Keep Sugar Land Beautiful

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful was awarded two H-E-B/KTB Green Bag Grants in November. One grant was awarded to provide two KSLB Planet Earth Carts to local elementary schools. The second grant was awarded to establish recycling of PET plastic and aluminum cans at First Colony, Fort Settlement, and Sugar Land Middle Schools.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with the City of Sugar Land, the Houston Galveston Area Council, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality brought the nationally recognized "Garbage is My Bag" show to the public and private middle school sixth graders in Sugar Land on May 12 and May 13.

The Environmental Week activities hosted by Keep Sugar Land Beautiful and the City of Sugar Land included our second Eco-Car Show on Sunday, April 19 at Oyster Creek Park, from 3-6 p.m. The Eco-Car Show offered one stop shopping for an environmentally friendly automobile from several local car dealerships.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful invites you to join us for an afternoon of sporting fun. Please register today to participate in our 8^th Annual Old West Sporting Clays Tournament to be held on February 19. Our tournament is a limited shoot with a 100-target format. Awards will be given for the top three places in Lewis Class A, B, and C divisions, as well as overall high and low point shooters. Individual shooter registration is $175 and four person teams are $600. Warm-up games and lunch begin at 12:30. This is a limited shoot so please register today!

Our sincere appreciation goes to First Colony Community Association and Native Land Design for partnering with us to host our tournament.

Sponsor Packet

Team Registration Form

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful in partnership with the City of Sugar Land will hold a RePlant Texas Event on Saturday, October 24 to replace trees damaged by Hurricane Ike. Keep Sugar Land Beautiful received a $2,000 Half Price Books and Keep Texas Beautiful RePlant Grant for this project. Volunteers will be needed to help us plant five gallon native hardwood trees in Oyster Creek and Lost Creek Parks. Volunteer Registration will begin September 1.

RePlant Texas Registration Form

7,038 pounds were diverted from the landfill thanks to our 2009 Earth Day Recycle Event. Keep Sugar Land Beautiful partnered with the City of Sugar Land, Shred It, the Fort Bend County Women's Center, and the Fort Bend County Recycle Center to collect items to be recycled and reused. Shred It shredded and recycled 150 boxes of paper – that's 2,980 pounds of paper that didn’t go to the landfill! In addition, we collected a partial box truck load of household items and clothing for the Fort Bend Women's Center and we recycled 3,229 pounds of electronics, 41 pounds of plastic, 12 pounds of aluminum, 21 cell phones, and 24 eyeglasses /eyeglass cases. Our 2010 Earth Day Recycle Event will be held on Saturday, April 24.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful's 17th Annual Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off will be held Saturday, April 10. Please make plans to help us pick up litter and keep Sugar Land beautiful – your help is needed! Groups and individuals of all ages are invited to participate. Registration forms may be downloaded. Registration ends March 26.

2010 Trash Off Volunteer Registration Form

2010 Trash Off Sponsor Form

Trees Across Sugar Land is a fantastic opportunity for you to enjoy a crisp January morning in beautiful Sugar Land Memorial Park planting native saplings. All ages are welcome and are encouraged to participate.

The Environmental Week activities will conclude with the Eco-Car Show -- a collection of environmentally friendly automobiles from several local car dealerships -- on Sunday, April 19 at Oyster Creek Park, 4033 State Highway 6 South, from 3-6 p.m. In conjunction with the Eco-Car Show, the City is hosting the first of Sugar Land’s 2009 Concert in the Park series.

For more information, contact the Sugar Land Public Works Department at (281) 275-2450.

Keep Sugar Land Beautiful (KSLB) and the City of Sugar Land hosted the second annual Environmental Week from April 13-19, 2009.