You Are Invited: 2025 Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference

Our annual conference, celebrating 35 years of stewardship, sustainability, and environmental education, will be held on October 15 and 16 at The Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA. The conference offers a valuable opportunity for affiliates, volunteers, partners, and supporters to come together, review our past achievements, exchange insights and ideas, and grow collectively. Click to learn more, view sponsorship opportunities, and register now!

Shakira Davis, 2nd Century Alliance, Senator Carolyn Comitta, Representative Dan Williams, and Andy Warntz, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful board member.

Meet Our Recent 2025 Community Pride Award Honorees

The Community Pride Award provides an opportunity for elected officials to partner with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful to honor individuals who demonstrate exceptional dedication to protecting and enhancing our environment. Whether through litter prevention, recycling initiatives, beautification projects, or broader acts of environmental stewardship, these honorees lead by example. 

We’re proud to recognize these outstanding individuals for their commitment to environmental stewardship. Read their inspiring stories and learn how they’re making a difference here.

• The Punxsutawney Garden Club, nominated by PA State Representative Brian Smith, District 66  
• Eric and Teresa Guerrein of Lakeshore Towing, nominated by State Representative Pat Harkins, District 1   
• Christine Tutena, Mayor of Smithton, nominated by Smithton Borough Council, Westmoreland County
• Lisa Bobyock, Environmental and Stormwater Compliance Manager for the Norristown Stormwater Authority, and Keep Norristown Beautiful Coordinator, nominated by PA State Representative Greg Scott, District 54.
• Dave Shirey, Chester County volunteer, nominated by PA State Representative John Lawrence, District 13
• 2nd Century Alliance and Shakira Davis, Coatesville Community Coordinator and Keep Coatesville Beautiful Coordinator, nominated by PA Senator Carolyn Comitta, District 19 and Representative Dan Williams, District 74

     Rural Transfer Facilities
Providing Convenient and Affordable Waste Disposal and Recycling for Small, Rural Communities

     What do community centers, libraries, nature parks, playgrounds, and Rural Transfer Facilities have in common? They are all considered public assets, improving the quality of life for residents. In sparsely populated, rural communities, Rural Transfer Facilities provide residents with ways to properly dispose of their household trash and recycling which helps keep local communities clean and beautiful. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is promoting the development of Rural Transfer Facilities in communities with fewer than 300 people per square mile, where trash collection and recycling are not always convenient or affordable. Learn more.      

Affiliate Spotlight: Allegheny CleanWays 

Every year, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is proud to support Allegheny CleanWays as it puts its toughest volunteers to the test with the triTRASHlon, a two-day, bike-packing, trash-hauling challenge that combines grit, teamwork, and making an environmental impact.

This year’s ride, held June 14–15, took participants on a 26-mile loop through the Mon Valley, beginning in Duquesne and stopping in McKeesport, Boston, and Buena Vista before circling back. Along the way, these dedicated volunteers cleared a staggering 680 pounds of trash and 32 tires from Dead Man’s Hollow and the Youghiogheny River shoreline!

Congratulations to this year's triTRASHlon champions, and a big thank you to the sponsors and partners who made it possible: Public Lands, Giant Eagle, Peony Women's Bike Tours, Black Radish, Cinderlands Beer Co, NuGo Nutrition Bars, Allegheny Land Trust, Imagin8 Press, Interpersonal Psychotherapy Services, and 412 Clean Teams.

Together, you proved that a little sweat can lead to a lot of change!

Leading the Way to America250: A Cleaner, More Beautiful Pennsylvania