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Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment (PRIDE) is a Non-profit organization that links citizens with the resources of local, state, and federal agencies to improve the region's water quality, clean up solid waste problems, and advance environmental education. It was originally launched by Congressman Hal Rogers and General James Bickford in 1997 and is a state wide non-profit organization in Kentucky.

Mission
The PRIDE mission is to improve the native region by encouraging citizens to contribute and take responsibility for protecting the environment and to help provide the education and resources needed to do so.

Notable Officials
Board of Directors:

Sandy Gay, Board of Directors Vice Chairwoman Program Coordinator, Lee & Owsley County Conservation Districts

Jean Dorton, Board of Directors Secretary Community and Legislative Liaison, Big Sandy Community and Technical College

Karen Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer

Tammie Wilson, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Jack Keeney

Neil Middleton News Director,WYMT TV Phil Osborne Chief Executive Officer, Preston-Osborne

A.L. Sinclair Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator

Tony Wilder Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Local Government

Outings
The annual P.R.I.D.E. Spring Cleanup is held the entire month of April, and local P.R.I.D.E. (Personal Responsibility in a Desirable Environment) committees meet monthly to plan events every year. The Kentucky P.R.I.D.E. reported online that nearly 10,600 volunteers have picked up nearly 62,000 bags of trash and eliminated 416 illegal dumps in Pike County, more than 4,000 volunteers have picked up 5,318 bags of trash and eliminated 11 illegal dumps in Letcher County and nearly 8,700 volunteers have picked up nearly 24,000 bags of trash and eliminated 29 dumps in Floyd County.

The Pike County Clean Community Board who cooperate with the PRIDE organization helps in educational outreach program. The program, also sponsored by the Pike County Board of Education and funded through Litter Abatement funds, sends a representative to local schools to educate children about becoming litter free.The board will also emphasize recycling efforts in the county. Pike County Solid Waste officials reported that the county’s recycling program diverted more than 450 tons of garbage from the landfill last year. More than half of the diverted material — 254 tons — was cardboard. Approximately 158 tons of newspaper, 23 tons of mixed paper, 14 tons of plastic, three tons of phone books and one ton of white paper were also recycled instead of filling up the landfill.

Related Organizations
KAB Kentucky Affiliates
 * Bluegrass PRIDE
 * Adopt-a-Highway Get Involved!
 * Keep America Beautiful's (KAB) Great American Cleanup


 * Kentucky Clean Community Program
 * Deborah Conway
 * State Coordinator
 * Frankfort, KY 40601


 * Brightside
 * Brightside works to unite people in clean and green
 * activities to beautify the city and foster community pride.
 * Louisville, KY 40202
 * Website: http://www.louisvilleky.gov/brightside/


 * Keep Covington (Kenton County) Beautiful
 * Rachel Hastings
 * Director of Neighborhood & Housing Initiatives
 * Covington, KY 41011


 * Keep Lexington-Fayette County Beautiful
 * Mark York
 * Executive Director
 * Lexington, KY 40507
 * Web site: www.lexingtonky.gov


 * Madison County Clean Community
 * Scott Tussey
 * Solid Waste Coordinator
 * Richmond, KY 40475
 * Web Site: http://www.madisoncountyky.us