2008 Keep America Beautiful National Awards AFFILIATE AWARDS Recognizing outstanding Keep America Beautiful Affiliates and their successful initiatives to educate the public about litter prevention and encourage grassroots volunteer efforts to clean and beautify communities, thereby improving the quality of life. FIRST PLACE Organization City ST Category Keep Cobb Beautiful Marietta GA Previously recognized (>200,000) Keep Hillsborough County Beautiful, Inc. Tampa FL Previously unrecognized (>200,000) Shreveport Green Shreveport LA Previously recognized (50,001-200,000) Keep McAllen Beautiful, Inc. McAllen TX Previously unrecognized (50,001-200,000) Keep Smyrna Beautiful Smyrna GA Previously recognized (50,000 or less) Keep Georgetown Beautiful St. George SC Previously unrecognized (50,000 or less) SECOND PLACE Organization City ST Category Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Cincinnati OH Previously recognized (>200,000) Keep Indianapolis Beautiful Indianapolis IN Previously unrecognized (>200,000) KAB of Anderson County Anderson SC Previously recognized (50,001-200,000) Keep Troup Beautiful LaGrange GA Previously unrecognized (50,001-200,000) Keep Beatrice Beautiful Beatrice NE Previously recognized (50,000 or less) Keep North Platte & Lincoln County Beautiful North Platte NE Previously unrecognized (50,000 or less) DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION Organization City ST Category Keep Glendale Beautiful Glendale CA Previously recognized (>200,000) Brightside Louisville KY Previously unrecognized (>200,000) Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful Albany GA Previously recognized (50,001-200,000) Keep Warner Robins Beautiful Warner Robins GA  Previously unrecognized (50,001-200,000)   Keep Kingsport Beautiful Kingsport TN Previously recognized (50,000 or less) Keep Katy Beautiful Katy TX Previously unrecognized (50,000 or less) STATE AFFILIATE RECOGNITION AWARDS Recognizing Keep America Beautiful State Affiliates who have successfully initiated the Keep America Beautiful State Affiliate Guidelines to promote the Keep America Beautiful mission statewide and offer program support to local affiliates. Diamond Level -Keep Georgia Beautiful -Keep Mississippi Beautiful -Keep Nebraska Beautiful -Keep Tennessee Beautiful -Keep Texas Beautiful -New Mexico Clean & Beautiful Gold Level -Keep Arkansas Beautiful -Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful -Keep South Carolina Beautiful Silver Level -Keep Illinois Beautiful -Keep Louisiana Beautiful -Keep Ohio Beautiful INNOVATION AWARDS Honoring innovative partnerships and programs in the areas of litter prevention, beautification and community improvement, and waste reduction that support Keep America Beautiful Affiliates and their missions. These awards are chosen by the Affiliates' peers. Waste Reduction Award Winner -Keep Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Clean & Beautiful, Pine Bluff, Ark. Litter Prevention Award Winner -Keep Mobile Beautiful, Mobile, Ala. Beautification and Community Improvement Award Winner -Keep Ouachita Parish Beautiful, Monroe, La. STATEWIDE INNOVATION AWARDS This award honors innovative partnerships and programs that support Keep America Beautiful State Affiliates and their missions. Program -Keep Georgia Beautiful Partnership -Keep Ohio Beautiful NATIONAL AWARDS FOR BEAUTIFICATION & COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT Recognizing outstanding programs that promote beautification and community improvement. FIRST PLACE Organization City ST Category Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis IN Business/Professional Organization Keep Columbus Beautiful Columbus OH Government Agency Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful Athens GA Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Boys & Girls Club of Alachua County Gainesville FL Youth Group/School Alpha Tau Epsilon Media PA PTK Service Chapter SECOND PLACE Organization City ST Category Keep Tupelo Beautiful Tupelo MS Government Agency Keep Muenster Beautiful Muenster TX Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Grand Prairie High School A.P.E.S. Grand Prairie TX Youth Group/School Keep Evansville Beautiful and Vectren Evansville IN Business/Professional Organization DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION Organization City ST Category Diane Cook - Natural Resources Specialist / Park Ranger Monroe  LA Government Agency Keep McAllen Beautiful McAllen TX Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Take Pride Winnipeg! and Ecole Leila North Winnipeg CAN Youth Group/School KTKA 49 ABC Making A Difference Topeka KS Business/Professional Organizations NATIONAL AWARDS FOR LITTER PREVENTION Recognizing outstanding programs that promote litter prevention through education, public awareness and hands-on learning. FIRST PLACE Organization City ST Category Mississippi Power Company, Renew Our Rivers Gulfport MS Business/Professional Organizations Keep Liberty County Beautiful Hinesville GA Government Agency Retrieving w EVIE, Keep Evansville Beautiful, Fifth Third Bank Evansville IN Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Daniels Elementary Grand Prairie TX Youth Group/Schools Eta Omega Wesson MS PTK Service Chapter SECOND PLACE Organization City ST Category City of Chesapeake Chesapeake VA Government Agency Cut-Out-Cops on Patrol Mobile AL Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Northlich Cincinnati OH Business/Professional Organization Lake Jackson Youth Advisory Commission Lake Jackson TX Youth Group/School DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION Organization City ST Category Topeka Housing and Neighborhood Development Topeka KS Government Agency Brightside Louisville KY Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization BRB Contractors, Inc. Topeka KS Business/Professional Organization Kentuck Elementary School Litter Ringgold VA Youth Group/School NATIONAL AWARDS FOR WASTE REDUCTION Recognizing outstanding programs that promote waste reduction through wise waste handling practices like reduce, reuse, recycle. FIRST PLACE Organization City ST Category Giant Food Stores, LLC Carlisle PA Business/Professional Organizations Keep Dorchester County Beautiful St. George SC Government Agency Keep Troup Beautiful LaGrange GA Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Dickinson Elementary Lake Jackson TX Youth Group/School SECOND PLACE Organization City ST Category Waste Management Cobb County GA Business/Professional Organizations Keep Cobb Beautiful Marietta GA Government Agency Keep America Beautiful - Topeka/Shawnee Co. Topeka KS Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization Spalding Academy Grand Island NE Youth Group/School DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION Organization City ST Category JTEKT Automotive Tennessee - Vonore Company Morristown TN Business/Professional Organization Laurens Co. Solid Waste Management Authority Dublin GA Government Agency Virginia's Assign-A-Highway Program Abingdon GA Nonprofit/Civic/Community Organization St. Isidore NEED Group Columbus NE Youth Group/School ROGERS AWARDS Recognizing Keep America Beautiful Affiliates and their partners' outstanding public service announcements that advance the local and national goals of Keep America Beautiful. FIRST PLACE Organization City ST Category Keep Miami Gardens Beautiful Miami Gardens FL Radio Advertising Keep Jacksonville Beautiful Jacksonville FL Local TV Advertising Keep Mississippi Beautiful Jackson MS Statewide TV Advertising SECOND PLACE Organization City ST Category Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful Milwaukee WI Radio Advertising Keep Glendale Beautiful Glendale CA Local TV Advertising Keep Philadelphia Beautiful Philadelphia PA Local TV Advertising Keep Texas Beautiful Austin TX Statewide TV Advertising DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CITATION Organization City ST Category Keep Tennessee Beautiful Memphis TN Radio Advertising Keep Mobile Beautiful Mobile AL Local TV Advertising CIGARETTE LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM AWARDS The Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP) is KAB’s broad-based effort to achieve significant reductions in cigarette butt litter, which is the largest source of litter in the U.S. Communities were cited for their efforts to engage public-private partnerships and use proven strategies to achieve substantial reductions in cigarette litter. First-Time Implementation (for communities that had their first CLPP during 2008) and Expanded Implementation (for communities that expanded a previously existing program) were given National Awards for their efforts. First-Time Implementation First Place: Keep Katy Beautiful, Katy, TX Expanded Implementation First Place: Keep Corinth Beautiful, Corinth, MS Second Place (tied): Keep Athens-Clarke Beautiful, Athens, GA, and Keep Dorchester County Beautiful, St. George, SC Third Place: Hot Springs/Garland Beautification Commission, Hot Springs, AK   KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL/US STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARTNER AWARDS These awards honor State DOTs for their support of Keep America Beautiful State Affiliates through joint Partnership Projects and exceptional programming. -California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) -Indiana Department of Transportion (INDOT) -Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) -New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) -Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) -Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) -Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) -Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP NATIONAL AWARDS These awards honor Keep America Beautiful Affiliates for staging hands-on education programs, involving sponsor volunteers/products/services during their community improvement activities, and recognizing and document their support. Outstanding Sponsor Support -Keep Centralia Beautiful, IL -Keep Columbus Beautiful, OH -Keep Dorchester County Beautiful, SC -Keep Douglasville Beautiful, GA -Keep Evansville Beautiful -Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, WI -Keep Lake Jackson Beautiful, TX -Keep Meridian/Lauderdale County Beautiful, MS -Keep Taylor County Beautiful, FL -Keep Vermilion County Beautiful, IL -Operation Green Team - Keep Huntsville Beautiful, AL Best Documented Cleanup -New Mexico Clean & Beautiful Best Promotion Campaign -Keep Tennessee Beautiful GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP/US STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIP AWARDS These awards honor State DOTs for their support of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup. -California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) -Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) -North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) -Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) -Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) -Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) -Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) IRON EYES CODY AWARD This award was named in honor of Keep America Beautiful's landmark public awareness campaign of the 1970s, which is credited with awakening the environmental consciousness of an entire generation of Americans. This award is given to a man who is an outstanding leader in promoting Keep America Beautiful's mission. - Russell Baumann Brecheen, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON AWARD This award was named in honor of the former First Lady, to recognize her numerous litter prevention and beautification activities. This award is given to a woman who is an outstanding leader in promoting Keep America Beautiful's mission. - Stephanie Hutchins, Natchez, Miss. THE WILLIAM NASH AWARD Named in honor of a man who helped to build the Keep America BeautifulAffiliate Network, this award recognizes a new Keep America Beautiful Affiliate (certified in the last three years) for outstanding achievement in implementing the Keep America BeautifulSystem. - Keep Slidell Beautiful, Slidell, La. PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD The highest professional honor given by Keep America Beautiful, this award is presented annually to one or more Keep America BeautifulAffiliate directors who have built and sustained a local or state program with exceptional success. Those honored have also furthered the goals of Keep America Beautiful by their contributions to the national Affiliate Network, including training initiatives and the establishment of model programs and long-term partnerships between the public and private sectors. Over the past 20 years, more than 40 exemplary local and state leaders have received the Professional Leadership Award. - Carolyn Tomlinson, Keep Dorchester County Beautiful, St. George, S.C., and Stacee Farrell, Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful, Athens, Ga. VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP AWARD The ability of Keep America Beautiful Affiliates to execute their mission is directly connected to the level of commitment given by their volunteers. A volunteer's impact makes a lasting impression on our nation's communities. To be a volunteer take a person who is willing to put their self before others. To take a leadership position takes much more, appropriately, Keep America Beautiful has created this Volunteer Leadership Award to honor those volunteers who have gone above and beyond in a leadership position and given of themselves to improve and beautify their communities. This award is dedicated to board members and other leadership volunteers across our great nation. - Larry Trowel, Keep Cenla Beautiful, Alexandria, La. BACK TO TOP