This spring, Keep Charlotte Beautiful awarded $500 beautification microgrants to 12 different projects focused on litter prevention, waste reduction and recycling, beautification, and community greening.
Four of these grants went to different Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to help educate students on these key tenants of environmental responsibility. Read on to see how each school is using its grant to help students clean up, beautify their schools, and become environmental stewards for their communities.
Chantilly Montessori Elementary School
Chantilly Montessori Elementary School is adjacent to Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary, a refuge of wetland areas and ponds that attracts birds, deer, and other wildlife. Students, teachers and community members alike enjoy this natural space. After storms,…
