Mackenzie Walden, a seventh-grader at Corbin Middle School, won a contest to design the T-shirts that will be given to thousands of volunteers during PRIDE Spring Cleanup Month in April. She is the daughter of Leigh and Lonnie Walden. Mackenzie’s T-shirt design featured the slogan, “Saving Our World, One Cleanup at a Time.” Her idea [...]
For inspiring students to think about energy efficiency, the Goose Rock Elementary School PRIDE Club in Clay County earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. The PRIDE Club, which explores environmental issues and performs community service, organized a contest to decorate classroom doors with energy-conservation themes. The club named [...]
Amir Ahmadi, a student at Morehead State University, has earned southern and eastern Kentucky’s PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award. “Amir volunteers to make a difference himself, and he motivates others to do the same, which adds up to a visible, long-lasting change in the environment,” said PRIDE’s Tammie Wilson. “We thank Amir for his [...]
PRIDEful Recycler Kit Materials PRIDEful Recycler Brochure (8.5×13) PRIDEful Recycler Guidebook PRIDEful Recycler Bin Labels (8.5×11) PRIDEful Recycler Bin Labels (5.5×8.5) PRIDEful Recycler video PSA (30 seconds) PRIDEful Recycler Workshop More than 150 people, many of them local government officials, gathered in [...]
Eastern Kentucky PRIDE recently received an unexpected Christmas gift in the form of a $500 donation from the Appalachian Children’s Home. “Because of PRIDE’s excellent community efforts throughout the year, we are pleased to be able to give back to such a worthy organization,” said Steve Yeary, executive director of [...]
Christmas came early for 180 needy children in southeast Kentucky, thanks to Waste Connections of Kentucky. Through its fifth annual “Christmas Promise” project, the company donated 180 bicycles and worked with community organizations to deliver them to needy children in the 40 counties of southeast Kentucky it serves through transfer stations or hauling operations. Waste [...]
The Garland Bend Homeowners Association accepted the PRIDE Volunteer of the Month Award on Dec. 20. The group has volunteered to clean the Garland Bend area of Pulaski County regularly for nearly two decades, restoring its scenic beauty. “We thank the Garland Bend Homeowners Association for picking up roadside litter in their neighborhood every month [...]
By combining her volunteer spirit and artistic talent, Barbara Begley has created unique decorations to adorn Christmas trees and support PRIDE. Begley fashions one-of-a-kind ornaments from the lures and bobbers she collects while volunteering to pick up litter at Laurel River Lake. She just recently decided to sell her hand-crafted treasures, and she plans to [...]
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