WHEREAS, Keep Loudoun Beautiful is a nonprofit organization celebrating its 50th year of service keeping Loudoun County's environment clean through education and clean-ups around the county; and

WHEREAS, the vision of Keep Loudoun Beautiful is to engage and educate citizens to keep Loudoun beautiful, including encouraging residents and businesses to reduce waste, reuse items, and recycle; and

WHEREAS, Keep Loudoun Beautiful promotes public awareness of environmental challenges and their common-sense solutions; and

WHEREAS, Keep Loudoun Beautiful organized a clean-up event of more than 108 volunteers in Sterling, collecting a total of 642 pounds of trash and 87.86 pounds of recycling; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Keep Loudoun Beautiful hereby be commended for its dedication to environmental preservation in Loudoun County on the occasion of its 50th anniversary; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Keep Loudoun Beautiful as an expression of the House of Delegates' admiration for the organization's contributions to the environmental safety of the Loudoun County community for the last 50 years.