keep brazos beautiful
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Keep Brazos Beautiful
Executive Director
• Experience working for environmental organizations.
•Two graduate degrees, one in journalism and the other in leisure services, as well as a B.S. in Environmental Studies.
KBB Interns & Volunteers
Board Members
Joe Patranella, President
Allison Brown, Vice President
Mary Joy Venuti, Secretary
Priscilla Garcia, Treasurer
Candilyn McLean
Ron Schmidt
Jared Birkhead, City of Bryan Representative
Venessa Garza, City of College Station Representative
Lloyd Wasserman, Brazos County Representative
Keep Brazos Beautiful
Our aim is to eliminate litter, minimize waste, teach the importance of recycling, and improve our community's appearance with the natural beauty of trees, flowers, landscaping, and green spaces.
Our programs center on education and providing/coordinating volunteer opportunities.
Our Projects
Awards CelebrationLitter Tackle Box
Litter IndexArbor Day
Great American CleanupTrash-Off
Campus CleanupsWildflower Seeds
Tree SaleLitter Free Events
KBB Annual Awards Celebration & Luncheon
Celebrating our Local Environmental Heroes
September 23, 201511:00 am – 1:00 pm
Hilton College Station
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: GRETCHEN RILEY, STAFF FORESTER AND PARTNERSHIP
COORDINATOR FOR
TEXAS A&M FOREST SERVICE
Wildflower Seeds
This month, approximately 8 acres (approx. 350,000 sq. ft) of
wildflower seed will be spread throughout the City of College
Station.
Community Enhancement Funding
Demonstration Garden
This Fiscal Year:
Irrigation Repairs
Clean-up of existing landscape beds
Pruning of rose bushes
Tree limbs
Pine Mulch
Planting of 8 flats of perennials directly adjacent to the intersection of Texas
Avenue and George Bush East
Upcoming Fiscal Year:
Soils, bed mixes, mulch
Plants (rose bushes/trees)
Additional irrigation
Community Enhancement Funding
Litter Tackle Box
Ongoing
Annual Crape Myrtle & Shade Tree Sale
October 24, 2015
Arbor Day Celebration
Nov. 6, 2015
Texas Trash Off
Volunteers clean-up the streets of
downtown Bryan & College
Station for litter and other
eyesores.
Each year, KBB picks up
approximately 37,000lbs of trash
or over 1680 big black garbage
bags!
April 2016
Community Enhancement Funding
Great American Campus Clean-Ups
•Rock Prairie Elementary
•Southwood Valley Elementary
•Oakwood Intermediate
•Texas A&M University
March through May 2016
Brazos Valley Earth Day/Litter Free Event
Held each April in recognition of the national Earth Day Celebration. Saturday, April 23, 2016
KBB’s role is to facilitate and coordinate all volunteer activities
Assisting with event set-up/take-down
Assisting Exhibitors
Litter Control & Cleanup
Parking Control
Public Information Booths
Recycling
Education
Youth Environmental Leadership League
Dr. Summer Odom
Dept. of Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications
Nature Talks
Other Projects
oTexas A&M Garden Club Richard Carter Park (Oct.24)
oCommunity Outreach (ongoing)
oColor Up Dark 5k (Oct. 2)
oRecycles Day (Nov. 15)
Contact Information
Keep Brazos Beautiful
213B South Main St.
Bryan, Texas 77803
(979) 775-3569
Executive Director: Raena Blumenthal
keepbrazosbeautiful.org