Keep Bartow Beautiful

Every year thousands of volunteers assist with programs and work around Allatoona Lake. We would like to recognize their efforts during National Volunteer Week ...as well as the different agencies and organizations that are involved with recruiting and leading the volunteer efforts. Thank you to the Lake Allatoona Association, the Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup Committee, the Allatoona Lake Warriors, Keep Bartow Beautiful, Cherokee County Safe Kids, Towboat US Allatoona, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Division, Marietta Bassmasters, E3 Bassmasters among others, and of course the individual volunteers that have worked on a wide range of environmental, recreational and public safety needs. Volunteers stand up and take a bow! #volunteersmakeadifference #volunteersrock #volunteerappreciation @TheGreatLakeAllatoonaCleanUpGeorgia @KBB.5167 @MariettaBassmasters @safekidscherokeecounty

Happy National Volunteer Week! Keep Bartow Beautiful thanks you for all for the volunteer work you have contributed this year. We want to thank all our Adopt-A-Road volunteers for all the hours spent in cleaning up our roads. We want to thank all the volunteers who worked with us on the Anheuser Busch Hickory Log Blueberry Farm Project. We would like to thank all the volunteers that participated in the Great Lake Allatoona Clean up. We want to thank all the volunteers that h...elped with Bring One For the Chipper, whether that was donating their live Christmas tree, helping assemble fish habitat, or cleaning up trash from the lake bottom. We want to thank all the Master Gardener volunteers that handed out 2,000 tree seedlings on Arbor day. And, thankyou in advance to those of you who will participate in the Great American Cleanup. **Bartow County Government is transitioning to a new .GOV domain.https://www.bartowcountyga.gov

Taylorsville's Great American Cleanup event will be postponed to a future date as they are dealing with storm damage from last night and we're expecting rain all day tomorrow.

Citizen Scientists needed to locate Sundial lupine and Wild indigo in GA.

It's Great American Cleanup Season - This week's featured GAC hero - City of Cartersville Councilman Cary Roth - who celebrated his birthday with family and friends Mayor @Matt Santini, @Cindy Williams (Cartersville Bartow Chamber of Commerce), @Rotary Club of Etowah, @Cartersville Twisters Gymnastics, Keep Bartow Beautiful, @Phoenix Air Group. 35 volunteers and picked up 37 bags of trash, over 1,000lbs. #DoBeautifulThings

Thank you Georgia Forestry Comission and Keep Georgia Beautiful for the donation of 100 Dogwood trees and 50 Nothern Red Oak trees. The trees went to several schools around the county to be planted. The group picture below is Mrs. Linda Garcia’s 3rd grade students at Emerson Elementary with the tree they planted. The other picture was taken at White Elementary after there planting of 10 trees.

Arbor Day is right around the corner! Come to one of the 6 locations listed below on February 19th to receive your free tree seedling! We have a new time this year it is from 11AM-2PM or trees are gone! See you then!

Kudos for long over due recognition of these 21 Notable Women of Bartow. Many, perhaps even all of the women, have been directly or indirectly involved in KBB'S successful programs. Here's a "Tip of Our Cap" to Anna Sullivan, Marion Coleman, Dot Frasier, Melinda Lemmon, Cyndi Carter, Beth Tilley, Laurel Lowe, Ellen Archer, Kristy Montgomery, Earnestine Jones, Lynne Henderson, Yvonne Mashburn Schmidt, Lara Jeanneret, Marie Nesmith, Kelley Dial, Julie Reeves, Katie Odom Gobbi , Dr, Ann Ward, Alexis Carter Callahan, Carey Dobson and KBB's own, newly retired Director - Sheri Henshaw especially.

We are needing volunteers for the water down clean up/fish habitat project. We will need some volunteers to walk the lake and help remove trash. We will need some volunteers to help get the Christmas trees positioned in the lake bed. Call the office at 770-387-5167 or email at [email protected] 8AM Galt’s Ferry AND Victoria Fishing Jetties are the two fish Habitat/Attractor sites we have planned for. Cleanup at 10AM call or email us to register for a site: Bartow County Parks: Gatewood, Clark Creek North and South, Cherokee Retreat Center and George Washington Carver Park. Call the office at 770-387-5167 or email at [email protected]