May 2019 |
425 |
547 |
04:16 |
June 2019 |
468 |
620 |
04:50 |
July 2019 |
169 |
194 |
02:13 |
August 2019 |
372 |
428 |
03:26 |
September 2019 |
102 |
116 |
03:28 |
Total |
2,520 |
3,074 |
Avg . 03:56 |
3 . Online Pledges / Photo Contest for 2020 Doo the Right Thing Calendar
Dog owners were encouraged to take an online pledge ( posted to www . dfwstormwater . com / petwaste ) promising to pick up after their dog ( s ) and dispose of the waste properly . Dog owners who took the pledge were invited to submit a photo of their dog to be entered in the “ cutest dog photo contest ” on the website . The submission period ran from May 1 , 2019 to June 30 , 2019 and the voting period was open from July 22 , 2019 to September 2 , 2019 .
During the contest period , a total of 160 pledges were collected through NCTCOG ’ s online system from 160 people in the North Central Texas region . ( People could pledge for each dog they own .) The 160 pledges came from the following cities / towns in the region : Arlington ( 6 ), Burleson ( 4 ), Coppell ( 1 ), Crowley ( 1 ), Dallas ( 4 ), Denton ( 2 ), Duncanville ( 1 ), Euless ( 2 ), Flower Mound ( 1 ), Fort Worth ( 28 ), Frisco ( 37 ), Garland ( 1 ), Glen Rose ( 1 ), Grand Prairie ( 1 ), Haltom City ( 1 ), Haslet ( 1 ), Kaufman ( 1 ), Keller ( 5 ) Lewisville ( 1 ), McKinney ( 3 ), Paradise ( 1 ), Plano ( 38 ), Prosper ( 1 ), Richardson ( 1 ), Rowlett ( 5 ), Royse City ( 1 ), Saginaw ( 3 ), Sampson Park ( 1 ), Sanger ( 1 ), Southlake ( 4 ), and The Colony ( 2 ).
The voting was open to the general public and a calendar will be created featuring the winning contestants . The public voted on 160 eligible dogs to be featured in the calendar with 261 votes received from 66 cities . The calendar is made available annually to stormwater program participants and the public as a digital file , posted on www . dfwstormwater . com / petwaste . Organizations can also print this file and distribute the calendar .
4 . Planning Tools
Social media posts , web tiles , and web banners highlighting the calendar contest were made available via the FY19 Social Media Toolkit .
Yard Waste
The purpose of the leaf / yard waste management campaign is to educate the public about the importance of properly disposing of fallen tree leaves and other yard waste ( e . g ., grass clippings ).
1 . Brochures
Yard waste brochures were developed in September 2007 to target landscape maintenance companies and in September 2008 to target homeowners . These brochures seek to show landscape maintenance companies and homeowners how to save time and money and still have a beautiful yard . Homeowners and landscape maintenance companies are encouraged to instead leave the yard waste on the lawn or compost it . These brochures were developed in English and Spanish . Cooperative Purchase information for Yard Waste Brochures can be found in the “ Other ” section of this report under item 2 .
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