Great American Cleanup – Florida

March 26, 2012 by Jim

April 21, 2012, 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.
  • 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.
  • Ray’s Canoe Hideaway at 1289 Hagle Park Road off Upper Manatee River Road – free boat launch & canoes on a first-come, first-serve basis to clean the Upper Manatee River.

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

For more information call: 941-795-8272 or email keep@manateebeautiful.com.
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Proper Pruning of Sabal Palms

February 21, 2012 by Jim

Protect Florida’s vulnerable state tree – NO HARSH PRUNING – it is a harmful and unnecessary practice. Consider the facts of harsh pruning:

  • Cutting healthy green fronds steals the palms’ source of nutrients, permanently stunts growth, invites disease and reduces the palms’ natural resilience to high winds.
  • Cutting fronds reduces valuable shade, increases ground water evaporation and creates a need for irrigation.
  • Over-pruned palms develop bottleneck trunks. In high winds and hurricanes this stressed and weakened point will cause the palm to break off and die.
  • Pruning of protective green fronds makes the palm’s heart cold-sensitive and susceptible to winter frosts and freezes.
  • Harsh pruning causes native and migratory songbirds, woodpeckers, butterflies, honey bees, tree frogs, bats, anoles, squirrels, and other wildlife to lose valuable food, shelter and nesting area.
  • Work boots and climbing spikes incur wounds in the trunk leaving the palm prone to disease.
  • Sabal Palms (commonly known as cabbage palms) are self-pruning palms, shedding dead fronds in high winds. They have survived droughts, fires and floods, enriched the soil and adapted to coastal and inland environments for thousands of years. Their spring flowers and winter berries are vitally important to the survival of migratory birds and Florida’s indigenous wildlife species.
  • Though not necessary, it is acceptable to prune brown and yellow fronds hanging below an imaginary horizon line. Pole pruners work best. Prune stems away from the trunk.
  • Green fronds should not be pruned.

You can make a difference

  • Do not cut green fronds.
  • Say NO to landscapers who want to prune green fronds. Exclude annual harsh-pruning from your landscape contract.
  • Keep lawn mowers, weed eaters and chain saws away from the trunk. These wounds are permanent and allow disease to enter the palm.
  • Mulch around palms to conserve water and keep out weeds, eliminating the need for weed eaters.
  • Enjoy your landscape, add fallen fronds to your compost or brush pile for wildlife. Fronds make rich soil for use in garden beds!
  • Work together to save and protect our valuable sabal palm, an integral part of Florida’s ecosystems.
  • Help spread the facts. Copy this information to help educate others!

This information was obtained from a brochure created by Amy Mosher and friends in an effort to save Florida’s natural landscape, and supported by Central Florida Palm Cycad Society and the Florida Native Plant Society. Download and distribute, for free, non-commercial purposes, the flyer: Pruning Sabal Palms

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18th Annual Keep Manatee Beautiful Golf Tournament

January 24, 2012 by Jim

Friday, May 18, 2012

Tara Golf & Country Club

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

 Attire: Collared shirt, no denim, soft spikes only
Format: Four-Person, Best-Ball Scramble
Deadline for Entry: May 4, 2012
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 Ball Drop to Win Trip for Four to St. Andrews, Scotland – buy tickets at www.Anna MariaRotary.org

Golf Tournament Schedule

11:00 a.m. – Registration Begins, Lunch Buffet, Complimentary Range Balls, Buy Mulligans/Raffle Tickets, Putt for Prizes
12:30 p.m. – Golf Ball Drop to Win Trip for Four to St. Andrews, Scotland – buy tickets at www.Anna MariaRotary.org
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 4, 2012  please complete the Golf Entry Form Brochure 2012 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.

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Golf Ball Drop

January 24, 2012 by Jim

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Become a Golf Tournament Sponsor

January 24, 2012 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 18th Annual Keep Manatee Beautiful Golf Tournament

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)

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.

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Thanks to our 2011 Teams & Sponsors

January 16, 2012 by Jim

Free Form Category

1st Place
Team: Bayshore High School Nat. Art Honor Society
Sponsor: Rusty & Ingrid McClellan
Sculpture: Visit to Grandma’s

Runner-up
Team: Braden River High School Key Club
Sponsor: Kiwanis of Lakewood Ranch
Sculpture: Mount Toy Story

Holiday Category

1st Place
Team: Bradenton Christian High School Art Department
Sponsor: Waste Pro
Sculpture: Island of Sandy Toys
Runner-up
Team: Manatee High School Anchor Club Team 1
Sponsor: Manatee High School Anchor Club
Sculpture: Waiting for Santa

Nautical Category

1st Place
Team: Manatee School for the Arts
Sponsor: Linda Evans Photography & The Anna Maria Islander
Sculpture: Fish are Friends not Food

Runner-up
Team: Manatee High School Anchor Club Team 2
Sponsor: Bradenton Lions Club & Metro

Medallion Awards – Team & Sponsor

  • Ad-VANCE Talent Solutions, Ad-VANCE Talent Solutions – Pearls & Girls
  • Braden River Middle School, NJHS Waste Services of Florida, Inc. – Togetherness
  • King Middle School Environmental Club, King Middle School Env. Club & Mosaic – OctoKing
  • Lincoln Middle School Student Council, John Neal Homes – A Lincoln Christmas
  • Manatee High School Art Club/Dept., Waste Pro – Chillin
  • Southeast High School Key Clu,b Mosaic – The Key to Service
  • Southeast High School VPA Academy, Florida Power & Light Company – Cornucopia
  • SCF Earth Club & Phi Theta Kappa, Sarasota Bay Estuary Program – Educating the Planet
  • Palmetto High School The Tigers, Waste Management – Tiger

Special thanks to our Sponsors

2011 SandBlast sponsors

 

 

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