May 17, 2012
Ideas
This Week's Idea
STAMP OUT HUNGER
49 million Americans are hungry.
Saturday, May 12 is Stamp Out Hunger Day in the U.S. Put some nonperishable food in a bag next to your mailbox, and your letter carrier will deliver it to your local food bank.
More Ways to Help:
Donate at FeedingAmerica.org. Every $1 provides 7 meals.
Internationally, donate to the World Food Programme
PICK A CARD
What do you do with all your expired gift cards? And hotel room key cards, old ID cards, and all the rest? Please don’t throw them away. All that PVC plastic is non- biodegradable, so it’s going to be in landfills FOREVER, and that’s not good for us.
You can recycle those cards. Cut them in half, put them in an envelope, and mail them to Earthworks System. Earthworks melts down old cards and makes them into new cards, manufactured with 80% less energy and no petroleum. Brilliant!
Another nice thing you can do: When you shop, ask retailers if they recycle their cards. If they don’t, Earthworks will do it. They work with lots of retailers.
ADDRESS: Earthworks System, 25840 Miles Rd., Bedford, OH 44146
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
Help Tornado Schools: On March 2, a tornado blasted Henryville, Indiana, and in twenty seconds the high school crumbled, while students and staff huddled inside. Miraculously, no one in the building was hurt. People are holding up and cleaning up, and high school classes resume this week in temporary quarters in nearby Sellersburg.
How You Can Help Henryville Schools
There is no room to store donated goods, so please don't send any. But parents, teachers and students would be very grateful for encouraging cards and letters. And if you’re so inclined, they’d also be grateful to receive financial donations. (If you send a check, on the memo line please write: "For Henryville.")
Address: West Clark Community Schools
601 Renz Avenue
Sellersburg, IN 47172
*Thank you to D1NT Nick-o-holic James Banzer for telling us about this idea.
HUNGRY? You're not the only one. 1 in 6 Americans is hungry.
When you're doing your shopping, how about buying an extra can of tuna, jar of peanut butter, or box of power bars, and dropping them off at your local food bank or food pantry? Food pantries often accept fresh produce too.
Or let your fingers do the walking and make a financial donation online: Feeding America, AmpleHarvest.org.
