Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful announces the winners of the inaugural School Beautification Grants for Fall 2015. The committee for Beautification and Community Greening established mini-grants in celebration of National Planting Day, which began on Sept. 12.
Public and private schools in Dalton, Ga. and Whitfield County were invited to apply for funding to help implement a project related to planting native plants. Beautification grants ranged from a minimum of $100 to a maximum of $250.
Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful has made these grants available to improve the visual aspects of our community by supporting initiatives that beautify the environment.
This year seven local schools were awarded a cash grant. Below is a list of schools that were awarded a grant and the name of the their project.
1.) Antioch Elementary – Pollinator Habitat and Classroom
2.) Eastbrook Middle School – Mustang Magic: Making Plants Change Color
3.) Dawnville Elementary – Dawnville Reading Garden
4.) Brookwood Elementary – Color Spectrum Garden
5.) Coahulla Creek High School – Colt Horeshoe Planter
6.) Westside Elementary – Play in the Shade
7.) Dalton High School – Amplify Your Assets
Projects will be completed by Dec. 4 and each recipient will submit a project summary by Dec. 15 to showcase their work. Visit Keep Dalton-Whitfield Beautiful’s website
www.KeepDaltonWhtifieldBeautiful.org or follow them on Facebook to get updates on the progress of these projects.
National Planting Day is celebrated annually by Keep America Beautiful in the fall as an opportunity to encourage volunteers to plant native species restoring ecological balance to the environment while creating greener, more beautiful communities. Learn more about this event at
www.kab.org.