1998 Earth Day Groceries Reports - Kentucky
Based on information received from the Paper Bag Council of the American Forest and Paper Association:
800 bags
-- Hardinsburg Elementary
-- Harned, KY
Four of our primary classrooms participated in your Earth Day Groceries project
by distributing grocery bags at 2 of the grocery stores in Springfield,
Kentucky. We had a total of 75 students that prepared Earth Day slogans.
Jackie M. Reed (jreed@washington.k12.ky.us)
Willisburg Elementary
Willisburg, Kentucky
Our class decorated 23 grocery bags for earth day. We really enjoyed
the activity as well as being able to encourage others to take care of our
planet for everyone who will be living here for years to come.
Mrs. Riney's Class (lriney@washington.k12.ky.us)
Willisburg Elementary School
Willisburg, Kentucky
Greetings from Veterans Park Elementary in Lexington, Kentucky! We have been
busy here participating in our first year of the "Earth Day Groceries Project,
1998"!
I am the art teacher here at Veterans Park Elementary and one of our teachers
made me aware of this wonderful project, which I in turn used it as an art
project for the entire school. Therefore, there will be about 650+ grocery bags
being circulated at our surrounding groceries on Earth Day! (The participating
donators are Kroger and Winn Dixie.)
The children (ranging from K - 5) have been very enthusiastic and interested in
this project. Many have wanted to do more than one bag with Earth Day
messages. I liked the idea from Montgomery County Solid Waste - they collected
decorated bags from 3 schools and then chose some outstanding designs to give
Earth Day prizes to the designer! I'll have to remember that for next year!
This has been a fun and rewarding project, THANKS A MILLION FOR THE IDEA!
Please keep me informed for upcoming events and definitely for April 22, 1999.
Peace and Happy Recycling,
Holly Barkley, Art Teacher (hbarkley@fayette.k12.ky.us)
Veterans Park Elementary
Lexington, Kentucky
I am very excited about this project. My school is located in
a very rural area. This project will help us spread the word
about environmental issues. Thanks so much!!!
We decorated 200 bags for this our first year in the program. I
am already planning next years Groceries Project!!
Sherri Whisman (swhisman@powell.k12.ky.us)
Powell County Middle School
Stanton, KY
1997 Earth Day Groceries Reports - Kentucky
This was our first year to participate in the E-day Groceries
We had three schools in the county of Montgomery in the state
of Kentucky to participate. They were Camargo, Mapleton and
Mt. Sterling Elementaries. Kroger donated the bags. We decorated
a total of 1,675 bags. We chose 10 winners from the most creative
and gave Earth Day Every Day T-shirts as prizes. We had a great
time.
Brian T. Bailey b.bailey@morehead-st.edu
Montgomery County Solid Waste Coordinator
Camargo, Mapleton and Mt. Sterling Elementaries
Montgomery County Kentucky
Newton Parrish Elementary School, 510 W. Byers Ave., Owensboro, Ky 42303
is proud to annouce we have decorated 374 bags. We are very excited
about this project as it is our first year to participate. We hope to
do more next year. Please keep us posted as the bag numbers come in.
Thanks, Carolyn H. Glenn, Library Media Specialist
cglenn@sun.owensboro.k12.ky.us
I teach a primary class, grades 1 and 2 in Lawrenceburg, Ky. We are
very excited because it looks like our school, Emma B. Ward Elementary,
will be the first Kentucky school to register as participating in the
Earth Day project.
Our school has around 550 students in grades 1-5. So far we have
decorated 450 bags. The local IGA food market is across the street from
the school and they donated the bags. We are in the midst of statewide
testing in grades 3, 4, and 5 or we would have even better
participation.
The students have been very enthusiastic and many have asked to decorate
"any extra" bags. The grocery has been great. I picked up one bale of
bags and they said we can have as many more as we need.
My first and second graders are very excited and apparently all plan to
go grocery shopping on April 22nd so they can receive an Earth Day
grocery sack.
We look forward to seeing the final results. Thanks for encouraging
such a worth while project.
Barbara Schaars bschaars@Anderson.k12.ky.us
Emma B. Ward Elementary School
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Fordsville Elementary School's students decorated a total of 295
sacks that were donated from the Foodland at Whitesville, KY. The students
will return the sacks to Foodland who will then in turn use them on Earth Day
to bag their customers' groceries. On Earth Day, the students and faculty will
plant shrubs, trees, and flowers to landscape the front of our school.
Students and teachers will also clean up the grounds around the school and the
playground by using the buddy system of older students being paired with
younger students.
Mrs. Cecilia Wilkerson leavy@wku.campus.mci.net
Fordsville Elementary School
Fordsville, KY
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