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KMB at Coit Creative Arts Academy—Grand Rapids

Coit Creative Arts Academy in Grand Rapids has partnered with KMB in a beautification/anti-littering campaign as part of the Michigan Clean-Up Days. Because of this collaboration the school has already begun a recycling program that involves the students. Recycle bins were donated by the City of Grand Rapids and placed in individual classrooms. Students took on the job of emptying the bins 2 times per week and the paper was sent to a local recycling facility. Perennial flowers were supplied by Romence Gardens, Inc. to families who volunteered at school this past year as a thank-you gift for giving their time at school. By the end of the school year, each student was given an eco-friendly grocery bag filled with KMB and other anti-littering material. The bags were donated to the project by Rylee's True Value Hardware in Grand Rapids.

Next year, Coit Academy will be hosting a variety of beautification and anti-littering projects! One is the development of an Anti-Littering Pledge, Anti-Littering Essay Contest and a Coit Anti-Littering Poster. The school will also be instituting a KMB Club, which will be lead by students. They will meet on a regular basis and throughout the school year, KMB Club members will be responsible for coordinating and assisting beautification/clean-up efforts in and around the school. Coit staff coordinators, Deborah Crothers and Sharon Music, are to be congratulated on their efforts to make this pilot program such a huge success!

Special thanks to the sponsors of the program: City of Grand Rapids—Mayor George Heartwell: donation of recycle bins
Rylee's True Value Hardware—Grand Rapids: donation of eco-bags
Romence Gardens, Inc.—Grand Rapids: supplier of flowers
Al Otis—Grand Rapids: KMB Board Member and major donor

Thanks to all the Michigan Clean-Up Days Participants