HEB awards Keep Alvin Beautiful grant

Members of KAB (Ron Mercer, Nelva Urick and Alice Sloan) joined with H-E-B employees (Misty Miller, Ronnie Duke, Mike Cashiola and Anna Bryant), Antoinette Kiechen (President of Manvel High School Senior Class), Manvel High School Special Education students, Diedra Hlinsky (IESI) and Manvel High School employee Peggy Howell in celebrating the grant that KAB recently received from H-E-B.

As part of its third annual Green Bag Grants program, H-E-B awarded Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) $50,000. That grant money was then distributed by KTB throughout six regions across Texas. Individual grants awarded ranged in size from $1,500 to $3,000.

Through this grant program, Keep Alvin Beautiful was awarded a grant in the amount of $2,500. Presentation of the check was made recently at Manvel High School, where the Life Skills students, led by paraprofessional Peggy Howell were instrumental in Keep Alvin Beautiful receiving this grant. At the beginning of this school year, the students placed recycling bins throughout the cafeteria. Several contests were also held which helped to encouraged can and bottle recycling. The Manvel High School Senior class won one of the contests. Members of the National Honor Society and the Life Skills students helped to tally the number of cans and bottles that were donated. The grant money will be used to purchase more recycling bins that will then be placed throughout the school.

The Green Bag Grant Program was established on Earth Day 2008 after H-E-B introduced reusable shopping bags. The idea behind the program was to reward Texans for buying and using the bags. Since then, H-E-B has given back five cents from the purchase of each reusable H-E-B green bag to support the statewide grant program.

“Each year, we are honored to be able to assist recipients of the program as they strive to make a direct and lasting impact on the environment in the communities they serve throughout Texas,” said Susan Ghertner, H-E-B Director of Environmental Affairs. “With reusable bag sales fueling the Green Bag Grants program, it is rewarding for our customers to witness their efforts come full circle.”


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