Application deadline nearing for KIB resource grants

INDIANAPOLIS – (October 27, 2011) The application process for Keep Indianapolis Beautiful’s NeighborWoods and KIB Clubs programs will draw to a close on November 1, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to submit requests before the 2011 deadline to ensure their part in revitalizing their community, neighborhood or school.

KIB Clubs is a resource grant to develop and install an outdoor learning area and make an immediate impact on student surroundings through 'hands on' opportunities for youth in tree plantings, creating wildlife habitats, gardens, litter abatement, recycling, and other environmental projects. Participants are also encouraged to explore and understand challenges in the urban environment and to learn how to care for and improve their community. This program will be accepting applications until November 1, 2011; however, only three grants will be awarded for the upcoming planting season. Applications are available at www.kibi.org/kib_clubs.

KIB’s NeighborWoods initiative (www.kibi.org/neighborwoods) has helped to plant more than 30,000 trees in Indianapolis since the program’s announcement nearly five years ago. An urban forestry effort to strategically plant 100,000 trees throughout Marion County by 2017, this program helps to reduce crime, decrease pollution, and raise property value throughout our city, all by planting trees. Applications for NeighborWoods’s tree plantings are being accepted until November 1, 2011 for spring 2012 plantings.

KIB works in the community to unite people through building a more sustainable and aesthetically pleasing environment, for an overview on all of the programs that KIB offers, please visit our website at www.kibi.org/programs.

About Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc.
Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization uniting people to build community and transform public spaces through aesthetic and environmental improvement. In 2010, KIB engaged nearly 40,000 volunteers on 500 community improvement projects. To learn more, please visit www.kibi.org.

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