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AGENCY REQUEST FOR FUNDING FROM Indian River COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2 01 812 01 9 J A. Program Cover Page Agency: Keep Indian River Beautiful Telephone:. Contact Person: Daisy Packer Fax: Title: Executive Director E -Mail: Address: 1596 Old Dixie Hwy Vero'Beach, FL 32960 Website Address: www.keepindianriverbeautiful.org Program Keep Indian River Beautiful Title: Recycling 772-226-7738 4P, . 12�Q,g Daisy@KeepIndianRiverBeautiful.org I certify that information contained in this application accurately reflects the activities of this agency and that the expenditures or portions thereof for which County funds are being requested are not reimbursed by any other source. _ A a t Print name and title Brief descerption of the Program for which funding is requested: Keep Indian River Beautiful is requesting funds to maintain and grow our recycling education and collection programs. Our goal is to help the County achieve the 75 in 5 mandate through continued education, increased recycling opportunities and easy access to recycling and waste reduction information. - KIRB will show and teach the importance of recycling, reducing, rethinking, and reusing through our Upcycle It! store at the Indian River Mall. Items made into new, more valuable items and art are called Upcycled. Local Upcycled artists are also featured at the store. - KIRB will continue our Conservation & Recycling Education Program to schools, businesses,' public organizations and citizens. - KIRB will continue to promote recycling and reusing to reduce the burden on the landfill and extend its life in Indian River County in fun, innovative ways. - KIRB will continue to run the Borrow -A -Bin program so residents have free access to portable recycling containers on loan, but requiring the event staff provide all coordination and management to make recycling available at local events, festivals, and meetings. -KIRB will continue to build relationships with businesses and non -profits to leverage government resources into support for recycling programs, such as our downtown recycling program, and will continue to seek out new opportunities for recycling throughout the County. - -KIRB will continue to partner with SWDD on outreach and event promotion for upcoming their County -wide recycling events. Due to the needs of the community and requests of residents and County staff, Keep Indian River Beautiful has expanded the Borrow -A -Bin, program to include a Recycling Management Team where KIRB staff and volunteers provide all of the recycling needs ata community event. With this new expansion, KIRB staff manages the delivery, set up, breakdown and return of bins. Our staff alongside any recruited volunteers manage the recycling bins throughout the event, replacing bags as needed, removing trash from the recycling and recycling from the trash to maintain a clean stream and handles disposal of recyclables including coordination of a dumpster if necessary. After the initial pilot program, it rapidly gained momentum. Due to budgeted funds, KIRB will continue the program on a restricted basis. As we are not able to hire additional staff under the current budget, we can only commit to a limited number of events that are 1). strategically spaced out in the year and 2) within the hours limitations of current staff. Projected events will include: - Ribfest (2 event days) - Shrimp Fest (3 event days) - Earth Day Celebration (1 event day) - Pelican Island Wildlife Festival (1 event day) - America Recycles Day/Earth Day Paper Shredding (2 event days) - Great American Cleanup (1 event dav)