Great Arkansas Cleanup
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| Event Name*: | Great Arkansas Cleanup |
| Event Date*: | Sept. 7- Oct. 31, 2013 |
| Event Time*: | ongoing |
| Event Location*: | Arkansas Statewide |
| Other Information: | Each fall, thousands of Arkansans remove tons of trash from our state's roadways, shorelines, parks and public areas during the Great Arkansas Cleanup, the statewide community-improvement campaign.
Communities large and small show their commitment to the Great Arkansas Cleanup campaign by recruiting volunteers of all ages and taking on a variety of community clean up and environmental-improvement projects. Each year, an estimated 17,000 Arkansans volunteer for 114 events in 53 counties. Through their efforts, litter is picked up from 3,400 miles of roadway, 121 parks and public areas, and 534 miles of shoreline; and 26 illegal dumps are closed. The Great Arkansas Cleanup began more than 40 years ago as the Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Cleanup. In 1985, then-U.S. Sen. Dale Bumpers guided legislation requiring an annual pickup event during the weekend after Labor Day on all federal lands. This law, the Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Act, honors the founder of the event. Mr. Garner continues his advocacy for a clean and litter-free environment as a member of the Keep Arkansas Beautiful Foundation Board of Directors. To organize or volunteer for a Great Arkansas Cleanup event in your community, e-mail Liz Philpott elizabeth.philpott@arkansas.gov or call (501)682-3507. |
| Contact Person: | Liz Philpott |
| Phone Number: | 5016823507 |
| Email Address: | elizabeth.philpott@arkansas.gov |