Keep Statesboro-Bulloch Beautiful (KSBB) is partnering with the Statesboro Regional Public Library to bring the Great American Cleanup to Statesboro. The cleanup will take place on Sunday, April 28, 2024 from 2:00 to 4:00pm.
The Great American Cleanup is one of the nation’s largest community improvement programs that Keep America Beautiful sponsors annually. Nearly 15,000 communities in the United States participate every year.
According to the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, in 2023, "18,927 volunteers from 60 communities engaged in 682 events. Altogether, we cleaned over 2,023 miles of roadways, waterways, parks and trails and planted 3,219 trees, flowers and shrubs. We recycled 1.5 million pounds of materials, including over 147,208 pounds of hard-to-recycle materials, over 85,487 pounds of household hazardous waste, and over 319 tons of tires."
"The Greater Statesboro Pickup" will consist of picking up littered areas and removal of natural debris. All supplies for the revitalization of these areas will be provided.
Newly appointed KSBB Coordinator, Charly Kinship, says, “We wanted to select areas in each of our 5 zones for clean up around the city to show that we care about the city as a whole, focusing community wide.”
New Keep Statesboro-Bulloch Beautiful Coordinator
Charly Kinship has been active in the community for several years. She is the founder of the Free Market in the Boro and Kinship Endeavours (which recently closed its doors), and she also served on the Greener Boro Commission. She has also held workshops on sustainability and conscious consumerism for garden clubs, universities, churches and more.
Enthusiastic about her new role at KSBB, Kinship hopes to implement more ways for the community to make responsible choices, and create more environmental initiatives in the region. As a certified grant writer, part of her role is to find more grants “to beautify and preserve our city.” Fostering relationships within the community to help people live a more sustainable lifestyle is one of her many goals.
With a degree in Anthropology as well as Business Management, along with 28 years of experience in supply chain management, she feels she has the experience and knowledge to successfully fulfill the role of KSBB Coordinator. Kinship wholeheartedly believes in leaving the world better than you found it.
Register here for The Great American Pickup. The starting location will be the Statesboro Regional Public Library located at 124 S Main Street, Statesboro.
More information visit the Keep Statesboro-Bulloch website or contact Charly Kinship, KSBB Coordinator, at [email protected]. For information on local sustainability resources, including a local sustainablity guide, visit: https://www.statesboroga.gov/greenerboro.
Check out all KSBB Upcoming events here.
Keep Statesboro-Bulloch Beautiful is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation. Our goal is to educate and empower citizens and businesses with the resources needed to facilitate litter prevention, beautification, and community greening within the city of Statesboro and surrounding areas. KSBB is under the direct affiliation of the City of Statesboro. They work closely with city departments to help facilitate public programs and events. They also partner with third-party companies to bring in specialized events, such as our electronics recycling drive.
