Great American Cleanup in Oconee

From: Angela Helwig

North Oconee Go Green Club

Date: 04/22/2013 3:59 PM (GMT-05:00)

Subject: RE: Great American Cleanup in Oconee

More info on the Cleanup event:

I forgot to include that the $500 prize was donated by Greensource=mc² (incoming KOCBC member Denise Moon, Proprietor) and the $100 prize was donated by Consider It Done (KOCBC Auxiliary member DJ Starr-Lowery, Proprietor).  Sorry Ladies!

I also forgot to ask that everyone who took pictures, please send me copies.  Please – I want to share them wherever possible.

Thanks again everyone!

Angela Helwig
Executive Director, Keep Oconee County Beautiful Commission
P.O. Box 145, Watkinsville, GA  30677 ~ 706-769-512

From: Angela Helwig
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 3:26 PM
To:
Subject: Great American Cleanup in Oconee

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Thank you so much to everyone who worked to make Saturday's big event for the Great American Cleanup in Oconee a great success!

Here are the results of Saturday's event:

22.5 miles of Oconee County Streets and Roads were cleared of litter by 35 volunteers.

49 total bags of roadside litter were recovered including 472 lbs of non-recyclable trash, 187 lbs of recyclables, and 31 lbs of scrap metals, plastic, etc. The grand total was 690 lbs.

The total hours put in by volunteers for this single day of the Great American Cleanup in Oconee was 88.5.  That number only includes the people who picked up litter.  There were many more who help out at the staging area.

Last year on our April 21, 2012 date we had 89 volunteers who picked up 1930 lbs total of litter.  This year's one day event was not as big as last year's – probably because of the conflict with other events including proms at both high schools.  However the numbers are still great and the people that worked put their hands and hearts into the effort.  Thank you all so much!

It may not have been as big this year but it was certainly a lot of fun.  We had a short kickoff ceremony with remarks by Oconee County Chairman Melvin Davis and Binny the Trash Can led everyone in some stretching exercises to get everyone warmed up and ready to tackle the trash. 

We also had a contest to see which group of 5 or more could recover the most litter including recyclables. 

First place ($500) went to the North Oconee High School's Go Green Club and Second place ($100) went to Fox's Pizza Den who will be donating their prize to the NOHS Go Green Club for a planting project.  Way to go Go Green!

Last but not least, we gave away some great door prizes – and actually ran out of contestants before we ran out of prizes.  Here is the list:

A $20 gift certificate to Piccolo's – Jena Gregory

A $10 Jittery Joes gift card – Mark Saxon

A Fox's Pizza Den Big Daddy Pizza – Aashal Dave

12 Benson's Crème Cakes – Wayne Turnbull, Chuck Whitmire, Brandon Hubbard, Lauren Lucky, Mariam Hammadi, Dick Smith, Cody Mcenaney, Dan Matthews, Jackie Tripp

Congratulations!  If you see your name on the list and you haven't yet collected your prize, please give me a call to arrange to pick it up.  J

VERY IMPORTANT:  Please remember, the one day totals are not the whole story for this year's Great American Cleanup – there have been and there will be more individuals and groups putting in their hours helping us clean up as much litter as possible in Oconee through at least the middle of May.  I will be reporting back on the full story later. 

Thanks again!

Angela Helwig

Administrative Secretary
Oconee County Board of Commissioners
Ph: 706-769-5120 Fax: 706-769-0705
www.oconeecounty.com

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