On Thursday, August 12th, the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise heard from the Youth Volunteer Corps and their advisor Kayla Shenfeld who is a Vista Summer Associated.
These young people are participants in the Summer of Service program which is 100 hours of service in 100 days. Their project was “Reduce Reuse Recycle.” They tackled 2 big elements of the project this summer, Green Mapping of which local businesses recycle and public relations/publicity. Working in conjunction with Plan 94.1 radio they recorded Save Our Planet public service announcements addressing various aspects of recycling. They recorded a terrific video on the subject which can be viewed on You Tube under Vista Volunteers St. George. And, they put together a most informative Power Point Presentation which they had the opportunity to show to service clubs such as ours.
Just a few of the facts the group presented to us:
“Binnies” are large yellow receptacles for recycled material and can be spotted all over town.
You can recycle plastics numbers 1 though 7.
You can recycle paper, copper, aluminum and tin.
You can recycle red, blue, brown, green and clear glass. Please be kind and rinse/wash containers before putting in local binnies.
And, some rather sobering facts:
Every household discards 5.2 lbs of trash per day or 1,892 lbs per year (that is the weight of a killer whale.)
Landfills grow by 6 inches EVERY DAY!
The cost of what we throw away each year would buy 80 MILLION Wii game systems!
Definitely food for thought. Good for the Summer of Service youth to attempt to make a difference on our planet.
In addition to our program Lynn Spafford and Paul Gooch presented a service opportunity to the Club: Saving the Quepos-Manuel Antonia Library in Costa Rica. The Board met after the meeting to discuss contributing to this project and more information will be given at the next meeting. Check out Lynn’s BLOG for more details.
Next week: Geoff Steurer on the toll the current economy is taking on relationships.
See you then! Marla, subbing for Mark
These young people are participants in the Summer of Service program which is 100 hours of service in 100 days. Their project was “Reduce Reuse Recycle.” They tackled 2 big elements of the project this summer, Green Mapping of which local businesses recycle and public relations/publicity. Working in conjunction with Plan 94.1 radio they recorded Save Our Planet public service announcements addressing various aspects of recycling. They recorded a terrific video on the subject which can be viewed on You Tube under Vista Volunteers St. George. And, they put together a most informative Power Point Presentation which they had the opportunity to show to service clubs such as ours.
Just a few of the facts the group presented to us:
“Binnies” are large yellow receptacles for recycled material and can be spotted all over town.
You can recycle plastics numbers 1 though 7.
You can recycle paper, copper, aluminum and tin.
You can recycle red, blue, brown, green and clear glass. Please be kind and rinse/wash containers before putting in local binnies.
And, some rather sobering facts:
Every household discards 5.2 lbs of trash per day or 1,892 lbs per year (that is the weight of a killer whale.)
Landfills grow by 6 inches EVERY DAY!
The cost of what we throw away each year would buy 80 MILLION Wii game systems!
Definitely food for thought. Good for the Summer of Service youth to attempt to make a difference on our planet.
In addition to our program Lynn Spafford and Paul Gooch presented a service opportunity to the Club: Saving the Quepos-Manuel Antonia Library in Costa Rica. The Board met after the meeting to discuss contributing to this project and more information will be given at the next meeting. Check out Lynn’s BLOG for more details.
Next week: Geoff Steurer on the toll the current economy is taking on relationships.
See you then! Marla, subbing for Mark
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