Skaggs
Elementary Student Wins Keep Plano Beautiful Contest
December 21, 2005
 Keep
Plano Beautiful (KPB) launched another fun challenge this fall
to Plano students in grades K-5
to create a t-shirt design reflecting the theme, “Litter
is a Monster of a Problem."
The
contest was held in partnership with Plano libraries and PISD Environmental
Clubs. The winner of this year’s contest is eight-year-old
Jay Purohit, a 3rd grader from Skaggs Elementary School. Jay’s
design will be incorporated on 2,500 t-shirts that volunteers for
the Great American Cleanup™ will wear on April 1, 2006.
A special certificate was presented to Jay by Mayor Pat Evans
before the December 12 City Council meeting as a thank you for
depicting so clearly how litter can turn into a monster of a problem
and what Plano residents can do about it.
 The
Great American Cleanup™, sponsored by Keep Plano Beautiful,
is Plano’s largest cleanup event of the year, and 2006 will
celebrate Plano’s 21st year of conducting a community cleanup.
This exciting event is an opportunity for all Plano residents,
young and old, to get involved. KPB counts on volunteers working
together picking up litter on roads, in neighborhoods, creeks,
parks, and in playgrounds to create a shared sense of responsibility
for maintaining Plano as a clean and healthy community.
Following
a morning of hard work, volunteers will be honored with lunch,
entertained by Radio Disney, and treated to fun activities
at Bob Woodruff Park.
 Registration for the 2006
Great American Cleanup™ will
be available online in January 2006. For questions concerning the
2005 cleanup, current sponsors, or how to become a sponsor, call
(972) 769-4216 or visit the website.
Pictured on this page: (top) Jay's
winning artwork, (center) Jay with Principal Mary Ann Bargmann,
and (bottom)
Mayor
Pat Evans and Jay at the December 12 city council meeting.
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