Earth Day Groceries Reports, 2008

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Chelsa Capers

North Riverside Elementary
Fort Worth, TX USA
campus.kellerisd.net/nres/
We decorated 800 bags!
About our project: All 800 of our students ranging from Pre-K to 4th grade participated in this wonderful project to share the importance of environmental awareness. Many of our teachers, including myself found the lesson plans on the readwritethink.org website helpful. We sent a note home with every student informing the parents of the project and encouraging them to take their children to the store to see their messages in action. It was a great success! http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1004

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Debbie McDonough
debbie_mcdonough@hotmail.com
Roosevelt Elementary
Tampa, FL USA
 
We decorated 584 bags!
About our project: Our entire school participated (for the second year) in creating 584 bags for our local Publix Supermarket. From PreK to 5th grade students, the children decorated using crayons, markers, and paint. We made a slide show using pictures of the finished bags for the students to watch on the morning show. The students loved finding their bag during the power point show. Happy Earth Day!

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Ludmila Ruzickova
lud.ruz@seznam.cz
ZS TGM Blatna
Blatna, Czech Republic
www.zstgm.blatna.indos.cz
We decorated 60 bags!
About our project: This year we decorated over 60 bags. As usual it was fun, all pupils enjoyed it and next year we´re going to participate again. Thanks for this project.

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Cecily de Forest
becky@liberty-haven.org
friends and family
Bahama, NC USA
 
We decorated 65 bags!
About our project: It was really fun!

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Terry Maxwell
terrymaxwell@dadeschools.net
Joella C. Good Elementary School
Hialeah, FL USA
joella.dadeschools.net
We decorated 200 bags!
About our project: Our school suggested that each grade level develop a project for Earth Day. As I surfed the internet, I came across your illustrious idea and presented it to our fourth grade teachers. They were eager to get started. I approached the community Publix's managers with the idea of decorating grocery bags for their customers. They accepted the idea and supplied the brown grocery bags, and one of my parents stopped by the store on a Saturday evening and brought the bags to the school Monday morning. The bags were then distributed to the fourth grade teachers. The Art Teachers gave the students some great ideas to decorate using Earth Day slogans. We even got feedback from people in the community that used our bags. What a wonderful idea! We are looking forward to next year.

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April Fernald
afernald@verizon.net
Walnut
Newbury Park, CA USA
 
We decorated 380 bags!
About our project: This was the third year Walnut Elementary School in Newbury Park, CA created Earth Day bags. We created 380 bags for the project. The following are some quotes from our teachers, "My class really enjoyed expressing their ideas in the art and writing. Well worth it!""I was amazed at how passionately the students felt about Earth Day." "Wonderful way for kindergarten students to participate in Earth awareness." It's a great opportunity for the students to give back to the community. We plan on doing it again next year. Thank you Ralph's Grocery located on N. Ventu Park Rd in Newbury Park, CA for donating the grocery bags.

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Sherry Francis
kelilina69@yahoo.com
Girls Scouts
Arlington, TX USA
 
We decorated 25 bags!
About our project: This is the first year that we participated in the program. My Daisy Troop & my Brownie Troop created the art work on the bags and had a fun time meeting the Store Director of Albertson's and presenting their hard work.

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Krista Kelly
kellyk@lkgeorge.org
Lake George Elementary School
Lake George, NY USA
www.lkgeorge.org
We decorated 500 bags!
About our project: This was our first year participating and we look forward to do it again in the coming years! All of the students enjoyed the experience and we look forward to seeing our school on the website! The patrons at the supermarkets loved our designs. Hannaford even hung some of the bags in the store front. Thanks again!

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Anne Griffee
gkjam@cableone.net
Norfolk Public Montessori School
Norfolk, NE USA
 
We decorated 200 bags!
About our project: This is the second year our school has participated in this project. The students all love to decorate the bags with Earth Friendly messages. They also enjoyed making the parents go shopping and asking for paper instead of plastic to collect their artwork!
Report submitted on 5/19/2008

Shayna Aldrich
ShaynaA@fisd.org
Fredericksburg Middle School
Fredericksburg, TX USA
 
We decorated 900 bags!
About our project: We decorated over 900 paper bags! We included easy tips on ways to live a more "green" life, so we hope that each person made one small change. If everyone made one small change in their life, the results would be outta this world!
Report submitted on 5/16/2008

Leslee Hoepner
hoepner@palmbeach.k12.fl.us
Palmetto Elementary
West Palm Beach, FL USA
 
We decorated 650 bags!
About our project: This was a simple and exciting project. It was a big success! With almost 100% partcipation, it is sure to be a new tradition here at Palmetto Elementary!

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Marcella Christensen

Lincolnville Central School
Lincolnville, ME USA
 
We decorated 100 bags!
About our project: Thank you for the inspiration, we had fun!
Report submitted on 5/14/2008

Jon Haight
haight@stratfordk12.org
Franklin
Stratford, CT USA
 
We decorated 372 bags!
About our project: Franklin School continues to care for our Mother Earth! Thanks to our friends at Shaws of Stratford.

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Cathy Mund
cmund@sunmandearborn.k12.in.us
Bright Elementary
Lawrenceburg, IN USA
 
We decorated 400 bags!
About our project: Super community awareness project for April!!
Report submitted on 5/14/2008

Lauren Dixon
lag022@latech.edu
Glen View Elementary
Ruston, LA USA
 
We decorated 76 bags!
About our project: Our fifth grade Language Arts class wanted to do something special for Earth Day this year. As the student teacher working under the supervision of Mrs. Polly Durrett, I was given permission to design a unit plan about the ways to become more "Earth Friendly." Using information we researched on the internet and information from a local recycling company, we spent a week discussing the need for enviromental awareness and the ways to do this. The students designed and decorated the Earth friendly grocery bags with messages to our community at the end of the week and brought them to Super 1 Foods. The customers enjoyed the artwork on the bags and were made aware of the things they can do to become more Earth friendly. The students enjoyed making the bags and spreading the important messages of how to be more Earth friendly.

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Brooke Fell
melissa.fell@franklin.kyschools.us
Elkhorn Elementary School
Frankfort, KY USA
 
We decorated 314 bags!
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Report submitted on 5/13/2008

Maggie Taylor
margaret12345@gmail.com
Green Grocer Chicago
Chicago, IL USA
greengrocerchicago.com
We decorated 50 bags!
About our project: The local school, James Otis Elementary, less than 2 blocks away decorated bags for us. We displayed the Earth Day bags in the window and around our store. Then we used the bags for our customer's yummy, healthy, eco-friendly groceries. All involved were happy. Thank you to all the students at James Otis that decorated bags. The school website is: http://www.otis.cps.k12.il.us/

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Jo Williams
mijowill@mchsi.com
Girl Scout Troop 921
Des Moines, IA USA
 
We decorated 384 bags!
About our project: Junior Girl Scout Troop 921 from Des Moines, Iowa used this project to earn their Bronze Award in Girl Scouting which is the highest award you can earn as a Junior Girl Scout. They spent 15 plus hours preparing, presenting to Hy-Vee and St. Anthony's School, making and collecting snd returning the bags. The customers at Hy-vee were thrilled to learn that the girl scouts and students are interested in helping to save the earth! They even had a two page article about it in the local newspaper.

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Missy Maloney
fdmshopid@yahoo.com
Farmland Elementary School
Rockville, MD USA
 
We decorated 44 bags!
About our project: Our Troop (6767 from GSCNC) had three Helping Hands projects this year. This year, our theme was Appreciating the Natural World. We learned about camping, Leave-No-Trace hiking and the importance of water. In honor of Earth Day, we made our third Helping Hands project a project about helping the environment. During a meeting, we decorated the bags. We, then, returned them to Trader Joe's. Next year, we know that we are capable of so much more and we will set increased goals for all of our Helping Hands projects!

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Juganaru Mirela
mirela2juganaru@yahoo.com
Scoala cu clasele I-VIII nr.16
Craiova, Romania
 
We decorated 200 bags!
About our project: Elevii Scolii cu clasele I-VIII nr.16 Craiova au primit cu entuziasm propunerea de a se alatura colegilor din alte scoli in incercarea de a-i face pe cetateni sa inteleaga ca Pamantul se afla in pericol. Am imprumutat 200 de pungi de hartie, le-am decorat cu desene si mesaje ecologice iar pe 21 aprilie le-am returnat magazinului alimentar. A fost o actiune extraordinara si speram ca mesajele noastre au sensibilizat si responsabilizat cumparatorii care au intrat in posesia pungilor.

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