2010 Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign May 1st thru June 18th

Beautify Garrard County is pleased to host Garrard County's fourth annual Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign starting May 1st and ending Friday, June 18th, with The Party on the Square in downtown Lancaster, from 7-10 p.m.

The campaign promotes litter clean-up and beautification in Garrard County; encourages personal commitment and community pride, with neighbors coming together to make a difference.

Individuals/groups/organizations can participate by wearing green Campaign T-Shirts (or something green) on Mondays (or "Casual Friday's") during the campaign and by doing something such as picking up litter on a sidewalk, cleaning up a roadside, a parking lot, a wilderness trail; helping someone in need with a special maintenance/painting/ cleaning/ landscaping project; adopting a public area and planting flowers or trees; starting to personally recycle or helping neighbors start by taking their recyclables to The Recycling Center, 400. S. Campbell St., Lancaster. If you live in Lancaster or own a business, consider calling 859-792-1868 to start Curbside Recycling. (see Categories Posted, "Campaign T-Shirt": find out how to buy an official t-shirt from Linda's Custom Sports Apparel in Lancaster.)

Take part in the campaign and become eligible to win one of the great prizes to be given away at The Party on the Square. These include: $100 cash, Herrington Lake Marina one-day pontoon boat rental, a one-night stay at a Kentucky State Park Lodge of choice, two Belle of Louisville tickets, a gift basket from Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center and one of two gifts from Lancaster Higher Education Center.

How to enter contest: At The Party on the Square, write down on a piece of paper, in ten words or less, what you did during the campaign and put this, along with your name, address and phone number into the designated entry box at The Solid Waste Booth, located in the First Southern National Bank quadrant. Drawings (for the prizes listed above) will be at 9:45 p.m. in front of the Court House. (All persons entering contest must be at least six years of age and either live in or work in Garrard County.)

For suggestions on roads or specific clean-up areas, call Solid Waste Coordinator Chris Thomason at 859-792-3821 or 859-338-3233. If you are cleaning on public property, please ask coordinator about free garbage bags and pick-up. Trash from public areas can be dumped for free at Convenience Center but this must be Ok'd by Solid Waste Coordinator before dumping. If you have questions about possibility of dumping debris from private property (where you are helping someone), check with Solid Waste Coordinator.

We’d love to see pictures and hear about your campaign activities. Please e-mail pictures and summaries to beautifygarrard@gmail.com. Pictures become the property of Beautify Garrard County and may be published for publicity purposes.