Events
The Great American Cleanup / Trash Bash 2012
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 2011, “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.
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 2012
Every April for the past 28 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 March 17, 2012. The best
reward is NO UGLY LITTER.
Keep the
Scene Green and Clean, Trash Bash 2012 Wanted: t-shirt
design for this slogan on a green background with a leprechaun/Irish
theme as it will be on March 17! (This is a contest for school
aged children- winner - $100) Contact Barb
Venuto for more info.
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:, a student at High School.
Congratulations, ! H artwork is displayed below.
Trash Bash 2011
Check-In Sites
South Area Sites
Lipscomb Park, Melbourne
Carver Park, 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
Regional Park, Viera
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)
Coconut Point, Melbourne Bch
Ocean Park, Melbourne Beach
West Melbourne City Hall - West Melbourne
Melbourne Village
Malabar Town Hall - 2725 Malabar Rd, Malabar
Community Center, Palm Bay
Liberty Park, Palm Bay
West Oaks Park, Palm Bay
Lynbrook Park, Palm Bay
Fred Lee Park, Palm Bay
Goode Park, Palm Bay
John Jorgensens Landing - Grant
Central Area Sites
Cherie Down Park, 8492 Ridgewood Ave., Cape Canaveral
Mitchell Ellington Park, Merritt Island
Ulumay Wildlife Sanctuary, 805 Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island
Merritt Island Library
Alan Shepard Park, end of 520 causeway, Cocoa Beach
Ramp Road, Cocoa Beach
Robert Murshe Park, 1600 A1A, Cocoa Beach
Riverfront Park, Cocoa
Rockledge City Hall
Riverwalk Nature Center, Rockledge
Nicol Park, Port St. John
Fay Park, 6315 Depot Road, Port St. John
North Area Sites
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, by SW Haulover Canal,
Bair's Cove Boat Ramp off SR 3, M.I.
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 2011
PHOTOS
Site captains Michelle
Wheat and Tara Pierce at Fred Lee Park in Palm Bay
Members of the
Evergreen Service Unit - Girl Scouts help pick up trash at Fred Lee
Park in Palm Bay!
Thank you to West
Melbourne City Councilman Michael Hazlett and Deputy Mayor Pat
Bentley for cleaning up along Hollywood Blvd in West Melbourne
Many thanks to the
employees of Starbucks for helping to clean up near Palm Bay High
School!
Volunteers from the
city of Malabar at Malabar City Hall found all sorts of interesting
items, including animal bones. They always do such a great job
of keeping their town clean!
Volunteers proudly
clean at the Barrier Island Center!
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. (2010)
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. (2010)
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. (2010)
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