By CHRSITINE KELLAR, For The Capital
By CHRSITINE KELLAR, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
06/16/09
Crofton Middle School student Sarah Sykora is not the type to sit idly by when she sees a problem. She's the type to do something about it. So, when the 12-year-old became concerned by the amount of waste generated at her school, she devised a plan to reduce lunchroom trash and implement a lunchroom recycling program.
Sarah, a member of Girl Scout Cadette Troop 1632, took on the project - which she christened "Operation Eco-Lunch" - to earn her Girl Scout Silver Award. To secure funding, Sarah applied last fall for a $500 grant from Do Something, Inc., a New York-based nonprofit dedicated to increasing volunteerism and...
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