also have ideas for ways to recycle/reuse old Christmas cards!  Check it out and let us know what you think!

Recycled Craft Ideas

Updates

The Leadership Class of Walton County came by yesterday.  Elaine and Kenny led a program with explanations about Keep Walton Beautiful and the importance of recycling, activities stressing the importance of leadership and the importance of recycling, and ended with a tour of the recycling center, once more enforcing the importance of recycling.

Don't forget: Our next monthly volunteer meeting with be on Wednesday, November 7th here, at the Recycling Center, from 12pm to 1pm.  Bring your lunch and a friend and join us!

Also, on November 17th, we will be offering half price tire recycling to all Walton County residents.  The event is in conjunction with America Recycles Day.  Find out more about ARD here. You can bring your old tires here from 7:30am to 1:30pm on the 17th.  Prices are as follows: car tires/light truck tires $1.00 (regular $2.00); tandem truck tires $3.00 (regular $6.00); and tractor/heavy equipment tires $7.50 (regular $15.00).  Citizens are limited to a maximum of five (5) tires and the tires MUST be off the wheel.  We will also be introducing and promoting the newest addition to our center... COOKING OIL RECYCLING!!!  There will be some give-aways and useful and interesting information available, so please drop by!

Holiday Hours:  We will be closed for Thanksgiving on Wednesday, November 21st (starting at 11:30am) through Saturday, November 24th.  We will resume normal business hours on Monday, November 26th.