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Keep McIntosh Beautiful
"Working Together for a
Clean, Green and Beautiful
Darien and McIntosh County"
NEWSLETTER August 2023
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WELCOME! You are receiving this newsletter as a KMB member, friend, volunteer or supporter to stay updated on KMB news, events, and volunteer opportunities. YOU make KMB activities possible, and through your actions every day, you help keep our community clean, green, and beautiful. THANK YOU! (photo below by @lowcountrytide) | |
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A big WELCOME to new Board Members Selso Tello, Lauryn Gilmer & Jameshia Wilson! They hit the ground running and are already a huge asset to KMB! | | | |
RENEW YOUR KMB MEMBERSHIP OR JOIN US TODAY! | |
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We need YOU to join us as we work together to keep Darien and all areas of McIntosh County clean, green and beautiful. There are so many ways to be involved in Keeping McIntosh Beautiful. Join us TODAY during our Summer Membership Drive. Your membership donation is 100% tax deductible. Learn More, Renew or Join using PayPal, credit card or download a form and mail with your check.
keepmcintoshbeautiful.com
Become a Member or Make a donation!
Adopt a Highway, Park or your favorite spot!
Volunteer with KMB activities and events!
Invest in our County - Support our Abandoned Buildings
Removal Program with a special donation!
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Mark your calendars! SEPT. 28 FROM 5:30-7:30PM at the SAPELO SALTWATER FISHING CLUB in Shellman Bluff. We want to show our APPRECIATION to all of our members and volunteers. AND we'd love for you to join us for the OPEN HOUSE to see what Keep McIntosh Beautiful is all about and ways you could get involved. You can renew your membership, join KMB (new members will get t-shirts), or simply come see the community activities we are involved in. Please help us get the word out! Share the event on Facebook and tell all your friends and neighbors. There will be refreshments!
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Georgia's Coast is Not an Ashtray
For the sixth consecutive year, Keep McIntosh Beautiful has joined entities in Georgia’s six coastal counties to continue a joint battle against the nation’s number one most littered item: cigarette butts.
THE COASTERS ARE COMING! Our annual Drink Coaster Outreach will be FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, here in McIntosh County! If your restaurant, bar, pub, etc. would like to participate and get free coasters, let us know and we'll deliver them right to you. Please use the provided drink coasters for your patrons on AUGUST 25 and continue to use them as long as your supply lasts. Thanks to your combined efforts, we simultaneously will reach a huge target audience across coastal Georgia with this important educational messaging.
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Made of cellulose acetate, a type of plastic, cigarette butts do not easily biodegrade. Discarded butts have a negative impact as land litter, but once blown into storm drains or tossed directly into water sources, this toxic litter becomes marine debris, leaching chemicals into marine and aquatic environments and potentially being ingested by those inhabitants.
KMB has been delivering cigarette litter receptacles to McIntosh County businesses and public areas. We still have more, both freestanding and post styles. Would you like one for your establishment or know a place that needs one? Call us! 912.289.1083 or Email: [email protected]
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RIVERS ALIVE!
Barrington Park / Altamaha River CLEANUP
Land and shore cleanup! OCT. 21 from 8:30AM- NOON! Partnering with Fort King George State Historic Site. Canoes, Jackets and ALL Supplies Provided! Or you can bring your own Kayak or Canoe. FREE T-SHIRT! Call 912.289.1083 or EMAIL [email protected] to SIGN UP! Together We Make A Difference!
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Last week...
National Night Out (Aug. 1) and
McIntosh County Schools Open Houses (Aug. 3)
KMB had tons of fun connecting with our community at the recent National Night Out! Plenty of snacks and slogans designed to educate our kiddos about ways to Reduce, Reuse & Recycle! Promoted our annual Georgia's Coast is Not an Ashtray campaign by handing out pocket ashtrays for adults to use while in their cars, boats, anywhere. And the Open Houses were great! Handed out info, recycled pencils and seeds, scholarship applications to rising seniors, and much more... WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS AN AMAZING SCHOOL YEAR! Try these Back-to-School Sustainability Swaps...
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UPCOMING EVENTS - Save the Dates! | |
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KMB Member/Volunteer Appreciation & Open House
Sapelo Saltwater Fishing Club. 5:30-7:30pm.
RIVERS ALIVE! Annual Water Cleanup
Barrington Park / Altamaha River. 8:30am-Noon.
Recycling Collection Event
500 Greene St., Darien. 9am-1pm.
Tree Seedling Giveaway
Darien Christmas Celebration. 4:30-8:30pm.
Saturday, FEBRARY 10
OYSTER ROAST & BBQ FUNDRAISER & SILENT AUCTION
Hudson Creek Lodge, Darien. 5-8PM
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KMB needs your support and your volunteer participation. Please join us or renew your membership for 2023-24 TODAY! It's easy to do on our website, with a downloadable form or with PayPal.
Keep McIntosh Beautiful is a volunteer-based, self-funded 501(c)3 non-profit affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and the Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation, but we receive no funds from either organization or financial support from any government entity.
Individual and local business support is VITAL for our operation and to fund KMB activities for Litter Prevention and Control; Recycling, Education; Beautification projects & our Abandoned Buildings Removal Assistance Program, benefitting Darien & McIntosh County.
Thank you!
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Adopt A Highway, Park or Spot
A big thanks to all our Adopt A Highway/park/spot volunteers in Darien and throughout the county. There are still plenty of miles and places needing some TLC in our county. Please consider making this a part of the way you help keep our community clean and green. Click the link below for more information and an application.
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YOU can help create a clean,
green and beautiful community
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Partner with KMB as a MEMBER. Together, we DO make a difference!
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DONATE to fund KMB activities
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Practice the 3 R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Sign up for FREE Curbside Recycling by calling 912-437-6671 to get your service started
(Photo right by Bob Claxton)
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