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Get some exercise and contribute to KTMB before stuffing yourself this Thanksgiving! Join the City of Sparks Parks & Recreation Department for the ninth annual Sparks Turkey Trot...more info

Proceeds to benefit KTMB!

This holiday season, contribute to KTMB and decorate your Christmas tree with a message of recycling exclusively at Moana Nursery.

Let everyone know you are recycling your Christmas tree by displaying this ornament..more info

Now is the time for trimming the tree, but what do you do with it after the holidays are over? For the last 13 years KTMB has coordinated the annual Christmas Tree Recycling campaign for the Truckee Meadows area. But we need your help!

Volunteers are needed at each of our three drop-off sites between Wednesday, December, 26 2007 through Sunday, January, 13, 2008 to help in four hour shifts. The drop off sites are located at Bartley Ranch Regional Park, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, and Shadow Mt. Sports Complex in Sparks and shifts are from 9am-1pm and 1pm-5pm. Volunteers can choose to work for one shift or one full day. Volunteer groups and corporations are encouraged to bring their banner!

Look at a volunteer job description, volunteer schedule and call 775.851.5185 to sign-up today!

KTMB will be featured on the
2007-2008 AT&T Real Yellow Pages phonebook!

From November 16 – December 31, recycle your old phone books at any Scolari's, Sak 'N Save, AT&T offices or at various park locations. All phone books received will be used to create new phone books and for every one ton of phone books dropped off at parks locations AT&T and the National Arbor Day Foundation will donate 17 trees back to area parks...more info

On October 5, KTMB was presented with a Silver Star Award from Truckee Meadows Tomorrow for "Civic Engagement"!

KTMB staff and volunteers were recognized at this years Accentuate the Positive...more info

KTMB would like to recognize cleanups that have taken place from September though mid November. We would like to give a great big Thank You the following adopters: Leadership Reno/Sparks, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Faith Bible Church-conducted 2 clean ups, Hidden Valley Homeowners Association, Holy Cross Catholic Community / FWS, Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church, Jr. National Honor Society of Damonte Ranch, Nevada Wilderness Project, Intuit: We Care and Give Back Program, Sparks Centennial Sunrise Rotary Club, Youth 2 Give, Spanish Springs High School Key Club, Neighbors Christian Fellowship, The Brazier Bunch. Thank you for your hard work!

KTMB would also like to give a warm welcome to Neighbors Christian Fellowship, Shanghai To Paris, The Brazier Bunch and Henry Schein, Inc. our newest adopters. The Adopt-A-Spot program is coordinated in cooperation with the City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe County and Waste Management.

For more information on how to become an adopter visit us at http://www.ktmb.org/spot.htm.

KTMB would like to introduce Jeannine Desmond as our new Program Assistant.

Jeannine will be coordinating the Adopt-A-Spot program as well as providing support to KTMB's nine other programs.

On September 29, over 550 volunteers removed over 17 tons of waste from in and around the Truckee River. Volunteers also stenciled storm drains to prevent future dumping into the river, wrapped trees to protect them from beavers, and spread mulch for invasive weed abatement. This waste was collected at areas along the river from Crystal Peak Park in Verdi to Cottonwood Park in Sparks! Thank you to all of the volunteers, The Truckee River Fund, our partners and event sponsors for making this event such a HUGE success!!!

The 2nd annual Laugh for a Good Cause fundraising event at the Catch-A-Rising Star Comedy Club helped to raise $6,000 for community education and beautification projects. Thanks to everyone that supported and contributed to this fun and laugh filled events including: Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club at the Silver Legacy, Scolari's Food & Drug Company, US Airways, Arrow Creek Golf Course, Jennifer Budge, Clay Nichols, Dolce, Foley's Irish Pub, Grass Roots Lawn and Landscape, Julie Grananta, Monica Jaye of Citadel Broadcasting Company, Cliff Low, Jim McClain of Lotus Radio Corp., Metro Carwash, Moana Nursery, Never Enough Ballroom, Outback Steakhouse, Origins Salon, Katie Palani, Patagonia, Peg’s Glorious Ham & Eggs, Gail Pfrommer, Reno Lawn and Landscape, Debra Rutledge, Silver Legacy Resort and Casino, Thunder Canyon, Kristie Traver, Soroptimist International of Reno, and Washoe County Regional Parks and Open Space

KTMB is looking for 3 new(er) office chairs and 4 multi-line, 3 or more line, phones. If you or your business would be willing to donate these items please call Christi at 775.851.5185. THANK YOU!

Donations by community members like you are what keep all of our great programs going. KTMB is a 501(c)3 non-profit and all donations are tax-deductible by using our tax-exempt #88-0254957. The following are just a few ways you can give to KTMB:

• Visit JustGive.org to make a secure online donation
• Give through the mail to P.O. Box 4712 Reno, NV 89510.
• Become a member of the Scolari’s Friendship Fund, by going to Customer Service and adding KTMB (#1990) as your Friendship Fund recipient. Every time you use your Preferred Value Card, Scolari’s donates a portion of their profits to us.
• Make GoodSearch your search engine. Go to www.goodsearch.com type in Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful in the “Who do you GoodSearch for” box, and click verify. Every time you do a search one cent will go to us.
• Buy New Belgium Beer! A percentage of profits of the New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire beer, go towards nonprofits in Nevada including KTMB.