2026
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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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51 Adairsville JROTC cadets, reported for duty on Friday, March 20, 2026. Their mission was to clean up trash and debris from the roadside of the 6.2-mile Lance Corporal Seth Sharp Memorial Highway. The cadets were deployed at 8:30 am and the cleanup concluded at 11:30 am. There was a total of 153 volunteer hours…
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Town of Taylorsville hosted a cleanup on March 28, 2026. The volunteers cleaned up parts of Euharlee Street, Church Street, Old State Highway 113, Old Alabama Road, & Taylorsville Road. Volunteers arrived at 9 am for sign-in and concluded at 12 pm. After volunteers completed the cleanup, lunch was provided. This concluded Taylorsville’s 14th Great…
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Citizens of GA Power helped remove 26 bags (520 lbs.) of trash from Covered Bridge Rd. on March 6, 2026. They mainly focused on the entrance area of Plant Bowen (down to the training building and railroad tracks). They met at the Bowen training building at 8:30 am for sign-in and concluded at 10:30 pm.…
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24 Bartow County Master Gardeners (MG’s) volunteered to man 6 sites throughout the county to distribute 2,000 seedlings. Bartow MG’s always make sure the program runs smoothly, and volunteered a total of 91.5 hours the day of Arbor Day. All sites started at 9 am with the exception of Doug’s starting at 8 am. The…
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