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


2023 Awards:
President's Circle Recognition Award
The Governors Circle Award
The Best of Liberty
Rivers Alive Coastal Clean up Award
Trail Blazer of Tomorrow KGBF Award 
Scouts Award Rivers Alive  (Troop 3002)

2022 Awards:
President's Circle Recognition Award
The Governors Circle Award
The Best of Liberty

2021 Awards:
President’s Circle Recognition Award
The Governors Circle Award
KGIB Community Partners of the Year Award

2020 Awards:
President’s Circle Recognition Award
The Governors Circle Award
Lady Bird Johnson Award (Willie Cato) Keep America Beautiful
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2019 Awards: 
President’s Circle Recognition Award
The Governors Circle Award
KGBF 2nd Place Litter Prevention Award
KGBF 2nd Place keep Georgia Beautiful Affiliate Award
Rivers Alive 2019 Organizer of the Year Award
KAB 2019 Cigarette Litter Prevention Award “Georgia’s Coast is Not an Ashtray”

2018 Awards: 
Woman of the Year Carolyn Crayton 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 Liberty Beautiful) Keep Georgia Beautiful Foundation
​2018 Affiliate Award of Excellence (Keep Liberty Beautiful)
          Keep America Beautiful National Award
Community Improvement Award
Beautify Communities (Home Depot Foundation Community Improvement Project for Veterans and Liberty County) Keep America Beautiful Award

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

2016 Awards:  
KLB Rivers Alive State Organizer of the Year​
           2nd Place State Affiliate Award for Overall Programming
           1st Place National Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Award           
           T.E.L.L. Good Neighbor Award
           MMS Seventh Place Nationally PepsiCo Bottle and Can Recycling Contest ($4,000)  
           MMS 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: 
​MMS Recycles Places FIRST Nationally in PepsiCo Recycle Rally, winning $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 Georgia Beautiful Man of the Year David C Sapp
         Keep America Beautiful GAC Photo Award

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