Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful E-News Spring 2009

Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful E-News Spring 2009

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Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful is celebrating 20 years of creating a cleaner, more beautiful region through education and active community involvement. We are a 501(c)3 and tax id#88-0254957.


Free Dump Week at Lockwood Landfill

Have stuff to get rid of? Please don't dump it in our open spaces!

Monday, April 20 – Wednesday, April 29

For more information and for restrictions please contact Waste Management at 329.8822. For information about free disposal programs or how to report illegal dumping, click here

Help Cleanup Mother Earth on Mother’s Day Weekend

Join your friends and neighbors to clean up our open spaces.

Mark your Calendars, KTMB’s fourth annual Great Truckee Meadows Community Cleanup is on Saturday, May 9, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Last year over 500 volunteers cleaned up 116 tons of trash and debris from our open spaces! More info

VOLUNTEER!

Volunteers plant flowers at Bicentennial Park

For a complete list of spring volunteer opportunities ranging from Adopt-a-Park to Paper Making Workshops  view KTMB’s calendar.

2008-2009 AT&T Recycling Guide

Maia Dickerson with the cover of the AT&T Recycling GuideIf you have questions about recycling in the Truckee Meadows, be sure to check out the Recycling Guide in the new AT&T phone book, located in the yellow pages under “R”!  If you still have old phone books, they can be recycled year round by placing them on top of your curbside recycling or by taking them to the Recycle America recycling center at 1100 E. Commercial Row in Reno. More info

Over 11,000 Christmas Trees Recycled

Volunteers help to make this annual program so successful

Thank you to all of our volunteers and project partners and sponsors; without your help we would not be able to provide the annual Christmas Tree Recycling program. More info

Spring Cleaning Includes Adopt-A Spot

Adopt-A-Spot Today Call KTMBWith the weather starting to warm up, it’s time to start thinking about your spring quarter cleanup! Adopters are required to clean their spots at least three times per year.  The following adopters went above and beyond their cleanup requirement and conducted a winter cleanup: All Seasons Lawn and Landscaping, Boy Scout Troop #162, Henry Schein, Inc, Hidden Valley Homeowners Association, Kappa Delta Chi and Neighbors Christian Fellowship. Thank you! Welcome new adopters: All Seasons Lawn and Landscaping and Kappa Delta Chi! To schedule your spring cleanup, get a post-cleanup report, or for more information click here.

Everyday Opportunities to Support KTMB

Support KTMB’s Endowment or call us about a Gift Annuity
Making GoodSeach your Search Engine: www.goodsearch.com
Use GoodShop for Internet Shopping: www.goodshop.com
Scolari’s Friendship Fund – #1990, when you use the Preferred Value Card
Buying or Selling a Home:
~ Moira Shea, http://www.washoehomes.com/
~ Dolores Corona-Tuttle, http://www.RenoLakeTahoeRealEstate.com
Purchase New Belgium Brewery Products


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