Keep Brazos Beautiful (KBB) is seeking individuals, neighborhood groups, clubs, churches, civic organizations, non-profit organizations, scouts, youth groups and businesses to VOLUNTEER to help clean litter and trash dumped illegally in Brazos County during the Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off, on Saturday, April 14th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
This year marks our 12th Anniversary for the area’s largest clean-up and educational litter effort, The Annual Don’t Mess With Texas Trash Off! Hundreds of volunteers are needed to sign up to have fun and show their community pride as they join over 200,000 volunteers from across the state, along with 3,500 Adopt-a-Highway groups to pick up several million pounds of litter from Texas roadsides, city parks, and lakes and rivers.
Volunteers who sign up ahead of time will meet at their pre-assigned areas to clean. Volunteers will clean from 9:00-11:30 and then return to the Brazos Center in Bryan at noon to compete for prizes for Most Unusual Trash, The Tin Cup Award for the largest team, receive cool door prizes and enjoy a FREE Appreciation Lunch Party. Last year the Young Professionals of Aggieland took the prize! The first 500 to register will also receive an event T-Shirt!
The Don't Mess with Texas Trash-Off is a statewide event organized by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB),and locally by Keep Brazos Beautiful. This year marks the 25th annual statewide cleanup and the 12th annual local event. The Trash-Off is a part of America' s largest organized litter cleanup, recycling and beautification program, the Great American Cleanup, which is organized by Keep America Beautiful and runs March through May in states across the nation.
Last year, 21 local civic and service groups volunteered with over 350 local volunteers cleaned up over 6 tons of litter and debris and recycled more than 430 abandoned tires. Areas cleaned included many local neighborhoods, parks, creeks, roads, highways and railroad right of ways, and school campuses in Bryan and College Station.
Every year about 1 billion pieces of litter accumulate on Texas highways, and taxpayers are footing the bill to clean it up! The state alone spends around $35 million a year in cleanup costs.
Registration
For those of you interested in being a team captain or having your own team, starting February 1st, please email Amy at amyreed@keepbrazosbeautiful.org.
For those of you wishing to volunteer, we are so excited to present our new paperless online registration process this year! To get started, you will need to visit the registration site at keepbrazosbeautiful.orgaction.com. Once there, complete the following steps and you will be set to go!
Important notes
· Online forms must be completed and include a valid email address as this will be our only means of communication for the event.
· Applications which are not complete are subject for non-approval and will be rejected until completed fully.
· Volunteers must sign up with the Individual Option, not the Group Option as this option will not be recognized.
Once on the main page of the website, you will need to select Program/Event Volunteer.
You will need to complete the registration form (it’s the same info as on the paper one).
Then You will select the tab titled “My Information”
Once in there, you will select from the left side panel “Event List/Sign Up”
You will need to select the 2012 Texas Trash Off and then select the little person like object next to the Team you would like.
Optional: some teams are already pre-determined by Team Name. If you would like your own team, please email Amy (Please note that event coordinators reserve the right to change assignments as needed for the event. You will be notified should this affect your event registration.)
After that, you are done and can log out.
Deadlines
· March 9th is the registration deadline to be guaranteed your t-shirt size preference.
· March 30th is the Volunteer Registration Deadline.
So please help us keep our community clean, green and beautiful by volunteering. Sign up today!
Who Keeps Brazos Beautiful? WE ALL DO!
