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Keep America Beautiful Presents PennDOT With Partner Award
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Keep America Beautiful President and CEO Matthew M. McKenna presented Pennsylvania with one of nine Keep America Beautiful/U.S. State Department of Transportation Partner Awards at the recent Keep America Beautiful National Awards ceremony.
The Keep America Beautiful National Awards were presented during its 57th annual National Conference in Orlando, Fla.
The Keep America Beautiful/U.S. State Department of Transportation Partner Awards recognizes state DOTs for their support of Keep America Beautiful affiliates through joint partnership projects. These awards were created to recognize the high value Keep America Beautiful places on public-private partnerships.
“Public-private partnerships are critical to making substantial gains in reducing roadside litter and illegal dumping,” said McKenna. “Our State Department of Transportation Partner Awards represents the fine work that state Departments of Transportation achieve with their respective Keep America Beautiful state affiliate partners.”
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, along with the Department of Environmental Protection and Keep America Beautiful, partners with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to host the Great American Cleanup of PA.
In the 2010 Great American Cleanup of PA, 186,487 volunteers picked up over 12 million pounds of trash. PennDOT’s Adopt-A-Highway program is a big contributor to the Great American Cleanup of PA. PennDOT also ships donated supplies like bags, gloves, and vests to district offices across the state from their warehouse in Harrisburg so registered volunteer groups can easily get want they need to do cleanups.
The U.S. State Department of Transportation Partner Award winners are: Arizona Department of Transportation; California Department of Transportation; Georgia DOT; Mississippi Department of Transportation; North Carolina Department of Transportation; Ohio Department of Transportation; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; Tennessee Department of Transportation; and Texas Department of Transportation.
In addition to these award-winners, Keep America Beautiful also recognized nearly 100 other outstanding organizations and individuals for their achievements in promoting litter prevention, recycling, community beautification and environmental stewardship at its awards ceremonies.
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