Garrard County is located in Central Kentucky’s beautiful Bluegrass Region, south of Lexington, on Highway 27. Lancaster, population 4,300, is the county seat; 30 miles from Lexington.

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(Updated January 25, 2013)

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign May 1st thru June 19th

It's very easy to take part in the campaign. Here's how it works...

From the very first year, the Garrard County PVA office has been a big supporter of our Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign. They are pictured above after cleaning up a Lancaster street. Thank you PVA; and thank you to everyone who has and will join us in this countywide community project. Now for some information about this year's campaign...

Beautify Garrard County is excited to host Garrard County's third annual Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign starting May 1st and ending Friday, June 19th, 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.

It’s easy to take part in the campaign and be eligible to win one of the great prizes to be given away at The Party on the Square: $100 cash, one nights stay at a Kentucky State Park Lodge of choice (four person occupancy), one Paint Lick Sportsman's Club membership or a gift from the Lancaster High Education Center.

Individuals/groups/organizations can participate by wearing green Campaign T-Shirts on Mondays and Casual Fridays during the campaign (see February 9th post: Campaign T-Shirts available at Linda's Custom Sports Apparel); 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, ETC…

At The Party on the Square, write down on a piece of paper, in ten words or less, what you did and put this, along with your name, address and phone number into the designated entry box at The Solid Waste Booth in the library quadrant. Drawing will be at 9:00 p.m. (All persons entering contest must be at least six years of age and either live in or work in Garrard County.)

To make clean up easier, the county's Free Dump Days will be May 14-16 at the Convenience Center (see post April 5th post: Free Dump Days for details); if you'd like suggestions for road or specific area clean up, 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.

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.

For additional information please send e-mail to address above; or call Campaign Coordinator Karla Sefcak at 859-792-6704, or Solid Waste Coordinator.

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