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Our Annual OYSTER ROAST & BBQ FUNDRAISER

is Feb.10, 2024! TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Get your tickets today for FEBRUARY 10, 2024! You won’t want to miss our annual fundraiser! We sell out early every year!

https://keepmcintoshbeautiful.com/kmb-oyster-roast-fundraiser/

Ticket price ($60) includes oyster, clam and BBQ dinner, dessert and beer/wine open bar. We’ll have a Silent Auction! Entertainment by Michael Hulett! Wine/Whiskey Toss!

Shrimp Raffle! $2 each. 3 for $5… Get shrimp raffle tickets from any Board member or call KMB at 912.289.1083. 3 chances for 25lbs of sweet wild GA shrimp from Shell Creek Seafood. 

OUR ANNUAL OYSTER ROAST FUNDRAISER IS KEEP MCINTOSH BEAUTIFUL’S MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR…

1)   ABANDONED BUILDINGS PROGRAM

2)   LITTER PREVENTION AND CONTROL

3)   ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS

4)   RECYCLING AND WASTE REDUCTION

5)   EDUCATION AND AWARENESS

Hot off the presses... City of Darien Code Enforcement and Keep McIntosh Beautiful (ABANDONED BUILDING PROGRAM) Receives $5000 BRACE GRANT To Improve Local Community!

MCINTOSH COMMUNITY NOV. 18

ANNUAL RECYCLING EVENT

Keep McIntosh Beautiful is sponsoring the annual Community Recycling Event on Saturday, November 18, from 9 AM – 1 PM behind the McIntosh Middle School at 500 Greene Street, Darien, GA. 

- We will be COLLECTING:

----Electronics of all kinds

----Flat Screen TVs (no tube TVs)

----Ink cartridges

----Household Goods

----Scrap Metal & Appliances

----CFL Light Bulbs & Fluorescent Tubes (up to 4' ONLY)

----Batteries

All services are FREE! Our partners for this event are Southern Metals Recycling, McIntosh County Schools, Sensible Recycling (see details below of what is accepted and what’s not), and Waste Management. 

Assistance will be available for unloading items and materials from vehicles.  Each participant will also receive an updated McIntosh County Recycling Guide, listing where a wide variety of items and materials can be taken for reuse or recycling in our area. Still have questions? director@keepmcintoshbeautiful.com or call 912-289-1083.

We'll be giving away FREE live OAK seedlings at

Darien's Second Saturday Jan.13!

UPCOMING EVENTS

The RIVERS ALIVE! Barrington Park / Altamaha River Cleanup was a HUGE SUCCESS! (Oct. 21)

Perfect Day for Paddling! RIVERS ALIVE Annual Water Cleanup was a huge success! Our concentration this year was Barrington Park / Altamaha River. THANK YOU to our partner Fort King George State Historic Site and awesome Ranger Michael Putnam! He brought canoes & paddles, life jackets, and made sure everyone stayed safe.

Rivers Alive is Georgia's annual volunteer waterway cleanup event that targets all waterways in the State including streams, rivers, lakes, beaches, and wetlands. The mission of Rivers Alive is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia's water resources. Rivers Alive is held annually each fall and is a program of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division Outreach Program. Our state has 70,150 miles of streams and rivers that need our help!

Kudos to James Strickland and Leo Foskey for helping everyone and boating around getting the trash from canoes and kayaks. Thanks to KMB Board Member Selso Tello for bringing a trash trailer and taking it to the landfill for us afterwards.

Beautiful weather to explore this lil’ piece of paradise! THANKS to ALL of the volunteers who showed up (some before sunrise) and showed out! 26! Together we make a difference!

The DARIEN FALL FESTIVAL (Nov, 4) was awesome! Great job Darien GA Lions Club! We had several supporters join or renew their KMB memberships, people that wanted info and applications for the Abandoned Building Program, some wanting to Adopt-A Highway/Park/Spot. #communitystrong And we LOVE talking with our community and letting them know ways we can all help keep Darien and McIntosh County clean, green and beautiful!

Looking for a way to remove an abandoned building or mobile home from your property? We may be able to help.

Dilapidated and abandoned buildings are eyesores that detract from our community’s appearance and reduce the value of the property where they are located. They can also be unsafe and unhealthy nuisances that are locations for criminal activity. Very often, cost is the reason these derelict structures aren’t removed.

To address the problem in McIntosh County, we offer financial assistance to owners for the demolition and removal of abandoned buildings from their property. Structures must be located in McIntosh County, unoccupied, and beyond repair to qualify.