19th Annual Keep Manatee Beautiful Golf Tournament

April 12, 2013 by Jim

Friday, May 24, 2013

Tara Golf & Country Club

6602 Drewry’s Bluff
Bradenton, FL 34203
941-758-7961
www.taragcc.com

 

Keep Manatee Beautiful is gearing up for our 19th Annual Golf Tournament – our primary fundraiser for the year.  Get ready to have fun while helping Keep Manatee Beautiful! 

Attire: Collared shirt, no denim, soft spikes only
Format: Four-Person, Best-Ball Scramble
Deadline for Entry: May 3, 2013
Entry Fee includes: Greens fee, cart, range balls, team photo, goody bag, lunch buffet and awards presentation

Contests Include

  • Low Gross & Runner-Up
  • Low Net & Runner-Up
  • Closest to the Pin/Longest Drive Men’s & Women’s
  • Putting Contest
  • Dice Roll

Golf Tournament Schedule

11:00 a.m. – Registration Begins, Lunch Buffet, Complimentary Range Balls, Buy Mulligans/Raffle Tickets, Putt for Prizes
1:00 p.m. – Shotgun Start & Contests, Team Photos on Hole #9
5:00 p.m. – Awards with Snacks, Cash Bar, Raffle Prizes

Registration Information

To register for play or to be a sponsor, by May 22, 2013  please complete the 2013 Golf Tournament Registration Form and make payment on our website or by mail to:

Keep Manatee Beautiful, Inc.
P.O. Box 14426
Bradenton, FL 34280

Procedes make visible envioronmental enhancements

Keep Manatee Beautiful, a nonprofit organization and local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, is dedicated to promoting community awareness and involvement in litter prevention, recycling and beautification throughout Manatee County.

Keep Manatee Beautiful’s team of 6,308 volunteers is making visible improvements to the environmental quality of Manatee County’s public spaces – planting trees and landscaping, creating and enhancing parks, ridding litter from roads, shores and neighborhoods, removing graffiti and providing pollution prevention education to bus users, motorists, beach goers, boaters and anglers.

Become a Golf Tournament Sponsor

April 12, 2013 by Jim

Help Keep Manatee Beautiful a nonprofit organization dedicated to litter prevention, beautification and environmental improvement throughout Manatee County, by becoming a sponsor for the 19th Annual Keep Manatee Beautiful Golf Tournament on May 24, 2013.

We are actively looking for sponsors as well as raffle prize and goody bag donations.  We are especting a full tournament consisting of 32 teams (128 golfers).  Sponsor levels are:

Event Sponsor….$1,500
Includes 2 foursome fees, logo in advance ads, your banner at lunch & awards, logo on event banner, Tee & Green Signage (2 signs)

Concession Carts Signage Sponsor….$1,000
Includes 1 foursome fee, logo in advance ads, name on concession carts, name on event banner

Golf Hole Sponsor….$600
Includes 1 foursome fee, name on event banner, Tee & Green Signage (2 signs)

Tee or Green Sponsor….$500
Includes 1 foursome fee, name on event banner, Tee or Green Sign (1 sign)

Mulligan Stick Sponsor….$350
Includes advertisement on each stick’s flag distributed to each foursome

Tee, Green or Golf Contest (Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive, Putting Contest) Signage Sponsor….$250
Includes 1 sign at location & name on event, banner (no foursome included)

You will also be recognized in our next newsletter and a Thank You advertisement that will appear in the Bradenton Herald.

Complete the 2013 Golf Tournament Sponsor Form and pay by mail or on our website.

Keep Manatee Beautiful Federal Tax ID #65-0250760. A copy of the official registration SC-08994 and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll free within the state (800) 435-7532. Registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state. Keep Manatee Beautiful retains 100 percent of the contributions received for its nonprofit purposes.

National Arbor Day April 26

April 11, 2013 by Martin

Citizens are invited to tree plantings planned for National Arbor Day.  The plantings will recognize the value of trees to the 165 communities from Florida and thousands nationwide that are a Tree City/County USA.  Locally, Tree City USAs include Anna Maria, Bradenton, Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, Palmetto, and Manatee County as a Tree County USA.

Friday April 26

9:30 am: The City of Holmes Beach Parks and Beautification Committee will plant a Southern Red Cedar at the trolley top and canal on 77th Street at the intersection of Marina Drive donated by Keep Manatee Beautiful.

10:00 am: The City of Anna Maria and Manatee County Parks and Recreation Department will continue enhancing Bayfront Park on Bay Boulevard near the public restrooms by planting two Green Buttonwoods donated by Keep Manatee Beautiful.

11:00 am: The City of Bradenton Beach Scenic WAVES will celebrate on Bridge Street by planting the west roundabout at the intersection of Gulf Drive with native landscaping donated by the Bridge Street Merchants Association and Keep Manatee Beautiful.

12:00 pm: The City of Bradenton will enhance Manatee Avenue East at the intersection of 9th Street East with five Crape Myrtles.

1:00 pm: The City of Palmetto will plant a Live Oak at Hidden Lake Park while children’s books and movies about the importance of trees will be donated by Keep Manatee Beautiful.

 

Great American Cleanup – Florida Events

March 27, 2013 by Jim

Join the Great American Cleanup and Keep Manatee Beautiful for two events in April

April 13, 2013, Saturday 9 a.m. to Noon

Help clean the Upper Manatee River and it’s shores from trash.  Meet at:

April 20, 2013, Saturday 9 a.m. to Noon

Do a cleanup on your Adopt-A-Highway, Road or Shore in Manatee County. Other volunteers can check in at 9 a.m. at:

  • Anna Maria City Hall at 10005 Gulf Dr.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 9th Ave. W. & 6th St. W
  • Emerson Point Conservation Preserve at end of 17th St. W. on Snead Island
  • Holmes Beach at Kingfish Boat Ramp on S.R. 64 W.
  • Terra Ceia on U.S. 19 on the northwest corner of bridge by Crab Trap I
  • F.I.S.H. Preserve at 11601 Cortez Road W.
  • Historic Wares Creek at Bradenton Woman’s Club at 1705 Manatee Ave. W.
  • SR 64 E. Boat Ramp on the Braden River at intersection of 29th St. E.
  • Palmetto City Hall at 518 8th Ave. W.
  • Jiggs’ Landing at intersection of Braden River Road off SR 70 & Linger Lodge Road – bring your own canoe, kayak or power boat to clean the Braden River
  • Palmetto will also have trash drop off sites at three sites: 17th Street West & 8th Avenue West, 6th Street West between 10th & 11th Avenues in Sutton Park, 10th Street West & 5th Avenue West. NO tires, hazardous waste, household appliances or construction materials will be accepted.

Please bring your own gloves, sunscreen and cooler. Wear closed toe shoes. We’ll provide the trash bags & drinks. Click here for the event flyer.

For more information call: 941-795-8272 or email keep@manateebeautiful.com.
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Join Us for Earth Day Celebration

March 19, 2013 by Martin

Please join us April 6 and 7 from noon to 6pm for our Earth Day celebration “Make Every Day Earth Day 2013.”  This event is part of the Hernando DeSoto Heritage Festival Seafood Festival in downtown Bradenton.  Keep Manatee Beautiful and many other organizations will have exhibits displaying how to reduce waste, use water wisely and landscape your Florida yard.  They will also provide information about various activities throughout the county how you can make a difference for our community.

The whole family is invited for gifts and fun-filled activities to help keep Manatee County beautiful.  The Earth Day event area will be located inside the City of Bradenton Auditorium on 10th Street West near Barcarrota Boulevard in downtown Bradenton.  For more information, click here or visit the Hernando DeSoto Historical Society website.

Boys & Girls Club Records KMB Theme Song

January 28, 2013 by Martin

Keep Manatee Beautiful received a wonderful New Year’s gift from The Manatee County Boys & Girls Club–a new theme song!  The song was recorded by members of the Palmetto Club and it celebrates the values of a cleaner and healthy environment.    Verses discuss planting a tree to promote a positive change, picking up trash on roads and shorelines to enchance the outlook of our community, working together to show support for one another and the environment, and the excitement of positive change to foster and build a better place.

Click here to listen to the wonderful song.  The best part is knowing that the youths at the Palmetto club have taken our mission to heart!