Shannie97
Registered: December 2015
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A Blessing in Return
Salem Youth Community Paper Recycling Benefit
The Earth and its communities, which have helped young people effectively grow, gives us reason for giving back and ensuring that our Earth is well taken care of. The youth at Salem Baptist Church in Welcome, VA, carefully made the decision in 2012 that they wanted to take on an environmental project. This environmental project was skillfully executed by Shantel Harvey, a college sophomore at Richard Bland College, Kiontay Reynolds, a freshman at Eastern Mennonite University, and Jasmine Hill, a Senior at the King George High School.
For execution of the project, we decided that we wanted to recycle paper products and receive money from a recycling facility that could be used to go towards three beneficiaries. Our three beneficiaries, which were thoughtfully chosen, were selected because of their values. The first beneficiary is the King George High School, in need of school supplies for less fortunate students. The second and third beneficiaries are the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the St. Jude’s Hospital for Research.
We, the youth at Salem, resolved that we wanted to take initiative and generously reach out to our community. We wanted to be on the right path when it came to college or careers and our leadership goals. Giving back to the community in this way would allow us to do just that. As a team, we arranged to recycle newspapers, magazines, paper, and phonebooks. We communicated with citizens from our community which ultimately allowed us to set up pick up dates. With this process we would go to people’s homes and collect their paper products from them. After this, we would go back to the church and pack everything neatly into boxes so they could be taken promptly to the recycling facility. We also had a recycling bin set up in the area where we would take the paper products to. Church members also would graciously drop off their paper goods at church. Once our storage bin was full, the people from the company would come get our bin and, in return, we would receive money to go towards our beneficiaries.
As a result of our tireless efforts, the project is beginning to realize financial distributions to the ASPCA, St Judes Hospital for research and King George High School for school supplies for those in need, $100, $200, and $500 respectively. After the supplies are purchased each month, they will be donated to students in need at the King George High School. The remaining funds we will receive from the rest of the paper products after delivery to the recycling facility, will go to ASPCA and the St. Jude’s Hospital for research. From 2012 until now, we have collect 30,000 pounds of paper products to be recycled.
Our efforts help the Earth on a global level by reducing the amount of paper being wasted and on a community level by helping local charities conduct crucial research for children and preventing cruelty to animals. As the Earth and the community has blessed us, we will in return be a blessing.
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