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Chapter Accomplishments
Another
Successful Year for Indiana Chapter
Thanks
to our volunteers and members we are making Indiana County a cleaner
community - one bag of trash at a time. Highlighted below are our
accomplishments for fiscal year 2002-2003. Thank you to everyone
who contributed to our vision of a trash free county!
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141
volunteers removed 3.13 tons of trash and 21 tires from 17 littered
roads, 1 trail, 1 park, and 3 waterways through PA CleanWays of
Indiana County's adoption program.
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76
volunteers removed 7.87 tons of trash, 45 tires and 1 refrigerator
from the Aultman Run Watershed during the 3rd Annual Watershed
Wide Cleanup.
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5
youth groups participated in the 5th Annual Fugitive Tire Program
removing 857 tires from woods, fields, streams, and other out
of the way locations in Indiana County. 8 local tire companies
donated the cost of tire disposal for this effort.
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15
public presentations were made, and over 572 people were educated
about the PA CleanWays mission.
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236
individuals tested their knowledge of decomposition on the Litter
IQ Board.
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1,832
"Open Your Eyes to Litter," 1,447 "Our Littered
Past," and 1,805 "Think Before You Toss" activity
books were distributed to school children throughout the county.
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5,000
educational placemats were distributed to 8 local restaurants.
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Received
funding from Gorell Enterprises, Inc., PA CleanWays, Inc., the
Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc., and
the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
This page last updated:
December 20, 2003
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