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Keep McAlester Beautiful launches program to match court‑ordered service and volunteers to neighborhood projects
Summary
Keep McAlester Beautiful introduced its new executive director, Macy Fields, and outlined a program to connect court‑ordered community‑service participants and volunteers with cleanup and beautification projects to reduce a backlog of work and provide student volunteer opportunities.
The council heard a presentation from Keep McAlester Beautiful, which announced a new initiative to match court‑ordered community‑service workers and other volunteers with small neighborhood projects to accelerate cleanup and beautification efforts.
David Deal introduced Macy Fields as the organization’s new executive director and Tabitha Howell of Krebs America joined to outline examples of projects and invite the city to refer sites. Deal said the group sees a shortage of available community‑service hours for people ordered by courts and believes a partnership with courts, drug court and other community groups can help reduce the backlog.
"We found that we can help those people connect them with projects," Deal said, adding that students and other volunteers already have contacted the organization seeking service opportunities.
Council welcomed the program and indicated willingness to collaborate on identifying projects and streamlining referrals.
What happens next: Keep McAlester Beautiful will work with city staff to collect project‑site suggestions and incorporate them into the group’s project bank.
