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| Keep Charlotte Beautiful received Keep America Beautiful President’s Circle Award at the President’s Circle Award ceremony, recently conducted during Keep America Beautiful’s 58th annual National Conference in New Orleans. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance made by certified affiliates of the national nonprofit to reduce litter, minimize waste and recycle, and beautify their local communities. In qualifying for a President’s Circle Award, Keep Charlotte Beautiful has met Keep America Beautiful’s standards of excellence by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index, calculating the affiliate’s cost/benefit ratio, and engaging volunteers to take greater responsibility for their community environment. In addition, award recipients must conduct activities in Keep America Beautiful’s three core focus areas of litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community greening. |
| Keep Charlotte Beautiful was also honored for distinguishing itself as an exemplary volunteer organization. Taking third place in its category, the organization was honored for its outstanding Cigarette Litter Prevention Program. The KAB National Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Awards are open to all affiliate participants for their cigarette butt litter reduction efforts during 2011. The honored organizations are those who addressed and implemented the program’s four key strategies: encourage support of litter laws that include cigarette litter; raise awareness about the issue using public service messages; place ash receptacles at transition points such as entrances to public buildings; and distribute pocket ashtrays to adult smokers. The award came with cash and in kind donations of $1,500. |
