In 1970 when the first Earth Day was held it was a populist movement by people young and old all across this country and around the world that shared one vision—learn about the earth and how to protect it.

If you’re looking for a good way to continue this celebration on Earth Day 2006 (April 22), join one of the over 500 groups who have organized cleanups throughout Pennsylvania under the Great PA Cleanup!

The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Alliance, Audubon Pennsylvania, the departments of Transportation, Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources and these partners are sponsoring this third annual Great PA Cleanup!—

AAA Mid-Atlantic; Audubon Pennsylvania; Best Buy; County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania; Cities: Allentown, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh; GreenTreks Network; Home Depot; Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries; Keep Lancaster Beautiful; Keep Philadelphia Beautiful;

Keystone Sanitary Landfill; PA CleanWays; Pennsylvania Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus; Pennsylvania Builders Association; Pennsylvania Downtown Center; Pennsylvania Farm Bureau;

Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association; Pennsylvania Horticulture Society; Pennsylvania Host Municipal Inspectors; Pennsylvania Organization of Watersheds and Rivers; Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation; Pennsylvania Resources Council;

Pennsylvania Soft Drink Association; Pennsylvania State Association of Borough Managers; Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors; Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association;

Pocono Mountains Vacation Bureau; Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania; Schuylkill Keep It Pretty; Sierra Club of Pennsylvania; The Steel Recycling Institute; United States Steel; and Waste Management.

4/14/2006