County Commission | The Magazine August 2018 | Page 33

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Elmore County
Counties lead
communities
to clean up
T
he “Don’t Drop It
On Alabama” Spring
Cleanup made a huge
impact across the state
this year, and once again,
counties were right in the
Crenshaw County
middle of the action.
Altogether,
the cleanup net-
ted more than
380 tons of
trash, according
to organizers at
Houston County
Alabama PALS
(People Against a Littered State).
County governments have been
actively engaged in the event for many
years, and ACCA helps coordinate com-
munication between PALS and counties.
United by a common purpose,
Spring Cleanup activities can vary a
good bit from one county to another.
Here are a few highlights from 2018:
Covington County
• Extending the week-long event,
Covington County adopted a
resolution designating April as a
cleanup month.
• One commissioner in Crenshaw
County personally sponsored a
PALS Pick-up Contest, with cash
prizes of $100, $200 and $300 to
the top three winners.
• In Elmore County, cleanup
crews were organized by county
commissioners, schools, a high
school ROTC program, Lake
Jordan Home Owners & Boat
Owners (HOBO), Boy Scouts, the
YMCA and others.
• In Houston County,
Commissioner Brandon Shoupe
branded efforts as the Houston
County Spirit of Service Day.
• One of the many projects in
Jefferson County was a Day of
Service on the Martin Luther
King Jr. holiday. In just one day,
a massive roadside cleanup in the
Village Creek Watershed brought
Tuscaloosa County
Mobile County
Jefferson County
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