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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 81
BY SENATOR ERDEY
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate Keep Louisiana Beautiful on its exemplary efforts to build
and sustain vibrant, clean communities throughout Louisiana through education,
volunteerism, and enforcement.
WHEREAS, Keep Louisiana Beautiful is the state's leading nonprofit that brings over
28,000 people together through an affiliate volunteer workforce to build and sustain vibrant,
clean communities; and
WHEREAS, the state of Louisiana spends over $40 million on litter abatement each
year; and
WHEREAS, since 2004, Keep Louisiana Beautiful has issued $2.7 million in grants
to local communities for anti-litter programs and cleanups, resulting in the fact that every
$1 invested in Keep Louisiana Beautiful culminates in $34 in services and donations
delivered to these communities; and
WHEREAS, Keep Louisiana Beautiful educates and empowers future generations
of environmental stewards, providing tools and resources to guide understanding and actions
to reduce litter, increase recycling, and protect the natural areas of Louisiana, ensuring its
beauty is everlasting; and
WHEREAS, Keep Louisiana Beautiful collaborates with city and parish governments
as well as numerous state agencies which help carry out the shared mission to promote
personal, corporate and community responsibility for a clean and beautiful Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, Governor John Bel Edwards officially declared April 21, 2016, as Keep
Louisiana Beautiful Day.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
hereby commends and congratulates Keep Louisiana Beautiful on its exemplary efforts to
build and sustain vibrant, clean communities throughout Louisiana through education,
volunteerism, and enforcement.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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