[ADEQ Media] ADEQ Announces Grants for 29 Arizona Little League Programs for Recycling Containers, Banners

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ADEQ Announces Grants for 29 Arizona Little League Programs for
Recycling Containers, Banners

PHOENIX  (March 20, 2009) - ADEQ officials announced today the awarding
of 29 grants totaling $12,000 to Little League baseball programs in nine
Arizona counties as part of the agency's Little League Recycling and
Litter Control project.

The grants provide money for recycling containers to be placed at
baseball fields and banners promoting recycling to be displayed at the
fields.

ADEQ's Little League Recycling grant program is now in its sixth year
and grants have been awarded to Little League programs throughout the
state for recycling and litter clean up.

"This has been a wonderful partnership between the state and a classic
sports institution," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said. "These kinds of
programs help develop recycling habits from an early age."

The grants, which were allotted to programs by number of fields, are as
follows:

Apache County - St. Johns Little League District 1, St. Johns, $500
Coconino County - Mount Elden Little League, Flagstaff, $200
Cochise County -- San Pedro Valley Little League, Benson, $500
Maricopa County - Holiday Park Little League, Glendale, $500; McDowell
Mountain Little League District 6, Phoenix, $500; Mesa Southern Little
League District 7, Mesa, $500; North Scottsdale Little League District
6, Scottsdale, $300; Red Mountain National Little League, Mesa, $200;
Royal Palm Orangewood Little League District 3, Phoenix, $500; Shaw
Butte Little League, Phoenix, $500; Sidewinder Little League, Peoria,
$500;  South Scottsdale Little League, Scottsdale, $500; Westend Little
League, Phoenix, $500
Mohave County - Mohave Valley Little League, Mohave Valley, $200
Navajo County - Holbrook Little League, Holbrook, $200; Pinetop-Lakeside
Blue Ridge Little League, Pinetop-Lakeside, $500
Pima County - Amphi Little League District 5, Tucson, $200; Freedom
Little League, Tucson, $300; Palo Verde Little League District 12,
Tucson, $500; Pantano Little League, Tucson, $500; Presidio Diamond
Girls Softball Little League District 12, Tucson, $500; Randolph Little
League, Tucson, $500; Santa Rita Little League, Tucson, $500;
Southwestern Little League District 12, Tucson, $500; Sunnyside Little
League District 12, Tucson, $500; Thorndale Little League District 5,
Tucson, $200; Tucson American Little League, Tucson, $200
Santa Cruz County - Nogales National Little League District 8, Nogales,
$500
Yavapai County - Verde Valley Little League District 1, Cottonwood, $500
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News media interested in additional information on this or any other
topic concerning the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality should
contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
communications@azdeq.gov.

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