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Volunteers from Word of Faith church at the MLK Day litter cleanup

Mableton January 20, 2025

Volunteers turn out for two MLK Day events in Mableton

Photo above: volunteers at Word of Faith MLK Day litter cleanup Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs passed along reports and photos from two MLK Day litter cleanup events in Mableton,…

Environment December 31, 2024

Keep Cobb Beautiful: recycle those Christmas trees!

Recycle those Christmas trees, Cobb Countians! Keep Cobb Beautiful is sponsoring a free live Christmas tree dropoff. The drop-off locations are operating now, and will remain open through Jan. 4,…

Four volunteers in yellow safety vests in group photo for Friends of Socktown litter cleanup

Cobb County December 9, 2024

Report and photos from a litter cleanup on Old Alabama and Cardell roads

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos about an adopt-a-mile cleanup on Old Alabama Road and Cardell Roads: The Friends Of Socktown appreciate the support from…

A group of people, some wearing event safety vests, at a recycling event

Cobb County November 12, 2024

Three reports with photos from Keep Cobb Beautiful events

Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted the following three reports, with photos, from recent Keep Cobb Beautiful events. Paint recycling at Jim Miller Park Barry submitted the following report and…

A group photo including three people in Lions Club vests

Mableton September 13, 2024

Two Mableton volunteer events: vision screening and Cooper Lake Road cleanup

All photos provided by Barry Krebs Avid community volunteer Barry Krebs submitted two reports with photos about volunteer events in Mableton: vision screening for students at Betty Gray Middle School,…

Cobb County September 8, 2024

Three groups do litter cleanup on Buckner Road

Barry Krebs submitted the following report and photos about a cleanup of Buckner Road by the Vinings Cove Homeowners, Friends of Mableton and the South Cobb Lions Club: We appreciate…

Group shot of winners of the recycling craft competition

Environment July 18, 2024

5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition

Barry Krebs submitted the following report on the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition: Keep Cobb Beautiful and Switzer Library hosted the 5th Annual Teen Summer Recycling Craft Competition…

People planting trees in a raised bed running the length of a brick building side

Mableton April 9, 2024

A food forest, an honor for Sweetwater Mission, and a cleanup at Escalade

Barry Krebs, a well-known active volunteer for multiple community efforts in South Cobb, periodically sends short reports with photos of everything from cleanup events to awards given to volunteers and…

A large group of cleanup volunteers with yellow safety vests and orange bags

Environment February 29, 2024

Keep Cobb Beautiful answers the call to clean up Cobb County

Photo above courtesy of Barry Krebs by Lindsey Bankston “I have a strong passion for the environment, and I genuinely cannot think of anything else I would rather be doing…

Group photo of people at a Keep Cobb Beautiful cleanup

Cobb County January 14, 2024

Photos from a pre-MLK Day of service cleanup in Mableton

Barry Krebs sent the following report on a cleanup event hosted by Destiny World Church, Austell Community Taskforce and Keep Cobb Beautiful. He also provided all the photos below the…

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National January 21, 2025

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