On Wednesday, February 29th at an all school meeting, Grainwood Elementary students and staff were recognized by Nestle and the National Keep America Beautiful campaign as being the winner of the Recycle-Bowl Competition for most recycled material per person per school for the state of Minnesota. During the allotted competition time frame of October 17, 2011-November 12, 2011, Grainwood Elementary students and staff recycled an average of 8.82 pounds per person. For their efforts, Nestle, competition sponsor, awarded Grainwood Elementary with a $1,000 check.
For more information:
http://recycle-bowl.org/
A special thanks to the Kids Company students who do all the work collecting the recycleables!
