| Last updated on January 23, 2008 |
Bright n' Beautiful, a non-profit service/education organization, is dedicated to improving the environment by developing programs to control litter, promote recycling and the beauty of the community.
Description:
We have several programs that we implement in to community to improve our environment. The Adopt-a-Spot is for groups and individuals who chose to "adopt" an area in keep it litter free on a regular basis. The Great American Clean-up takes place in April. This is a county-wide cleanup that involves hundres of volunteers who pick up litter and recycle aluminum cans, newspapers, phone books and tires This also includes a Clothing Collection and small household items for distribution to people in our community.
We also have an inventory of Trash Receptacles that are loaned out to and used at various community events to control litter such as the Big Sky State games, the Women's Run, Saturday Live, parades and several other local festivals and events.
We have four recycling drop off bins which are located at both Wal-Mart stores, Albertsons in the Heights and the parking lot of the old Gibson's store on Broadwater.
Bright n' Beautiful coodinates the Christmas Tree Recycling program. The chips are used at ZooMontana, the Laurel Family Lions Park and the Conservation Education Center across from River Front Park.
Bright n'Beautiful has also developed Gateway Park at the intersection of Rimrock Rd. and Montana Avenue. We continue to develop plans to plant trees on the interstate. We have planted trees and a flower bed on the corner of Spring Creek Park
We host the Annual Award Banquet in late October where businesses, agencies and individuals are formallly recognized for their efforts to make our community a better place to live. The winners for 2007 are; Northern Plains Resource Council, Deaconess Healing Garden, Good Earth Nursery, Bennion Dental Center, The Patio at Q, Basin Development Corp. for community gardens 800 block on Ave. F, City of Billings Public Works Department for street scape on Rimrock and Shiloh, Laurel Community Volunteers for cleanup and paint up of Laurel underpass and Ricci's Express in Laurel. Environmental Stewardship awards go to; North Park Task Force, Lloyd & Carol Reimann, Billings Montessori School, Cindy Message and Harvest Church.
History:
Bright n' Beautiful became certified by the National Keep America Beautiful in January of 1988. Though the past 20 years we have developed ongoing community projects as mentioned above. We meet the 3rd Wednesday of every month at Perkins on North 27th at 11:30 a.m. The meetings are open to the public and new board members are always welcome.
Contact person: Carolyn Miller, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (406) 248-6617
Address:
Web Site: http://brightnbeautiful.org
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For those who have joined the Trash Bash for the Day of Caring on September 14, we will be meeting after the luncheon at the parking lot of Boothill cemetery. I will meet you there about 1:00 p.m. Thank. . . (more) |
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