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Recycling Rocks Sage Park Middle SchoolNews Release
May 18, 2008
Contact: Leticia Colon and Laura Butler, Sage Park Middle School, FPS teacher
"Recycling Rocks Sage Park Middle School"
Sage Park's Recycling Kick off ended with a bang on May 5th. The eight grade class that won the grand prize for recycling the most during their lunch period was treated to a field trip at Northwest Park. The students competed in a scavenger hunt looking for native wild life. They also collected trash while on their hike. After lunch they were treated to a talk by Cyd Groff, our town's environmental planner. John Waiveris, founder of the Chamber of Commerce Green Committee, also gave a few words of wisdom: "Anyone can make a difference. Aim high and people will come out to support you. Just go out there and do something!" John told the kids enthusiastically.
Jonathon Mejias, the sixth grader that started the recycling program, also gave out awards during the field trip. These awards were donated by John Waiveris and John Zito of the Alchemy Cafe and Fine Art Stone in Hartford, CT.
Sage Park's lunchroom recycling program has brought positive comments from both town residents and Government officials. Other schools in the Windsor district are now looking into starting their own recycling programs.
Gina McCarthy, DEP commissioner writes, "It was heartening and impressive to learn of your efforts, passion for the environment, and tenacity in bring your vision for recycling to fruition. Your success will not only strengthen the recycling message for Sage Park Middle School students, faculty and staff, but will serve as a model for other Windsor schools as well.
Congratulations on helping your community shift away from a 'throw away' mentality toward one that promotes a reduction in the amount and toxicity of the waste they produce. Connecticut needs visionaries like yourself to help reinvigorate Connecticut programs for source reduction and recycling. Thank you for your environmental concern and for thinking globally and acting locally."
Governor Jodi Rell's letter to Jonathon Mejias states, "I am proud to see Connecticut's students taking the initiative to motivate and educate others on important issues like recycling and environmental preservation. I am confident that everyone who participates in this program will create positive change in the Town of Windsor and through our state. We must act now in order to protect our precious natural resources.
Thank you for doing your 'One Thing' to preserve and protect our beautiful state."
Sage Park has taken the first step. Hopefully it won't be long before we see recycling programs and education initiatives at all of our schools.
As John Waivers so eloquently put it, "This could have been any student starting a recycling program at any school. When you simplify it, all Jonathon Mejias did was make the choice to do something and set himself to working on it. Once you set off on the path people will come forward to support a good cause."
Congratulations to the staff, students, and administration of Sage Park Middle school. You have made a difference. You have done "One Thing". Your actions will pave the way for other schools to take action. This a great program for the students, our community, and our environment.
We can all be part of the solution. We only need to make the choice to get involved and take a step forward.
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." ~ Seneca
To learn more about Jonathon Mejias's project visit www.greenecowarriors.org
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