Working to Prevent Litter
Edisto Pride is made up of Edisto Island businesses, individuals from
the Community, and governmental agencies who believe litter can
be prevented. Our approach is to educate the public, particularly our
youth, and to instill a sense of community pride in everyone who
lives on or visits our island.
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Edisto Pride Recieves Grant!
read about it in the Press & Standard
Coming to a Community Near You
Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup
The nation's largest community improvement program, it takes place
annually from March 1 to April 30th. We will pick one of the Saturdays during this
period for our Saturday Clean Up Day - look for the date here on this
web site.
9 a.m. to noon We will meet at the Community Center on Highway 174 across
from the New First Baptist Church.
For more information or to include your cleanup or beautification project in the
tally please call Ida Tipton at 843-869-4422.
Let's Keep Edisto Clean and Green!
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Our work begins early with programs in our elementary schools.
Check out:
www.PalmettoPride.org/puppetshow.asp
Additionally people from across the island and beach gather twice a year
to help keep our secondary roads and our waterways clean. The first effort,
the Great American Cleanup takes place in the spring and concentrates
on the roadways. For more information go to:
Keep America Beautiful Great American Clean Up
The second effort is our Beach and River Sweep. Working with the
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources we go by boat and kayak
into our creeks and marshes and by foot along our beaches. While tons of trash
are collected
we believe the more important goal for these efforts is educational.
We feel the involvement
creates a sense of civic pride. You never quite look at
litter the same way after you've cleaned
up a dozen garbage bags of it!
For more information about beach and river sweep visit SC DNR's web site:
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
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Litter Busters: Get Involved
We take pride in
our home and want visitors to see it clean and un littered. If you
see someone tossing litter from an automobile please report it.
Dial 1-877-7Litter
1-877_754_8837
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To learn more about the national
and statewide efforts to control litter:
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Edisto Pride has received recognition statewide for its efforts
under the leadership of President Francine Morrison and state
Volunteer of
the year Ida Tipton.
Trash is ugly. Why people throw it out on our beautiful island makes no sense to us.
But
Edisto Pride has helped collect tons of trash and to dispose of it properly.
We're proud to have Edisto Pride as part of the Edisto Island Preservation Alliance.
They're doing their part to keep
Edisto the unspoiled paradise we all love.
To Contact Edisto Pride 843-869-9004 |
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Edisto Pride's Board of Directors:
Executive Director - Edisto Island Open Land Trust - Marian Brailsford
President - Jane Edwards Elementary School - Francine Morrison
Treasurer - Town of Edisto Beach - Susan Hornsby
Secretary - Community & Town of Edisto Beach Turtle Project - Ida Tipton
Events - Community Association & FRESPACE - Beverly Sandifer
Board Trustees, volunteers, & members from community:
Maurice Brown
Lee Wenthe
Paula Burns
Rydell Bligen
Dan Carter
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