Keep Liberty Beautiful: Liberty County is an award-winning community because of volunteers like YOU!

---

2026 Awards
Coastal Courier - The Best of Liberty Best Community Activist (Karen Elaine Bell) 

2025 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Youth Engagement Recognition Award: Youth Group (Girl Scouts Troop 30002)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Trailblazer of Tomorrow Award
Rivers Alive - Coastal Clean-up Award (St. Catherine Island Beach Sweep)

2024 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Trailblazer of Tomorrow Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Barbara Mason Executive Director of the Year Award (Karen Elaine Bell) 

2023 Awards
Coastal Courier - The Best of Liberty
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Trailblazer of Tomorrow Award
Rivers Alive - Coastal Clean-up Award
Rivers Alive - Scouts Award (Troop 30002)

2022 Awards
Coastal Courier - The Best of Liberty
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award

2021 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Golden Isles Beautiful - Community Partners of the Year Award

2020 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Lady Bird Johnson Award (Willie Cato)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
​
2019 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - President's Circle Recognition Award
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Cigarette Litter Prevention Award (Georgia’s Coast is Not an Ashtray)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Governor's Circle Recognition Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 2nd Place Litter Prevention Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 2nd Place Affiliate Award
Rivers Alive - Organizer of the Year Award

2018 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - National Award Community Improvement Award: Beautify Communities (The Home Depot Foundation Community Project for Veterans, Liberty County)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Carolyn Crayton Woman of the Year Award (Karen Elaine Bell)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 1st place State Community Beautification: Business/Professional (The Home Depot Foundation Community Project for Veterans, Liberty County)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 1st place Affiliate Awards Population 50,001-75,000
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Affiliate Award of Excellence

2017 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Award of Excellence Keep Liberty Beautiful (for overall programming)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 1st Place State Litter Prevention (Rotary Club of Hinesville)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Award of Excellence (for overall programming)
State of Georgia - Public Works Employee of the Year (Berton ‘Junior” Kincaid) 

2016 Awards 
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Cigarette Litter Prevention Award (Georgia’s Coast is Not an Ashtray)
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - 2nd Place State Affiliate Award (for Overall Programming)
Rivers Alive - Organizer of the Year Award
Talented & Educated Leading Ladies (T.E.L.L.)  - Good Neighbor Award (Sara Swida)
Midway Middle School  - Seventh Place Nationally Pepsi Co. Bottle and Can Recycling Contest ($4,000)  
Midway Middle School  - GACR Contest Winner: Aluminum Can Recycling ($1,000)

2015 Awards  
1st Place National Outstanding Affiliate Keep America Beautiful
           2015 LFMS Youth and Education Award 
           1st Place State Affiliate Award Keep Georgia Beautiful
           1st Place in Community Greening (Lewis Frasier Middle School) Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation
           1st Place 2015 Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation Student of the Year Felix Linzan

2014 Award
Midway Middle School  - Nationally Pepsi Co. Bottle and Can Recycling Contest ($25,000)  

2013 Award:  
MMS Recycles Places Second Nationally in PepsiCo Recycle Rally, winning $10,000

2012 Awards: 
1st Place Waste Reduction and Recycling (MMS) Keep Georgia Beautiful
          1st Place Waste Reduction and Recycling (MMS) Keep America Beautiful
           State Executive Director of the Year Keep Georgia Beautiful 
           Voted ‘Best of Liberty’ Public Servant

2011 Awards:
State Public Works Employee of the Year Brenda Hearn
          1st Place Waste Reduction and Recycling (BGE) Keep Georgia Beautiful
          1st Place Litter Prevention (SWP) Keep Georgia Beautiful
          3rd Place State Affiliate Award Keep Georgia Beautiful
          2nd Place Waste Reduction and Recycling (BGE) Keep America Beautiful
          2nd Place Litter Prevention (SWP) Keep America Beautiful
          2nd Place Affiliate Award Keep America Beautiful
          3rd Place Cigarette Litter Prevention Program
          Rivers Alive State Affiliate Award

2010 Awards:
1st Place Affiliate Award Keep Georgia Beautiful
         1st Place Litter Prevention Keep Georgia Beautiful
         1st Place Waste Reduction and Recycling Keep Georgia Beautiful
         1st Place Beautification and Community Improvement Keep Georgia Beautiful
         2nd Place Litter Prevention Keep America Beautiful
         1st Place Waste Reduction and Recycling Keep America Beautiful
         ACCG County of excellence Georgia Trend Award

2009 Awards:
1st Place State Affiliate Keep Georgia Beautiful
          2nd Place National Affiliate Keep America Beautiful
          2nd Place Waste Reduction and Recycling (crayon) Keep America Beautiful
          2nd Place Litter Prevention (Read across Liberty) Keep America Beautiful

2008 Awards:
Guinness World Records World’s Largest Crayon (made from recycled crayons collected by our schools)
         1st Place Litter Prevention Keep America Beautiful 
         1st Place Litter Prevention Keep Georgia Beautiful
         FUMC PreK and Kindergarten places in Top Twenty in national Return the Warmth

2007 Awards
Keep America Beautiful Foundation - Great American Cleanup Photo Award
Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation - Man of the Year Award (David C Sapp)

2006 Award
Liberty Elementary and MMS place in Top Ten in national Return the Warmth