For Immediate Release                                                                   Media Contact:

February 25, 2010                                                                            Sarah Robinson, 803-758-6034

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

GREENWOOD COUNTY PRIDE WEEK KICKS OFF MARCH 13, 2010

Columbia, SC – PalmettoPride, South Carolina's anti-litter and beautification organization, and Keep Greenwood County Beautiful will host Greenwood Country Pride Week, a weeklong cleanup campaign that brings together neighborhoods, schools, municipalities and more to pick up litter and illegal dumpsites in Greenwood County.

This event will last for one week, from March 13 – March 20.  Greenwood County residents are encouraged to adopt their neighborhoods, businesses, parks, schools or other trashy location and spend a few hours during the week cleaning up litter in those areas.  Volunteers will be given all the cleanup supplies they need to get going: trash bags, work gloves and safety vests. 

There will be friendly challenges for municipalities, community groups, schools and neighborhoods.  Prizes range from beautification grants to monetary awards.

The kick off of Greenwood County Pride Week is Saturday, March 13, 2010, during the Lake Greenwood Cleanup at Lake Greenwood Recreational Area Pavilion #3 from 8:00 a.m. to noon.

To volunteer for Greenwood County Pride Week, contact Jennifer Fisher at 877-725-7733 or jfisher@palmettopride.org.

Greenwood County Pride Week is the 15^th county-wide cleanup campaign organized by PalmettoPride.  More than 30,000 participants have removed more than 525 tons of trash in previous Blitzes.  PalmettoPride is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating litter and promoting beautification in South Carolina.  For more information, please visit www.palmettopride.org.

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