KLB accepting grant applications

Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s Healthy Communities grants program will be accepting grant application now until April 10, 2015. Non-profit organizations, youth groups, schools and municipalities are encouraged to apply. Grants vary from $1,000 to $10,000.
The grant program is designed to encourage community action in the specific areas of litter abatement, waste reduction, education and environmental stewardship, training, litter enforcement, and recycling. Keep Louisiana Beautiful (KLB) supports strong, sustainable, action-oriented programs dedicated to our mission that demonstrates a commitment to community education, volunteer engagement and behavioral change.
Since 2004, KLB has awarded $2.5 million in grants to local communities for programs such as school anti-litter programs, waterway cleanups, school recycling programs and community recycling collections. “The grants program is so important because it allows KLB to extend its reach into local communities throughout the state. Local groups are able to increase the value of the grant by engaging additional partners and community volunteers,” explains Sarah Kelley, KLB Affiliate Coordinator.
Download the grant application at www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org. Questions - contact Sarah Kelley at skelley@keeplouisianabeautiful.org or 318-780-4416.
Keep Louisiana Beautiful is dedicated to a more beautiful and litter-free Louisiana. With a statewide network of over 39 affiliate organizations, KLB engages over 23,000 volunteers at a value of over $2.3 million dollars, who pick up hundreds of thousands of pounds of litter from roadways and waterways. KLB promotes personal, corporate and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana. For more information, visit www.keeplouisianabeautiful.org. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram.