SPONSORED COMMUNITY EVENTS

Taking greater pride in your community!

Your Miami-Dade County business depends on clean beaches and a healthy environment … and ECOMB depends on your support to maintain them!

Why Keep Our Shoreline Clean? ECOMB’s Litter Prevention Program aims to reduce the amount of litter in our local coastal ecosystems and raise both resident’s and visitor’s awareness about its detrimental effects on natural habitats and aquatic life. Litter in our environment has negative economic and aesthetic impacts, impairs human health and safety, and may cause injury and death to animals through entanglement and ingestion
The Easy Solution
			The contamination of our beaches, parks and surrounding aquatic ecosystems is of great concern to residents and visitors to South Florida. In order to address this issue, ECOMB carries out regular shoreline cleanups throughout the year. During the year of 2010 alone, ECOMB coordinated over 20 shoreline cleanups, resulting in the removal of over 17,000 pounds of trash from local beaches, islands, and canals. But we need YOUR Help!

Now, your businesses can help ECOMB carry out this mission and demonstrate your commitment to clean public areas in our community by sponsoring shoreline cleanups and many other exciting environmental projects to be added soon. This is an opportunity to not only promote your business, but also to provide your employees with a chance to team up in an effort to protect and preserve our environment for our future generations.

ECOMB, as an environmental nonprofit organization, relies on donations, grants and sponsorships to fund educational programs and campaigns such as our Litter Prevention Program. Our campaigns aim to promote environmental sustainability and preserve the natural habitats of Miami-Dade County.

Sponsorship Opportunities

I.  Two Annual Community Cleanup Events. ECOMB will:

• Identify the cleanup site and coordinate two annual community cleanups for your business
• Acknowledge your efforts by naming the event after your company. These may be implemented as a one-time only or recurring annual event;
• Make all necessary arrangements with local governmental agencies to coordinate the cleanup, including site selection as well as trash and recyclables collection;
• Provide the following cleanup supplies:
  • Biodegradable bags and/or re-usable buckets
  • Gloves
  • First aid kit
  • Litter/recyclables data cards and pencils/pens
  • Snacks
  • Water and cups

• Market your event on our website and through our e-mail campaigns, if you choose to do so;
• Provide a support staff to conduct an orientation that will include:
  • Safety guidelines
  • Cleanup instructions, and
  • Information on the impact of litter in our natural habitats

II.  One Annual Community Cleanup Events. ECOMB will:

• Identify the cleanup site and coordinate one annual community cleanup for your business, including all benefits listed above.

III. Schools and Not-for-Profits

• Please contact us for special rates.

If you wish to learn more about ECOMB’s Sponsored Shoreline Cleanups, sponsorship rates and how your business can get involved, please contact us at:

litterprevention@ecomb.org or 305.534.3825

KEEPING OUR SHORES CLEAN AND HAVING FUN AT THE SAME TIME!