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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:05 PM CDT

Gary Chamberlain is a former resident of Cherokee County. He lives in Arizona today but still thinks about his old home, which is why he called the Cherokee Scout after hours one night to share a new program that could help businesses, residents and youth groups locally as well as from coast to coast. After talking with him a couple times, I’m convinced he’s onto something.

“To anyone publishing or sharing this story,” Chamberlain wrote in a follow-up e-mail, “you will make a friend of those businesses and individuals that are repeatedly asked to make donations to youth groups or organizations. Since 2012, I have traveled more than 14,000 miles throughout the United States. Businesses and individuals have thanked me for providing this opportunity, which results in a win-win outcome.”

The program is called “America the Beautiful & BagReadyJobs.” Youth groups will learn skills in marketing, sales, performing a service, billing for their service and being paid for their good work. They will negotiate fees with local businesses and residents for filling 33-gallon bags with litter, working with Adopt-A-Highway group leaders to help their beautifying efforts.

Businesses and residents will pledge $7-10 to youth groups for every 33-gallon bag of trash they fill to the brim. Adopt-A-Highway group leaders will confirm the youth group’s participation and quantity of bags they filled. The youth then will provide a copy of the Adopt-A-Highway leader’s confirmation to their sponsors.

In addition to displaying the trash-filled bags along the highway for four days to create litter awareness, the youth groups are required to write a 500-word essay answering the following questions:

u What did you learn?

u What are the solutions to reversing the occurrence of highway litter and increasing recycling?

u How does highway litter impact the economy of your community?

u How does highway litter reflect on your residents?

u What are you going to do to make a difference?

Sponsors will pay the youth groups for their services once all obligations have been fulfilled.

“America the Beautiful & BagReadyJobs” is “the perfect opportunity for city and town leaders to challenge their community businesses and residents to support local youth groups that want to earn their funding,” Chamberlain said. “These young adults are our future role models and leaders. Recycling activities and exercise are additional benefits that can be realized through this effort.”

Contact information for the 50 state Adopt-A-Highway coordinators is available by e-mailing FolksvilleUSA@gmail.com or writing Chamberlain at Folksville USA, PO Box 1138, Cornville, AZ 86325. Call 928-202-1186 for details.

With the lingering recession, it’s difficult for many businesses and residents to donate like they have before. What makes this program different is instead of just writing a check or buying a box of doughnuts, the entire community will receive something for their sponsorship – a cleaner Cherokee County, which will help the local economy. And the youth involved will learn the values of both volunteer service as well as working hard for what you earn.

There are a lot of local roads that could use a serious cleanup. If – I mean “when” – this “win-win” program comes to fruition here, I look forward to promoting it in your local newspaper. The time is right for an idea like this.

David Brown is publisher of the Cherokee Scout. You can reach him by phone, 837-5122; fax, 837-5832; or e-mail, dbrown@cherokeescout.com. You also can ask a question on the Scout’s Facebook page or via Twitter @thescoutnews.

http://fortblissbugle.com/america-the-beautiful-gets-boost-from-bagreadyjobs/

To those that respond anonymously, where do you wear your tag?

The Armed Forces men and women that proudly serve our country, stand behind their name in words, deeds and actions.

They wear the identification tags (Dog Tags) that bear their names and either end up wedged between their teeth if they are killed in action (KIA) or possibly in a drawer if they make it home alive.

I believe those that have something to say about another person in the media need to have the courage to post their actual name and by doing so, they display their courage and truly defend free speech.

As people, we will never agree on a single topic but need to have the courage to respectfully disagree and stand behind our comments and display our name.

Where do you display your name tag?

Gary Chamberlain
Cornville AZ
Army Vietnam 1967

Gary Chamberlain
Folksville USA

Thanks for your comment.

There are lots of good ideas that are only ideas until the “action” is applied.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the businesses in all of our nations communities applied the “action” required to get our youth groups to earn their donations.

Gary Chamberlain
“Point Man” FVUSA

FOX 10 Phoenix AZ
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/20628627/2013/01/18/cleaning-up-highways-is-cornville-mans-mission

Google “SedonaEye.com” and place “Folksville USA” in the search bar for stories about Folksville USA.