Desperate for recycling help
Environmental Club needs students to help with recycling

Paper with recycling symbol
IT IS EASY TO recycle. All it requires is throwing paper or plastic into a recycling bin. But for Environmental Club, the problem lies in finding enough volunteers to help recycle after school. Photo courtesy of Altavista.

Sadly, Environmental Club has recently been having trouble finding volunteers to help with recycling every Thursday after school.

“It is hard for a lot of our leaders to make the meetings because many of them are in theater and do not have time,” said Emma Burgin, 11, events coordinator of Environmental Club.

“Last week only four people showed up. It took THREE hours to collect all of the recycling in the building,” said Burgin.

One idea to persuade more students to come help is to bring in more treats such as cookies or brownies. But plans for this have not yet been made.

T-shirts have also not yet been designed because the leader heading that project has theatre and cannot find time to design them. It looks like a few students are holding on to the dissipating Environmental Club.

“Environmental Club is AWESOME! We recycle and help the environment. You should come for at least ONE day and help,” said Greg Austrow, 11. – Posted: Thu, Mar 11 2010 11:22:17 AM EST by Sarah Janning