Project Summaries
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On August 29, 2026, a group of six volunteers of the Libertarian Party of Bartow, Polk, and Floyd Counties conducted a river cleanup from Euharlee Creek to Hardin Bridge (4 miles). There was a total of 6 volunteers, for a total of 4 hours*6 volunteers=24 volunteer hours. Shirts and supplies were provided by KBB. The…
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On August 14th, 2026 Keep Bartow Beautiful and Anheuser-Busch conducted a river cleanup and restoration of the rain garden at Hardin Bridge. There were a total of 19 volunteers, 1 Keep Bartow Beautiful staff, 1 UGA Extension Bartow County staff & 1 Bartow County Master Gardeners (MG’s) who volunteered for a total of 5 hours*22…
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Adopt a Road volunteers are important. The Adopt a Road data that is received each year is reported to environmental agencies and to our own parent affiliate Keep America Beautiful. Not only are volunteers cleaning up their spot in the world, but they are also contributing to data that can help determine ways in which…
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As a STEM partner KBB presented “Erosion Classes” to help meet standard: S5E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to identify surface features on the Earth caused by constructive and/or destructive processes. a. Construct an argument supported by scientific evidence to identify surface features (examples could include deltas, sand dunes, mountains, volcanoes) as being caused by…
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Keep Bartow Beautiful delivered a total of seven Slim Jim 23-gallon recycling bins, fifteen 32 gallon round recycling bins, and ninety-two desk side recycling bins to multiple schools (High school– Cass, Adairsville, and Woodland, Middle Schools– Woodland, & Elementary Schools– Allatoona, Cloverleaf, Euharlee, Mission Road, Taylorsville, and White). Each school received posters to display in…
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On June 12, 2026, Keep Rome Floyd Beautiful (Hannah Bagley), Citizens of GA Power- Plant Bowen (Tari Whiteman), & KBB Staff (Katie Martin & Gracie Jordan) conducted a river cleanup and land cleanup at Neels Landing. There were a total of 50 volunteers who worked for a total of 200 hours. The “water team” began…
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On June 5, 2026 Anheuser-Busch hosted their World Environment Day Event. Breakfast was catered by Chic-Fil-A. The event started at 7:30AM and concluded at 3:00PM. This event is where Anheuser Busch employees bring their child to work for the day. To start the morning the kids showcased there talents with a talent show. The next…
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In the 2025-2026 school year there was a total of 136,470 pounds of recyclable materials collected at the county and city schools. The full-time enrollment numbers for both county and city schools was equal to 17,913. The average amount of recycled material pounds per student reached 7.6 pounds, over both county and city school systems.…
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The City of Emerson held a Great American Cleanup event in the spring of 2026 (Saturday May 2, 2026). Registration was at Emerson City Hall. The cleanup began at 9:00 am and concluded at 11:00 pm. The downtown group had 17 volunteers (volunteer hours 17×2= 34 total hours). The volunteers removed a total of 45…
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City of Adairsville hosted a cleanup on April 25, 2026. The volunteers cleaned up parts of King Street, Railroad Street, Poplar Springs, Lacey Road, Main Street, West George, and Hall Station. Volunteers arrived at 9 am in Logtown for sign-in and concluded at 12 pm. After volunteers completed the cleanup, lunch was provided by the…
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