Medler said she and her family first began cleaning neighborhoods when they participated in the Great American Cleanup in the Grassy Lakes section of Interlachen off Webster Street. Keep Putnam Beautiful is an affiliate of the Keep Florida Beautiful program and focuses on educating the public on how to properly manage solid waste. Keep Florida Beautiful is also affiliated with the Keep America Beautiful program, founded in 1953. Povlich said Keep Putnam Beautiful also handles adoptions for county roads, the city of Palatka and the Florida Department of Transportation. According to the organization's studies, she said, people are more likely to litter when they think nobody cares about an area.
People are more likely to throw trash in areas where there is trash.
To learn how to adopt a local road, call Povlich at 325-9598.