Eastern Kentucky PRIDE

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Eastern Kentucky PRIDE
Personal Responsibility In A
Desirable Environment
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PRIDEs Beginning

• The PRIDE initiative was launched in the summer
  of 1997 by U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers and the
  late James Bickford, former Secretary of the
  Kentucky Natural Resources Cabinet
• Organized as a grassroots effort to encourage
  citizens to take personal responsibility for
  protecting their environment

Congressman Hal Rogers
Secretary James Bickford
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The Organization

• Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc., was formed as a
  nonprofit organization to coordinate the
  initiative and operate grant programs to fund
  local efforts to accomplish the PRIDE goals.
• Volunteers, schools, local governments and other
  nonprofit organizations do the work.
• PRIDE is funded by a grant from the National
  Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Service Region
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Program Goals

• Clean the Regions Waterways
• Eliminate Illegal Dumps Other Solid Waste
  Problems
• Promote Environmental Education and Awareness

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Straight Pipes/Failing Septic Systems
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Goal Clean the Regions Waterways

• Tools
• Homeowner Septic System Grant Program
• Wastewater Construction Grants
• Corps of Engineers 531 Program
• EPA Earmarks

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Watershed Watch
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Water Quality Restoration Rollup
Program Funding of Homes Impacted
Homeowner Septic System Grants 19.75 million 6,493
Wastewater Construction Grants 36.3 million 4,300
USACE 531 Program 20.7 million 9,950
EPA Earmarks 34.2 million 5,500
Total 111 million 26,200
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Goal Eliminate Illegal Dumps

• Tools
• Lake Cumberland Debris Management Plan Trash
  Gate
• S.S. Kentucky PRIDE
• S.S. PRIDE of the Cumberland
• Community Grants
• SuperGrants
• Roadside PRIDE
• Spring Cleanup (Apr 8 - 22)

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Cleanup Sites
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PRIDE Report CardFall 2005

• Disposed of 863,440 waste tires
• Removed 2,228 illegal dumps
• Cleaned 398 stream sites
• Disposed of 152,296 appliances
• Collected 380,198 bags of trash
• Cleaned 15,665 road miles
• 156,441 volunteers worked 496,058 hours

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Goal Environmental Education
Mission Statement To foster environmental
stewardship through education and awareness in
our schools and communities to instill PRIDE in
our next generation.
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Goal Environmental Education

• Tools
• Education Grants
• PRIDE Scout Program
• PRIDE Clubs
• Project Clean Streams
• RiverWoods
• Future EE center

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Project Clean Stream
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Environmental Education Report Card

• 676 grants awarded for 2.8 million
• 284 outdoor classrooms built
• 70 greenhouses built
• 40 nature trails built
• 27 school recycling projects started
• 20,000 students 445 educators trained thru
  Project Clean Streams
• 21 Environmental Learning Resource Centers funded

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PRIDE Contact Information

• Richard Thomas, Executive Director
• rthomas_at_centertech.com
• 606-677-6150
• Tammie Wilson, Deputy Exec Dir/CFO
• twilson_at_centertech.com
• 606-677-6150
• Karen Deaton, Executive Director
• RiverWoods Environmental Education Center
• kdeaton_at_exploreriverwoods.org
• 606-677-2051
• PRIDE Toll free 888 577-4339
• www.kypride.org
• RiverWoods Toll free 888 356-6527
• www.exploreriverwoods.org

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Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc.
Personal Responsibility In A
Desirable Environment