Keep America Beautiful, Inc. visits the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate the 2009 Great American Cleanup, which mobilizes millions of volunteers for 30,000 cleanup events in all 50 states from March 1st through May 31st.

The City of New York will celebrate the second anniversary of the "Keep New York City Beautiful Coalition," an affiliate of the national organization, and will rally city residents around the "Green Starts Here" platform, as part of the national Great American Cleanup campaign.

In honor of the occasion, Keep America Beautiful, Inc. representatives, White House and New York City officials, the cast of Broadway's "Wicked," and Miss America 2009, will preside over the Closing Bell.

Who:
 * National nonprofit Keep America Beautiful
 * Miss America 2009 Katie Stam
 * NYC Department of Sanitation
 * Keep New York Beautiful Coalition
 * Cast of Broadway's "Wicked"

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