Schools in Pennsylvania can keep their school grounds litter free with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's Litter Free School Zone Program. The program encourages hands-on activities to teach environmental stewardship and responsibility and can be combined with a lesson on how litter affects animals, people, water quality, and economics.
The responsibilities of being a Litter Free School Zone include planning two improvement projects per school year and can include litter cleanups and beautification events, like creating and caring for pollinator and rain gardens. Results are reported to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful and are added to its statewide community improvement totals, giving local participants an opportunity to be a part of something bigger. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful provides a Litter Free School Zone sign for each participating school.
Over 90 schools are currently involved in the program. All schools are welcome to participate - elementary school, middle school, or high school, either public or private.
Campus litter sweeps allow students to make a positive impact on the local environment and community. Cleanups can also be combined with other environmental lessons. This program provides a fun and easy way for students to gain respect for the environment and the world around them while developing a school-wide stewardship ethic.
Litter Free School Zone Program events can get free cleanup supplies through Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's Pick Up Pennsylvania, a statewide community improvement program supporting the International Coastal Cleanup, which will continue through Tuesday, Nov. 30. Registered events receive free bags and gloves through a partnership of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PennDOT, and the Ocean Conservancy.
To register a Litter Free School Zone, visit http://www.keeppabeautiful.org/programs/educational-resources/ or contact Stephanie Larson at slarson@keeppabeautiful.org or 877-772-3673.
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