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As we step into 2025, we want to extend our heartfelt wishes for a year filled with joy, prosperity and new beginnings. We are inspired by you and the incredible work we've accomplished together. Your dedication and support have been the driving force behind our success. Thank you!
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Happy New Year from Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful!
Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Now Open for K-6 Students!
Calling all teachers, group leaders, parents and guardians! The Litter Hawk Youth Award is back with an exciting new theme: Join the Greatest American Cleanup! Show us how you can keep your community litter-free for America’s 250th birthday.
This initiative supports the Greatest American Cleanup, Keep America Beautiful’s national three-year campaign to motivate, educate, and celebrate communities as we clean up and green up ahead of the Country’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.
The Litter Hawk Youth Award program, funded by the PA Department of Environmental Protection, invites kids in grades K through 6 to creatively demonstrate how litter and trash affects our environment through art, words and video.
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline: January 31
Winners Announcement: April 2025
Awards Ceremony: April 3, 2025, at the PA State Capitol Building
Winning entries will be displayed at the 2025 Litter Hawk Youth Exhibit at the PA State Capitol Building. All winners, along with their families, guardians, and teachers, are welcome to attend the awards ceremony on April 3. Special guests will include representatives from the PA Department of Environmental Protection and America250PA.
Join us in this important effort to keep our communities clean and beautiful!
Students from St. Mary's High School participate in the Clarion River Cleanup, Elk County.
Cranberry High School students prep area for native plants at the Venango County Conservation District.
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful partners with Columbia Gas - Nisource Charitable Foundation
With funding from Columbia Gas - NiSource Charitable Foundation, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Offered Young Ambassadors the opportunity to participate in a job shadowing experience with Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania employees to learn day-to-day responsibilities of an Environmental Coordinator. Students visited active work sites to see how and why environmental permitting, specific procedures and compliance measures are needed before excavation and stream crossing.
Mini grants were also provided to county affiliates for community greening and beautification. Grants totaling $7,840 supported four community projects in Allegheny, Elk, Fayette and Venango counties.
Your donation means everything to us and the communities we serve!
Know that by supporting Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, you are supporting the volunteers and organizations who are committed to our mission and creating a better tomorrow.
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