A Camp Fire Collaboration

 Last Thursday, the TfP team had an awesome afternoon hanging out with middle-school students in the local after-school Camp Fire chapter. And I can't lie to you, it was all fun and games! Over two separate sessions, we implemented our Trash for Peace curriculum that incorporates fun icebreakers and discussions to illustrate the importance of reducing, reusing, and then recycling. The students then had a month to prepare a design for the painting and construction of two recycle bins out of "trash;" one large bin made out of plastic bottles and a mini-bin made with bottle caps!

The students making holes in the bottle caps for the mini-bin.

Excitement filled the goggle-protected eyes of students as they used the power tools.

But we found out the best part during our 2nd session; the students had conducted surveys and gathered more information to create a display in the hallway of their school to show the importance of taking care of the environment in regards to waste. We were absolutely thrilled!

Be sure to check out our facebook for more photos of painting and assembling the bin and of course, the finished bin! Trash for Peace couldn't have had such a successful event without the partnership of NGO Long Way Home and Camp Fire Columbia, so a grand thank you to them! We're excited to work with these organizations in the future and more schools.