A few months ago, we tasked the community to help us find the perfect images for our photo contest. We are pleased to announce the winning photographers (some entered multiple images). Congratulations and thank you to: Freddie Logan; Faye Johnston; Rod Crosby; Angie Argyle; Kenneth Ellis; and Sherrie Dean. The calendar will be for 2014. … Continue reading »
KRB Recognizes Top Volunteers
Keep the Rez Beautiful honors its top volunteers each year with the Rezzy Awards. This year’s awards were presented at Project Rezway on April 25 by First Lady Deborah Bryant, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality’s Donetta McCullum-Weatherspoon and KRB’s Jeannine May. The winners of these awards have dedicated time to serve their community in terms … Continue reading »
Volunteers clean 2,500 pounds of trash from Reservoir streams, streets
Litter seekers – on foot, kayaks and paddleboards – cleaned up trash along streets and streams in central Mississippi on March 9 as part of Keep the Rez Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup. More than 2,500 pounds of trash was collected, including a shopping cart, bicycle and several tires. Volunteers also erected bird and bee boxes … Continue reading »
Northwest Rankin High School students help KRB, Reservoir Garden Club spruce up sign
Students at Northwest Rankin High School recently repainted the sign for the Botanical Garden, helping KRB and the Reservoir Garden Club improve our community. Big thanks, NWRHS!
Keep America Beautiful honors KRB, board member
Keep the Rez Beautiful received Keep America Beautiful’s President’s Circle Award for exemplary performance made by certified affiliates of the national nonprofit in building and sustaining vibrant communities. Meanwhile, one of KRB’s board members, Justin Fritscher, received Keep America Beautiful’s Young Professional Award. The awards were received at Keep America Beautiful’s 60th anniversary National Conference, … Continue reading »
H.S. Seniors Mark Storm Drains Near Rez
Northwest Rankin High School seniors helped mark 27 storm drains in Mill Creek subdivision during the first weekend in February. Storm drain marking is done to inform citizens that polluted runoff carried from city streets, residential yards, driveways and parking lots drains directly to streams, reservoirs and other water bodies. It does not get treated. … Continue reading »
New Bins to Help Fishermen Recycle Unwanted Line
People fishing in the Ross Barnett Reservoir area now have an easy way to dispose of old or unwanted fishing line with a new program offered by Keep the Rez Beautiful. Eight collections bins have been placed around the Reservoir, an effort to keep the lake clean and safe for wildlife and people using it. … Continue reading »
Keep America Beautiful’s new website features KRB
Keep America Beautiful, our parent organization, recently launched a new website design. One of the photos chosen in this design was one of Keep the Rez Beautiful volunteers. How neat! The picture is from our Oct. 13 National Planting Day event, when we used our Lowe’s grant to landscape a vacant site near Turtle Creek. … Continue reading »
KRB Taking Apps for Volunteer of the Year Awards
Keep the Rez Beautiful honors dedicated volunteers and community members who have affected change in the Ross Barnett Reservoir community. We give Rezzy awards for the categories below. Applications are due April 5 to Justin Fritscher at jmfritscher@gmail.com. Awards will be given at Project Rezway on April 25. Download the application here: RezzyAwardApplication Questions? Please contact … Continue reading »
Enter Keep the Rez Beautiful’s Photo Contest
Does your photography celebrate the Ross Barnett Reservoir? Keep the Rez Beautiful is hosting a photography contest designed to showcase the Reservoir and its shorelines. Your submission will help us raise funds to clean up litter, plant trees and enhance our community. It’s free to enter; simply email a photo to keeptherezbeautiful@gmail.com and tell us … Continue reading »
