The WCSM clubwomen entered into a partnership project with a local elementary school, St. Matthews Elementary, to benefit the St. Matthews Eline Library.
WCSM clubwomen worked together with the school principal to involve the school student body in collecting plastic caps and other acceptable items to ultimately be exchanged for one resin type park bench made of 100% recycled plastic. The bench would be available through the ABC Program sponsored by Green Tree Plastics of Evansville Indiana. The ABC Program is designed for school children to learn about caring for the earth.
The project was so successful that not one, but THREE benches were obtained for the library’s children’s garden. Plaques were attached to each bench showing the partnership of WCSM and St. Matthews Elementary to provide the seating.
In summary, this plastic caps project was initiated to be: a collaborative project with a community group, a support effort to benefit the new library’s children’s reading garden, a low cost project with high value, and a worthy cause that our membership could vigorously support. WCSM was instrumental in founding this library branch circa 1939.
The Collection
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- Caps from the school students
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- Student collect acceptiable plastic items.
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- More caps collected
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- Caps come in many boxes and bags
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- Caps are re-checked to insure that all materials & weights are correct.
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- Heading to Evansville Indiana to redeem for the benches
Student Contest
WCSM wished to reward the students for their participation; the principal suggested a contest, vying one hallway of classes against the other hallway of classes. WCSM offered to provide a prize to the winning hallway, and the principal suggested ice cream sandwiches. As an added extra, an unadvertised second place prize of ice pops was given to the students of the second place hallway.
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- WCSM members with Principal Collier at the conclusion of the collection contest.
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- WCSM member with her granddaughter who received her ice cream sandwich, as a student of the winning hallway.
St. Matthews Eline Library – Dustin Strong Children’s Garden
Several WCSM Clubwomen were present for the Grand Re-Opening of the newly expanded and renovated Library, where they met with St. Matthews Elementary Principal Scott Collier. Together they viewed the three donated benches shown in the children’s garden for all to enjoy.
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- WCSM clubwomen pose outside the front of the library
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- Members attend the libary re-opening
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- A plaque is attached to each bench to mark the project.
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- WCSM President & St. Matthews Elementary Principal
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- One of the 3 benches donated
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- Project partners pose on one of the new benches
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