DGC Sprouts Meeting - 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Darien Garden Club

A SCARCE educator will help us understand the importance of recycling, reusing and reducing items destined for landfills.

St John Lutheran Church

We will be joined by a <a href="https://www.scarce.org/" title="https://www.scarce.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SCARCE</a> educator as we meet to discuss options to help clean up our environment.Learn about landfills and get excited about solutions to solve our garbage problem through a “show &amp; tell” of recycled and reused products. The interactive, informative and fun 3R's presentation (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) explains the difference between and importance of each option through creative trash to treasure items. Individuals will definitely think twice about repurposing items and conserving resources rather than throwing them away after participating in the program!Many thanks to the <a href="https://www.darienrotaryclub.org/" title="https://www.darienrotaryclub.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rotary Club of Darien </a>for kindly sponsoring this program.NOTES:Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.The meeting will be located in the basement of the church.We will be collecting non-working<a href="https://www.scarce.org/accepted-items/" title="https://www.scarce.org/accepted-items/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> holiday lights</a> and <a href="https://www.scarce.org/new-collection-plastic-bread-tags/" title="https://www.scarce.org/new-collection-plastic-bread-tags/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">plastic bread tags</a> to donate to SCARCE.Darien Garden Club members are encouraged to join us at this DGC Sprouts event.

<a href="https://www.scarce.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">SCARCE </a>Mission Statement
"We help people discover how easy it can be to make a meaningful difference
 for our kids, for our environment, for our future…and often for all three at once."S﻿CARCE is led by its Founder Kay McKeen:Kay McKeen is the Founder and Executive Director of SCARCE, a nonprofit environmental
 education organization located in Addison, IL. She provides popular, informative presentations
 on topics including composting, recycling, pollution prevention, and water conservation. She
 launched special recycling collections in DuPage County and is an expert on proper disposal of
 household items. For over 30 years, Kay has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to
 conserve natural resources and reduce their environmental impact.
Kay has also established a successful resource center where SCARCE collects gently used
 books, school supplies, musical instruments, and educational tools. Over the years, Kay and
her team have rescued more than 9 million books and valuable educational materials and
provided them to people in need.
This past year, Kay co-chaired the Education and Outreach subcommittee for the Illinois
 Statewide Materials Management Advisory Committee. She is a founding member of the Illinois
 Food Scrap Coalition and is past chair and current member of the Environmental Improvement
 Commission for the City of Wheaton.

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DGC Sprouts Meeting - 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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