250 Volunteers have registered with Keep Troup Beautiful for the 2006 Great American Cleanup set for Saturday, April 22nd. Churches, Businesses and civic groups have formed groups to beautify several different areas in Troup County.

New Community Church has 25 members participating in a church “Spring Clean” on April 8th. The Troup County High School Horticultural Group, lead by Luann Jones, is planning to plant plants grown at the school around entrances to West Point Lake. David Whitley at Interface has formed groups in both West Point and LaGrange to pick up litter. 20 people with AmeriCorps have registered to beautify the Whitesville Road area and teachers, parents and children from Hogansville Elementary School plan to clean Main Street from I-85 to the school.

“You can still be a part of this years’ Great American Cleanup”, says GAC Chair Joe Adams. Volunteers can participate before or on April 22nd. Form a group, do your project and register by phone 706.884.9922 or at 9:00am at the Chamber of Commerce Plaza in LaGrange or Calvin Hipp Veterans Memorial Park on Main Street in Hogansville on April 22nd. Everyone is invited back between 11:30am and 12noon at each location for refreshments and door prizes. “This year the door prizes include a Black and White TV, a DVD player and a new $700 Troy-Bilt limb and leaf mulcher donated by Keep Troup Beautiful’s national sponsor Troy-Bilt”, said Executive Director Doris Jefferson. “It’s a great tool for cleaning your property,” added Joe Adams. Cash prizes will be awarded in both locations for the most litter collected by groups 5 and more ($50), groups with 4 and under ($25) and the most unusual item found ($25).

Each participant will receive a free meal deal coupon donated by Burger King and a free T-shirt donated by Wal-mart, Interface, Coca-cola, LaGrange Grocery Co., Matthew G. Orr Insurance Agency, Inc., Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home and Sleepy Holler Gifts while supplies last. The 2006 Great American Cleanup national sponsors are Pepsi, Wrigley, Honda, Glad ForceFlex, Waste Management, Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Georgia Pacific Sparkle, Firestone, Sam’s Club and Troy-Bilt.

Picture: GAC Chair Joe Adams (back left) and Ken Smith (back right) test the new Troy-Bilt mulcher worth $700 while Michelle Jones (front left) from West Side Magnet School and Kimberly “Boo Boo” Adams (front right) from Troup High School volunteer to beautify on North Davis Road for the 2006 Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep Troup Beautiful.

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Questions?

Call Keep Troup Beautiful (706) 884-9922