Several programs will run throughout the 102 days, including five main events:

March 12: 10am-1pm BlountCounty Recycling Day

Location: MaryvilleBicentennialPark Pavilion (behind the BlountCounty Courthouse)

March 19: 10am-2pm Drug Take-Back Day Medication Collection

Location: BlountCountyJusticeCenter

April 9th: 8am-2pm Clean-Up Event and Volunteer Luncheon with music from Pistol Creek Catch of the Day

Main Location: MaryvilleBicentennialPark Pavilion (behind the BlountCounty Courthouse)

Satellite Locations: Townsend, Walland, Louisville, Friendsville, Rockford & Greenback

May 2-20: Community Greening Projects

Elementary, Middle and High School Greening & Beautification Projects

Neighborhood-Pride Projects

June 10th: 11am-1p BRAVO! BeautificationAwards & BlountCounty’s Great American CleanUp Celebration

Nominations accepted online at www.keepblountbeautiful.org

Keep Blount Beautiful is also looking for volunteers to clean up litter anytime/anyday during BlountCounty’s Great American CleanUp. Litter has increased in our area and we need to work together in fighting this problem. Keep Blount Beautiful offers free clean up supplies 365 days a year to include: trash bags, gloves, safety vests, safety signs, litter pickers and bag pick-up service when your clean up is complete. Please join Keep Blount Beautiful in this effort.

“We are so excited to expand our programs this spring. Adding a spring recycling and drug collection day is much needed in BlountCounty, and with the new event we are able to offer multiple programs.” states Charlene DeSha, Keep Blount Beautiful Coordinator. “Thank you to Spectra Recycling for be the first sponsor for this new event!”