KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL HONORS FIVE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION

Five U.S. State Departments of Transportation will be honored for their outstanding support of Keep America Beautiful state affiliates in awards ceremonies on December 6, during Keep America Beautifuls 49th annual National Conference in Washington, D.C. These awards were created to recognize the high value Keep America Beautiful places on public and private partnerships.

Five U.S. State Departments of Transportation will be honored for their outstanding support of Keep America Beautiful state affiliates in awards ceremonies on December 6, during Keep America Beautifuls 49th annual National Conference in Washington, D.C. These awards were created to recognize the high value Keep America Beautiful places on public and private partnerships.

Keep America Beautiful has always valued partnerships between the public and private sectors in accomplishing our community improvement goals," said G. Raymond Empson, President of Keep America Beautiful. Our Partnership Award winners exemplify the great success that can be achieved when our state affiliates work with these Departments of Transportation."

The winners are:

Georgia Department of Transportation
Nominated by: Keep Georgia Beautiful

Mississippi Department of Transportation
Nominated by: Keep Mississippi Beautiful/People Against Litter

South Carolina Department of Transportation
Nominated by: Keep South Carolina Beautiful/PalmettoPride

Tennessee Department of Transportation
Nominated by: Keep Tennessee Beautiful

Texas Department of Transportation
Nominated by: Keep Texas Beautiful

For a complete listing of all Keep America Beautiful 2002 award winners in all categories, as well as information on our awards program, please visit the Keep America Beautiful website at www.kab.org.

Keep America Beautiful, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose network of more than 500 local, statewide and international affiliate programs educates individuals about litter prevention and ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and properly manage waste materials. Through partnerships and strategic alliances with citizens, businesses and government, Keep America Beautifuls programs motivate millions of volunteers annually to clean up, beautify and improve their neighborhoods, thereby creating healthier, safer and more livable community environments.