Dr. Karen Bell
Keep Liberty Beautiful
Keep Liberty Beautiful volunteers come to us for many reasons. Some people like to volunteer to help keep our community clean and beautiful. We have student volunteers who need community hours for school or a program they are involved with.
During the summer, we work with summer interns from Hinesville, Riceboro, and Liberty County; this year, KLB had six interns. We also get volunteers ordered by the court system to do community service. No matter their reasons for bringing them to Keep Liberty Beautiful, we respectfully welcome them into our office (home) and ensure they have the right tools to do the job given to them. When it is time for them to stop their volunteering, they leave us not as someone who just needed hours but as a family member and come back to volunteer another day. I asked a couple of our summer interns what they think about working at KLB this summer, and this is what Mr. Deondre had to say: Keep Liberty Beautiful is more than just a regular business. This place is more like a family. They have taught me things that will help me down the road, and I greatly appreciate all my supervisors. I’ve had ups and downs throughout the program, but I’m still learning from everything they’ve given me. Keep Liberty Beautiful is an amazing place, and I am grateful to the City of Hinesville for putting me here.
Miss. Rozanee had this to say about the program: Liberty County, Georgia, is a beautiful place with a spirit of community. The people have the commitment to Keep Liberty Beautiful. They want to save the environment, make life better, and make the locals proud. This essay talks about why it is important to keep Liberty County beautiful, what problems they face, and how everyone needs to work together.
Keeping Liberty County Beautiful is very important. It makes life better for the people who live there. They enjoy green spaces, clean roads, and nice public areas. A pretty county also brings in tourists and businesspeople. They help the economy. They like coming back to a place that looks good. Also, we need to protect the country’s nature for the animals and plants.
But there are problems with keeping Liberty County beautiful. People throw trash and dump waste illegally, which makes the place look bad and hurts nature. We need to teach people why this is bad. We need good plans to keep nature safe.
Sometimes, we do not have enough money to look after public spaces or start nature projects.
Everyone must help fix these problems and keep Liberty County beautiful. The community, the local government, and businesses all play a part.
People can volunteer for clean-up days and plant trees, which helps them care more about their place. Schools teach environmental education in their courses. Students learn why saving nature and using sustainable ways is important.
Local government helps a lot by making sure people follow environmental rules and providing needed things like waste systems. They must keep public places clean and create parks and green spaces. Businesses can also help by being more nature-friendly and helping with community projects. Companies can give money to environmental work and make more people aware of sustainability.
It is everyone’s job to keep Liberty County looking good. People, government, and companies in Liberty County work together to keep their homes beautiful.
Liberty County will stay nice and friendly for a long time by learning, doing things together, and using sustainable ways.
We all must work to keep Liberty County pretty and its special feeling and energy.
Keep Liberty Beautiful would like to thank all our volunteers, no matter how you came to us. We are sad that the summer intern programs have stopped, but we look forward to working with all the Liberty County Cities and the County programs next year.
Remember, we have our next quarterly Recycle It! Fairs on Saturday, August 17 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at two convenient locations: Liberty County Community Complex 9397 East Oglethorpe in Midway
Walthourville City Hall, 222 Busbee Drive in Walthourville Here are the items we recycle at the fairs:
• Electronics and electronic accessories
• Cell phones and accessories
• CFLs and fluorescent light bulbs
• Used motor oil and antifreeze
• Car batteries.
• Household batteries
• Printer ink and toner cartridges
• Telephone books, large sale catalogs, and books
• Household goods and clothes and shoes (gently used, please)
• Old prescription medications and over-the-counter medications (no needles or syringes) We will also host Shred It! Day at the Walthourville City Hall site on August 17, 2024. On this day, you can safely shred any legal, medical, or financial files you would like to recycle.
To learn more about Keep Liberty Beautiful’s upcoming events, call (912) 880-4888, email klcb@libertycountyga. com, or visit our website at www.keeplibertybeautiful. org.