Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola to Kick Off the
Citywide Cleanup in Little Rock on Saturday, March 10
Cleanup activities planned from 8:00 a.m. to noon
WHO: Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola; Central High
School Environmental Club members and other students; Central High School
Principal Nancy Rousseau and other teachers and administrators; Keep Little
Rock Beautiful board members and volunteers; Central High School Neighborhood
Association members and volunteers; and more than 1,000 community volunteers,
including City of Little Rock Neighborhood Alert Center volunteers, e-STEM
Public Charter School students, Boy Scouts, Central High School EAST Initiative
students, Central Arkansas Master Naturalists, Village Commons volunteers and
neighborhood association members from more than 25 city neighborhoods
WHAT: Saturday, March 10, 8:00 a.m. – Cleanup
kickoff and Mayor Stodola's remarks
- Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola will kick off the
2012 citywide cleanup at Central High School (1500 Park Street)
- Mayor Stodola will issue a proclamation about
the citywide cleanup
- Other speakers will include:
- Central
High School students and administrators
- Central
High Neighborhood Associations leaders
- Keep
Little Rock Beautiful leaders
8:30 a.m. to noon – Scheduled citywide cleanup locations
and activities include:
- Little Rock City Parks
- Reservoir
Park (8321 Reservoir Rd.)
- Brodie
Creek Park (5001 Stagecoach Rd.)
- Boyle
Park (2000 Boyle Park Rd.)
- Conner
Park (13100 block of Cantrell Road) - the city's newest park
- More than 25 Little Rock Neighborhoods,
including Central High School Neighborhood
Keep Little Rock Beautiful (KLRB), a certified local
affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is hosting this citywide cleanup Saturday,
March 10, to promote litter pickup, recycling, beautification and community
improvement in the capital city. The third annual Great American Cleanup in
Little Rock is part of the largest community improvement effort in the nation,
the Great American Cleanup, which takes place annually from March 1 through May
31 and involves an estimated 3 million volunteers nationwide.
To learn more, please visit KeepLittleRockBeautiful.com,
e-mail info@klrb.org or call 501-765-3530.
You can also follow KLRB on Facebook.
WHEN: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 8:00 a.m. –
noon
WHY: Keep Little Rock Beautiful is a nonprofit,
volunteer-based community organization dedicated to litter prevention,
recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community improvement.
KLRB takes part in the city's Adopt-A-Street program to further their
commitment to city beautification. KLRB is a certified state affiliate of Keep
America Beautiful Inc., the nation's largest community-improvement organization
that, for more than 50 years, has engaged individuals to take greater
responsibility for improving their community environments.
