Love Thy Nati Award Winners, Adopt-A-Spot, and More!
Love Thy Nati Award Winners, Adopt-A-Spot, and More!
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March 2019
LOVE THY NATI & REP THE CROWN AWARDS!
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Love Thy Nati Celebration and Rep The Crown Awards on February 23rd! We truly enjoyed celebrating Cincinnati's community volunteers and community leaders. This year, we had 75 in attendance to celebrate our 2018 Rep the Crown Winners. Thank you Cincinnati communities for all you do.

Congratulations to our WINNERS!
Golden Glove - Brian Stevens from Best Buy
Golden Crown- Cincinnati Bell
Golden Sapling - Gorilla Glue
Golden Lightbulb - Garden of Hope- Dater Cares
Golden Paintbrush - May Street Urban Orchard- Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation
Golden Spade - Piquant Pathways- Spring in Our Steps
Directors Choice - Cincinnati Community Toolbank
40th Anniversary Campaign
Thank You for helping make our 40th year the best ever. So far we have raised over $80,000 to provide critical program support to communities and volunteers. Help us reach $100,000 with a donation TODAY. Together we can make the next 40 years even better.   
DONATE HERE

REINTRODUCING:

ADOPT A SPOT

KCB is reintroducing the Adopt-A-Spot program with help from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency!

Adopt-A-Spot encourages you to improve your neighborhood by cleaning littered curbs, sidewalks, and vacant lots; cutting grass and high weeds; planting flowers; removing signs from utility poles; reporting graffiti; and other activities.

Take part in this exciting and innovative program by "adopting" a portion of your neighborhood.  From business districts to your own block, beautification and maintenance of your own "spot" will benefit your community in more ways than one!

GREENSPACE

KCB is proud to be partnering with the Cincinnati Zoo for the Plant for Pollinators Challenge!

Please visit their website for more information on how to take the Plant for Pollinators Challenge and increase pollinator habitat in the Greater Cincinnati region!  
For more information, Click Here

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Illegal dumping affects all of us. Whether you see it personally or not, it has an impact on the environment and costs thousands of dollars a year for the City of Cincinnati to clean up. We'd like to share a success story about a notorious dumpsite on Saffin Avenue in South Fairmount. KCB is proud to have worked in tandem with the Cincinnati Police Department and the City of Cincinnati to assess the issues, clean up the site, and close this stretch of street, eliminating further dumping issues.
Have something big you need to get rid of? Go to www.5916000.com and schedule a pickup.
Report illegal dumping & dump sites by calling 513-591-6000 or get the "Fix it Cincy App".

GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP

Who's ready for SPRING and CLEANUP SEASON?!
WE ARE!!!
Don't forget to register your Great American Cleanup with us and reap the benefits of being an official GAC event. We can provide supplies, logistical support, and promote for extra volunteers.
Volunteers are checking our events calendar daily for opportunities, so register TODAY to recruit as many as possible for your cleanup.

Please contact Emily with any questions! Emily@KeepCincinnatiBeautiful.org

UPCOMING EVENTS & RESOURCES

2019 STATE ROADWAY CLEANUP

Join us on April 13th for our Annual State Roadway Cleanup!
Cincinnati is the gateway to Ohio, and with millions of people traveling along our interstates every week, we need to make a good impression! Clean and beautified roadways welcome visitors and encourage residents and businesses to live, work, and play in Cincinnati.
We can't do it alone! Come on out and join us!

EARTH DAY OTR

Join us for Earth Day OTR this year presented by Kroger and Mix 94.9 Cincinnati! Each year KCB partners with 3CDC to offer a fun-filled day of eco-friendly activities and vendors in the park. We are featuring live reggae music, food & drink, eco-friendly products for purchase, and a range of free activities for both children and adults!

Washington Park on Saturday, April 20th from 12-5pm.

HAVE A PROJECT, BUT NEED A LITTLE HELP?
We want to hear from YOU, our community partners, about what you're doing in your neighborhood, and how we can help! Together with our corporate volunteer groups, we can help give you that little extra boost when it's needed most.
We have the skills, desire, and the power to get things done!

MINI MURALS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!

In celebration of KCB's 40th Anniversary, our Arts team is creating and installing interactive mini-murals in each of our Cincinnati communities.

Mini murals will be unique to your neighborhood. For example: "Avondale is beautiful because..." By celebrating our communities and why Cincinnati is beautiful, we hope to foster pride in the places we each call home.

If you are interested in a mural for your community, please let us know by COMPLETING THIS FORM
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SPONSOR AND GRANT UPDATES


KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL AWARD
We received a Keep America Beautiful National Affiliate Award for Sustained Excellence at the recent National Awards Ceremony. Keep Cincinnati Beautiful was one of more than 80 individuals or organizations recognized at Keep America Beautiful’s National Awards for their commitment and passion to transform public spaces into beautiful places.

Keep America Beautiful President Helen Lowman said, “It’s my privilege to recognize Keep Cincinnati Beautiful for such valuable, mission-based work that helps their community be more socially connected, environmentally healthy and economically sound.”  

BEST BUY
The Best Buy employee match program awarded Keep Cincinnati Beautiful $1,000 for Great American Clean Up events! Special thanks to Brian Stevens and the employees of Best Buy who made this gift possible. 
THE HAYDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION
They Hayden Family Foundation continues to support Keep Cincinnati Beautiful's Art Program with a gift of $1,250. We are so grateful for their continuous support over the years.
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Cincinnati is beautiful. We’re committed to keeping it that way. Our education, revitalization, and environmental initiatives build community and foster pride in the places where we live, work and play. Our grassroots network of neighbors, sponsors, and volunteers put passion to work across all 52 neighborhoods, creating safer, cleaner spaces and a higher quality of life for everyone.
Rise up, Queen City. Rep the crown.
513-352-4380 | info@keepcincinnatibeautiful.org
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