Events
The Great American Cleanup / Trash Bash 2011
About the Great American Cleanup
Each spring from March to May, extraordinary acts of civic
pride and renewal take place all across the United States. Under the
leadership of Keep America Beautiful, Inc., the Great American
Cleanup™ mobilizes annually more than two million volunteers to
make their neighborhoods more beautiful, safer and healthier places
to live.
The national logo
for the year, “Green Starts Here” is representative of the
message that when we roll up our sleeves and take action in our
community, we build bonds with our neighbors as everyone unites in a
common purpose. “Green” starts with each and every one of us.
T-Shirt Design
Poster Contest 2011
Keep Brevard
Beautiful will again host a T-Shirt Design Contest for high school
age students with a slogan, Litter, It’s Beneath Us
Trash Bash 2011.
All entries are
due by December 10, be on poster board no larger than 14”x22”.
Simple, maximum 4 color design (computer generated art is
acceptable). Student must be enrolled in a Brevard County High
School, one entry per student, and artwork must be the work of the
student. Name of student, school, and teacher must be labeled on
back of poster. First Place: Cash prize of $100 and two t-shirts.
Please contact Barb for more info: bvenutokbb@yahoo.com,
321-631-0501 x 203
Business
Sponsors Needed for Trash Bash 2011
We are thankful
for our contributors who donate $300 to be a t-shirt sponsor for
Trash Bash. As a sponsor, you will receive a corporate membership,
recognition in our publications, your company name and logo on over
1,000 t-shirts to be worn county wide. Your company will receive one
dozen shirts for your use. Please contact Barb by January 7, 2011
(321-631-0501 x 203, bvenutokbb@yahoo.com)
In fact, the 2001 Great American Cleanup™ saw volunteers in
more than 12,000 communities in 42 states, plus Washington, DC,
Puerto Rico, Winnipeg, Canada, and St. John, US Virgin Islands.
Volunteers ages 10 to 74+ represented a large variety of organized
groups, including colleges/universities, scouts, sports teams and
military personnel, as well as corporations, local businesses, civic
leagues, youth groups and families. These volunteers cared enough
about their communities to scour, brush, and plant their way through
the nation's largest organized litter prevention, beautification and
community improvement program.
About Trash Bash 2010
Every April for the past 24 years, individuals and groups have
joined Keep Brevard Beautiful in our community to help clean up
unsightly litter. They help remove debris from neighborhoods, parks,
roadsides, shorelines and wherever litter is found. By providing
an example of positive behavior, volunteers help change attitudes
about litter. As a result of the action taken by volunteers during
Trash Bash, our community looks clean and beautiful and there is
a sense of community pride. Sponsored by Florida Inland Navigation
District and Waste Management of Florida, Inc., Trash Bash is an
event supported by the Brevard County Commissioners and all municipalities
in the county. A spirit of friendly competition prevails to recruit
volunteers and reduce the most litter on April 17, 2010. The best
reward is NO UGLY LITTER
We would like to thank all the students who sent in their art
work for the T-Shirt Design Contest. The contest winner this
year is: Melissa Chambers, a student at Rockledge High School.
Congratulations, Melissa! Her artwork is displayed below.
Trash Bash 2010
Check-In Sites
South Area Sites
Lipscomb Street Rec Center, Melbourne
Carver Community Center, 1092 Swan Street, Melbourne
East Florida Ave., Melbourne, in front of MCC baseball fields
McGrath Baseball Field, Stewart Rd., Melbourne
Pirate Lane at Palm Bay High School, Melbourne
Nieman Ave., Melbourne Elks Lodge #1744
Pelican Beach Park, Satellite Beach
Bicentennial Park, 1877 A1A, Indian Harbour Bch.
Nance Park, Indialantic
Barrier Island Ctr., 8380 S. Hwy AIA, Melbourne Bch (14 mi south of
192)
N. Spessard Holland, 2525 Hwy A1A, Melbourne Bch (3 mi south of 192)
Ocean Park, Melbourne Beach
West Melbourne City Hall - CANCELLED
Malabar Town Hall - 2725 Malabar Rd
Central Area Sites
Cherie Down Park, 8492 Ridgewood Ave., Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral Hospital on 520 in Merritt Island
Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary, 805 Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island
Merritt Island Library
Veterans Memorial Park behind Merritt Square Mall
Alan Shepard Park, end of 520 causeway, Cocoa Beach
Lori Wilson Park, 1500 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach
Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach
Riverfront Park, Cocoa
Rockledge City Hall
Riverwalk Park, Rockledge
Pier/Central Beach, PAFB
North Area Sites
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, by SW Haulover Canal,
Bair's Cove Boat Ramp off SR 3, M.I. (9 AM - Noon)
Titusville City Hall
Contact Barb Venuto for more information at: 321-631-0501,
ext. 203, or 321-480-9273 (cell), or bvenutokbb@yahoo.com
TRASH BASH 2010
PHOTOS
At Lori Wilson Park,
Joan Jackson (Central Chapter member and first time site captain),
welcomed Full Sail University from Winter Park to Trash Bash
2010. They did an outstanding job cleaning at Cocoa
Beach. Thanks to Advisor Marissa Corrente for organizing the
event.
This group from Eau
Gallie High School collected 49 bags of litter on Stewart Ave.
The City of Melbourne's trash Bash was organized by Michelle DeVillo.
Melbourne was a City Winner in the competition of most trash
collected and most volunteers per population over 35,000.
Vice Chairman, Tony
Sasso, escorted County Commissioner, Chuck Nelson, District 2 to
many Trash Bash sites to meet with and thank volunteers. They
are at Lori Wilson Beach in Cocoa Beach.
Many thanks to site
captain, Nancy Ragland, and Cape Canaveral Hospital for being one of
25 business sponsors of the Trash Bash shirts. Nancy has been
site captain for many years and this year found the most unusual
item, a potted silk marijuana plant.
City of Rockledge has
help from a group of Girl Scouts. Rene LeMarr is the site
captain with over 20 years of experience! Lunch can always be
expected after the cleanup!
Two photos above both
taken in Rockledge
Cocoa - a family of
volunteers leave with plants. Lunch was served with a band
playing. Free re-use shopping bags were given out as well as
trees. Many volunteers also were in the Give A Day, Get A Day
program with Disney.
Mayor Blake is with
Site Captain Lisa Moody. The City of cocoa won both City
Awards sponsored by Waste Management. Cocoa had the most
volunteers and trash. And per population size, they also again
won $500 donation to a charity of choice.
Patti Krutenat (Central
Chapter member and first time site captain) helped long time Trash
Bash sponsor, the Schenck Company, clean up at a new site, Veteran's
Park behind Merritt Square Mall.
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