Keep Carolinas Beautiful Council

The NC and SC chapters of KAB are working to Keep Carolina Beautiful.

KNCB is primarily a grassroots organization assisting communities with active beautification, anti-litter and recycling programs that save tax dollars for services provided by volunteers. KNCB develops partnerships that engage and empower organizations and individuals to keep NC Beautiful. KNCB was established in 1985 and certified as State Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful in 1990.

Keep South Carolina Beautiful is the SC state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. They assist local affiliates with education, training, program development, board development. Keep America Beautiful affiliates in South Carolina are key partners of PalmettoPride helping expand their programs and volunteer-base across the state

 

Mission: To develop partnerships that engages and empowers organizations and individuals to take greater responsibly to keep North Carolina Beautiful.  KNCB was established in 1985 and certified as State Affiliate of Keep America Beautiful in 1990.

Focus: Litter Prevention, Beautification & Greening, Waste Reduction & Recycling.  KNCB is primarily a grassroots organization assisting communities with active beautification, anti-litter and recycling programs that save tax dollars for services provided by volunteers.

Contact:
Kyle Prairie, Executive Director

Cost/Benefit Ratio:
The average NC affiliate produces $34 in value for every $1 of public funds invested.*

Value: KNCB offers hands-on community improvement projects that allow everyone to take personal responsibility for the cleanliness and sustainability of their community environments.  North Carolina’s beauty attracts investments through travel and tourism, business and people looking for a better quality of life. KNCB’s work in enhancing and preserving our state’s beauty is our business model.

Major Programs:

• Great American Cleanup – KAB’s signature program and the nation’s largest community cleanup and improvement effort that occurs annually from March 1 through May 31.
  On the average, KNCB affiliates and their volunteers donate more than 110,000 hours and collect greater than 980,000 pounds of litter, resulting in an approximate $2.1 million cost savings in tax dollars during the GAC.
• Tarp Day – a “Cover Your Load” educational program in which local KNCB affiliates work with their law enforcement agencies and solid waste personnel to distribute free tarps and litter prevention brochures at landfills and recycling centers.
  16,600 tarps have been distributed to participating NC counties since the program started in 2009. The NC Department of Transportation developed the program with funding generated from the sale of Litter Prevention Specialty Tag.
• Community Improvement Awards – Provides grants to schools, nonprofits and individuals to conduct projects enhancing their communities.  KNCB awards up to $4,500 grants to improve or enhance litter prevention, beautification or recycling projects on an annual basis.
• Most Unusual Litter Contest – Awards 1st, 2nd and 3rd place cash prizes bi-annually to individuals or groups who find usual litter during the NC DOT’s Litter Sweep program.
  Held each spring and fall in conjunction with the NC Department Litter Sweep, volunteers are awarded $800 cash for unusual litter found during these two-week period cleanups.
• America Recycles Day (ARD) – KNCB assists in coordinating many local recycling drives statewide.  Each year, greater than 300 recycling events and educational workshops are held in November celebrating ARD.

Affiliates:

KNCB services a network of 35 Keep America Beautiful certified affiliates that include:  KAB of Nash and Edgecombe Counties, Keep Ashe Beautiful, Keep Belmont Beautiful, Keep Bessemer City Beautiful, Keep Bladen Beautiful, Keep Catawba County Beautiful, Keep Charlotte Beautiful, Keep Clay County Beautiful, Keep Davidson County Beautiful, Keep Durham Beautiful, Keep Eden Beautiful, Keep Fayetteville, NC Beautiful, Keep Gastonia Beautiful, Keep Greensboro Beautiful, Inc., Keep Greenville, NC Beautiful, Keep High Point Beautiful/City of High Point, Keep Iredell Clean/KAB, Keep Lincoln County Beautiful, NC, Keep Maxton Beautiful, Keep McDowell Beautiful, Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful, Keep Moore County Beautiful, Inc, Keep North Carolina Beautiful, Keep Randolph County, NC Beautiful, Keep Richmond County Beautiful, Keep Rutherford County Beautiful, Keep Shelby Beautiful, Keep Wake County Beautiful, Keep Warren County Beautiful, Keep Wilkes Beautiful, Keep Wilson County Beautiful, Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful, Brunswick County Government, Franklin County – Solid Waste, Onslow County Government.  KNCB seeks to grow the network with a goal to have a KAB presence in all 100 counties. For information on how to form an affiliate, contact Kyle Prairie.

* Keep America Beautiful validates this return on investment from data included in annual cost-benefit analysis reporting required of all Keep America Beautiful affiliates across the country.

Over 30 Years of Impact

We assist local affiliates with education, training, program development, board development. Keep America Beautiful affiliates in South Carolina are key partners of PalmettoPride helping us expand our programs and volunteer-base across the state.

Affiliates

Keep South Carolina Beautiful has over 38 affiliates and we’re growing! Want to help your community become more beauitful, but unsure where to start? Creating a Keep America Beautiful affiliate in your area provides the structure you need to channel your passion. For information on how to form an affiliate, contact PalmettoPride