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Celebrate, support and continue 45 years of difference making
In celebration of it’s 45th anni
versary, Keep Golden Isles Beauti
ful kicks off a “$45 for 45” campaign
to celebrate, support and continue
45 years of Difference Making in
the Golden Isles. Supporters are in
vited to donate $45 (or more) to cel
ebrate this community betterment
anniversary.
Since 1979, Keep Golden Isles
KGIB Board of Directors members and staff: (Back Row, L-R) Spud Woodward, Brian Corry, Chairman
Clement Cullens, Zack Gowen, Jesse LeGrand; (Front Row, L-R) Executive Assistant Heather Riviera,
Treasurer/Secretary Dawn Franco, Executive Director Lea King-Badyna, Cheston Broomell, Dr. Sadye
Souther and Dr. Sabrina Nixon.
Beautiful (KGIB) has been a leader
in helping keep the Golden Isles of
Georgia clean, green and beautiful.
A volunteer and community based
educational organization, volunteers
contrib
ute 9,000+
hours annu
ally in Keep
Golden Isles
Beautiful
efforts, pro
grams and
initiatives.
“Our mis
sion is to
preserve and
enhance the
beauty of
Glynn Coun
ty through
community
stewardship,
and we in
vite all past
and pres
ent KGIB
volunteers,
supporters
and commu
nity part
ners to cel
ebrate this
milestone
by joining in
our $45 for
45 campaign
December 2, 2024, The Islander, Page 5
to continue these community bet
terment efforts and help reach our
2024 fundraising goal before year
end,” said KGIB chairman Clement
Cullens. “All of us working together
towards a stronger and more vibrant
community are making a difference
in our own backyard, and we want to
ensure this legacy continues.”
A public/private partnership,
Keep Golden Isles Beautiful de
pends on monetary, in-kind and
volunteer support from individu
als, businesses, local governments,
civic/community organizations and
schools to provide litter prevention,
waste reduction, recycling, com
munity greening, water resource
and educational programming and
activities to Brunswick and Glynn
County citizens. Keep Golden Isles
Beautiful is a Keep America Beau
tiful and Keep Georgia Beautiful
Foundation affiliate.
Begun as “Brunswick-Glynn
County Clean Community Commis
sion” in 1979, the organization was
renamed Glynn Clean and Beauti
ful in 1987, Keep Brunswick-Golden
Isles Beautiful in 1997 and finally
Keep Golden Isles Beautiful in 2015.
A 501(C) 3 non-profit organiza
tion, Keep Golden Isles Beautiful
functions under the leadership of
a volunteer Board of Directors and
Advisory Board and a two-person
paid staff. For more information,
contact Keep Golden Isles Beautiful:
info.kbgib@gmail.com, KGIB.ORG
or 912-279-1490.
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