NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library is joining libraries from around the state in a program to encourage litter abatement in Louisiana. Students and faculty with a campus ID can check out clean-up kits with vests, litter grabbers, trash bags and instructions to clean up litter.
The program, presented by Keep Louisiana Beautiful is labeled “Get Down and Clean Up: 2-Step Your Way to Keep Louisiana Beautiful.” The slogan reads, “See Some Litter? Get Down On It.”
Program materials encourage students to “Do a little dance while you pick up litter and share your photos on social media with #GetDownandCleanUp.”
Keep Louisiana Beautiful launched the Clean Up Supplies Loaner Library Program in partnership with the Louisiana state libraries in January. There are currently 33 libraries, including Natchitoches Parish Library, from all over the state signed up for the program. KLB will supply any local library with free clean-up supply kits.
According to KLB, the program could make a huge impact on communities. NSU is an affiliate university of Keep Louisiana Beautiful.
The deadline to sign up for the program is Feb. 10. Sign up is available at https://www.cognitoforms.com/KeepLouisianaBeautiful1/KLBLibraryCleanUpSupplyLoanerProgramApplication.
For more information, contact Aundi Brown at klb@keeplouisianabeautiful.org or call (318) 237-1945
