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  • Safety vests
  • Work gloves
  • Trash grabbers
  • Non perishable food donations- snacks
  • Bottled water
  • Heavy duty bags
  • Kayaks, John boats and waders
  • Supplies/tools for vegetable gardening
  • Vegetable plants and seeds
  • Gift cards to Walmart, Home Depot and Lowes

For wishlist donation procedure
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or call 817-410-3490. 

Welcome to Keep Grapevine Beautiful

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News Update

KGVB's Director, Mary Jo Tellin, is interviewed by Karen M. Cook, Visual Journalist for the Grapevine Courier. 

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Congratulations Keep America Beautiful Winners

kabmjoandmatt2.jpgTexas affiliates had a strong showing at the 2009 Keep America Conference, which was held December 1-4 in Washington, D.C. We didn't just attend for kicks, however-- in addition to the educational benefits and networking opportunities, Texans also brought home a bevy of awards. Keep Texas Beautiful wants to congratulate Keep Grapevine Beautiful/Phi Theta Kappa's Honors in Action Academy for 1st place, Beautification. MaryJo Tellin, Director received the award from CEO of KAB, Mr. Matt McKenna.

 

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Keep Grapevine Beautiful 

Group Advocate of the Year Award

This outstanding award was presented to Keep Grapevine Beautiful from The Texas Recreation and Park Society at their 2009 Regions 2 & 3 Conference on November 13, 2009. Keep Grapevine Beautiful (KGVB) has contributed extensive volunteer time to the betterment of the parks system in Grapevine since 2001. Their advocacy in enhancing greenspace was proven yet again when 2,138 volunteers worked 8,070 hours in just the last year alone. KGVB has also contributed funds for beautification and education through their school district grant program and has donated equipment and manpower to 42 greening projects throughout the previous year. They wholeheartedly deserve the Advocate of the Year Award due to the significant contributions they have made to the environment and Grapevine community. 

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Representing the Grapevine Parks and Recreation Department, the City of Grapevine and KGVB volunteers were L-R front row- MaryJo Tellin, Karen McKergow, Kathy Reece, Jennifer Hibbs and Doug Evans. L-R back row- Tim Hamilton, David Buhr, Bruno Rumbelow and Joe Moore
 
The focus of KGVB is to-

  • increase recycling, litter control, beautification and water quality                       
  • implement educational programs and grant funding for both youth and adult
  • engage the general public as volunteers in enhancing Grapevine's greenspace 

                                   

The Keep Grapevine Beautiful Annual Report included the following statistics. The reported project period was July 1, 2008 - June 31, 2009.

  • 42 projects 
  • 8,070 volunteer hours worked
  • $128,456 value of volunteers
  • $3,524 donated goods or services (outside sources)
  • $3,420 cost avoidance (donated city crew  time)
  • $ 12,815 donated goods (City/PARD)
  • For every $1.00 spent on volunteer projects, $5.00 in benefit was returned to the park system.

These successes have been largely due to the tremendous support given to them by the Parks & Recreation Department of Grapevine. Directors, foreman, managers and hourly staff have all contributed by being in the field and working side-by-side with thousands of volunteers who have worked toward the betterment of the park system. The department has also been instrumental by providing vehicles, tools and supplies for the multitude of volunteer projects conducted throughout the city.

Learn More information about Keep Grapevine Beautiful's projects, programs, committees and advocacy to the environment and community of Grapevine. 

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Keep Grapevine Beautiful

Greener, Cleaner, Grapevine is the motto for KGVB. We encourage you to visit a monthly meeting to learn about being GREEN in Grapevine. Topics of conversation include -

  • increasing recycling, litter control, beautification and water quality program
  • implementation of educational programs for both youth and adults
  • team building projects with the general public, small businesses and corporations to enhance Grapevine's greenspace
  • distribution of grant funds to schools 

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Keep Grapevine Beautiful Membership:

This dynamic group of volunteers recently won the prestious 2008 Governor's Community Achievement Award. This award is given to the organization with the most outstanding grassroots environmental programs in the State. Membership is complimentary. For more information, please contact Mary Jo at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  or call 817.410.3490. Free-will donations are appreciated.

KGVB meets the 1st Monday of each month at 7:00 P.M. at City Hall (200 S. Main St). Enter the breakroom from the side entrance. For an application, please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Join us for a monthly meeting to see what' going on with this incredible group. 
 

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KGVB Meeting Dates - 2010

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  • January 4
    February 1
    March 1
    April 5
    May 3
    June 7
  • July 12
    August 2
    September 13
    October 4
    November 1
    December 6                 

We need your support.

For more information regarding meetings, please contact Mary Jo Tellin at 817-410-3490 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Adopt-An-Area Team

Now is a Great Opportunity to help Keep Grapevine Beautiful with the Adopt-An-Area Team. Currently, there are 47 extrememly appreciated volunteer groups in Grapevine. They are our Adopt-an-Area teams. Sometimes, it is a business group or a social group and often a family volunteering together. They have selected an area within the city to keep litter free. The team may have chosen a road, a creek, a playground, a shoreline or a boat dock among many choices. They visit the area 6 times a year and tidy-up. The City supplies bags and gloves. A sign is erected in their name along the path of the adopted area. It's an enjoyable and easy way to assist your community and is sincerely appreciated by the citizens of Grapevine. For an application, visit Get Involved or please contact Mary Jo at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Volunteers interested in office clerical or data entry projects for Keep Grapevine Beautiful, please see Get Involved 

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KGVB is organized to preserve and enhance the local natural environment by strengthening citizen's levels of commitment through educational programs and engaging volunteer based projects.
 
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To educate and engage Texans to take responsibility for improving their community environment.


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Engaging individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. 

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