Visitors to the football complex at Trinity View Park will be sure to notice that the handrails are a much brighter shade of yellow, thanks to the efforts of North Lake College’s Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society officer team.  Five members of North Lake’s Alpha Zeta Eta Chapter kicked off their Independence Day Holiday by partnering with Keep Irving Beautiful in a service project on July 3.  Officers Jared Steele, Jenny Maique, Diana Moreno, Cindy Villalta and Carlos Valladares gave a total of 20 hours in prepping and painting the metal railings at one of the park’s four football fields. The Parks Department provided the supplies, and the students and KIB staff did the painting.  This was the second project the recently-elected group has participated in already this summer, as several of these students also worked the PlayTri Triathlon in June.

     “Speaking for the entire Keep Irving Beautiful Board, I can’t say enough about what a great group the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society is to work with,” said KIB Board Member Karen Harmon.  “We have been partnering with them for years, and KIB just wouldn’t be the same without them.  They always demonstrate an enthusiasm and strong volunteer spirit in everything they do, and we are fortunate to have such an active chapter right here at North Lake.”

     Keep Irving Beautiful is a non-profit, grassroots, leadership organization dedicated to educating our community about litter abatement, recycling, and beautification in order to help preserve the health and promote the social and economic prosperity of our city. As an award winning affiliate of Keep America Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful, Keep Irving Beautiful reaches out to and partners with all sectors of our City including government, business, church, cultural, educational, neighborhood and civic organizations.  If you would like to participate in a service project similar to this one, please go to the KIB website, www.keepirvingbeautiful.org, or call the KIB office at 972-721-2175.