We were able to recycle 27,063 juice pouches and 1,144 glue sticks! Thanks to all members who gave up a part of their recess to go around and collect glue sticks and sort through juice pouches. It's a messy job and I am so grateful to all who were willing to take on this service to our school.
Each month I mail the glue sticks and juice pouches you collect to Terra Cycle. Then we are awarded a dollar value to redeem for their products or to redeem as donations for charities. Of the 27,063 points we earned this year, we voted to spend 13,000 on various charities. We are going to save the rest and possibly purchase some supplies for our school next year.
The charities we chose for the 2012-2013 school year are:
CleanWater.org: Provide clean water for 5 people in Kenya
for 1 year
CarbonFund.org: 2 tonne of carbon emissions removed from the
atmosphere
Heifer International 10 honeybees each to 5 families
struggling to survive in Uganda
Sandy Hook Elementary: 500 points towards their brigade.
Sandy Hook joined Terra Cycle this past year. They haven’t been able to recycle
since moving to their temporary school location. They want to rejoin the program once their new school is build, but need encouragement to start the program again.
Thank you to ALL Green Team members who volunteered their service for paper and plastic recycling as well. I will have those numbers for you in the fall!
I wish all our current fifth graders well in sixth grade. I hope you will continue your service at Gaithersburg Middle School or wherever you go.......be sure to come back to help for SSL hours as well!
I cannot wait to welcome all our current third and fourth grade members to our club. For now, enjoy your summer!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,
Ms. Hudson :)
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