Keep St. Mary Beautiful receives grant for trash receptacles
Keep St. Mary Beautiful has been selected as one of the 60 recipients of the 2024-2025 Keep Louisiana Beautiful Trash Receptacle Gran Program made possible with funding from the state of Louisiana and Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
KSMB will install five trash receptacles at the following locations: two at the Front Street Boat Wharf and three at Lake End Park.
Through the 2024 Trash Receptacle Grant Program, Keep Louisiana Beautiful awarded 285 receptacles to 60 organizations in 37 parishes.
As part of the requirements of this grant, KSMB will perform a post-installation litter scan and compare the data collected to preliminary scan results. Data will be shared with the public once available.
“Litter is hurting our quality of life in St. Mary Parish,” says Lea Hebert, KSMB chairperson. “With these new additional receptacles installed, we will be able to reduce litter and keep our community clean and beautiful.”
Through this grant, KSMB currently have 35 receptacles.
“Recent data collected by Keep Louisiana Beautiful shows a reduction of litter by 785 in areas where trash receptacles are properly installed and maintained,” says Susan Russell, Keep Louisiana Beautiful executive director. “One of our organization’s key initiatives is to help build infrastructure that supports clean, beautiful communities.
“Funding trash receptacles is one way we do that. Congratulations to KSMB for being selected as a 2024-25 Trash Receptacle Grant recipient.”
To learn more about Keep Louisiana Beautiful, visit www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org.
From Keep St. Mary Beautiful: "There are so many simple things that people can do to help the environment. Most importantly, it will create teachable moments for kids to show them how to be good stewards for Louisiana's future.
“Take a walk in your neighborhood. KSMB or the city library will supply gloves, garbage bags and grabbers for you to pick up litter, or you can plant a tree or vegetable garden. Parents, are you looking for lessons and activities to do with your children, KSMB goal is the cleanliness of the parish, and that starts with you.
“Please join us in this cause. We want to continue to remind everyone in St. Mary Parish to throw their trash where it belongs. Let's keep our parish clean and our residents healthy.
“Love the Boot in Louisiana is a huge event for our residents, students, businesses, organizations, local governments and state agencies to come together to care for and show love for their personal space, community, and state.”
Keep Louisiana Beautiful is a state program under the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Department of Culture, Recreation, and Tourism that promotes a personal, corporate and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana.
KLB supports local communities through programs and resources for litter education, prevention, removal, enforcement, beautification, recycling, waste reduction, and sustainability initiatives. KLB is affiliated with the national organization, Keep
America Beautiful, and is supported by a robust statewide network of community and university affiliates. Learn more at KeepLouisianaBeautiful.org.