Fifth grade Girl Scout Troop 722 from Waunakee, Wisconsin, sent in the report below. They canceled 586 catalogs collected from four Waunakee schools! In the process they ended up on TV, too!
“Thank you for such a wonderful ‘green’ project. We got the idea from a link posted by our Girl Scout Council. The troop was very excited to help the environment. We even showed the “Bob the Penguin” video and explained the challenge at an all school assembly on our “kick off” day.
“In keeping with the “green” theme, we emailed a letter home explaining the challenge to parents. One of our teachers liked the idea so much he emailed the information to the entire school district staff. We put a collection box in each of our 4 elementary schools right next to teacher mailboxes and asked each classroom to collect also.
“Word was spreading – catalogs stacked up! One of the best things that happened is a local TV station has their own “Green” reporter. Somehow he heard about the challenge! The girls were very excited to find out that he wanted to do a story about their work! The photo you see is from the day of the TV interview. In all, we collected and canceled 586 catalogs in a 4 week time period.”
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