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Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser
Sponsored by the new Statewide 4-H Citizenship Board
This year, clubs are asked to participate in the 2009 statewide combined environmental and health care service-learning project by taking part in club competition!
Beginning on September 1st, clubs should start collecting aluminum cans or pop tops and taking them to local recycling centers for payment. What is collected and how it is done is up to each club.
The money that is collected in the northern regions can be sent to the Monroe Ronald McDonald house and the southern regions can send it to the Ronald McDonald House in New Orleans. Records should be kept of the weight of the aluminum turned in and of the amount of money donated. Each parish may decide how this information will be reported to Dr. Janet Fox or to Julie Barrios, president of the Citizenship Board. Agents may collect each club’s totals monthly and submit this or may provide contact information to club leaders and encourage regular reporting. We will be putting these amounts on the Citizenship Board website so clubs can keep track of their progress.
Final donations must be made before May 1, 2010 to be considered in the contest.
The club and the parish that collect the most will be recognized at 4-H University.
WE CHALLENGE EACH PARISH TO COLLECT ONE MILLION SODA CANS (or pull tabs). CAN YOU BEAT THE GOAL?
Places to Recycle in Louisiana
http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/186/Default.aspx
Information to help put the “learning” in service-learning
The 4-H Original Green Website: http://www.4htheoriginalgreen.com/
Aluminum recycling: http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/17846/Default.aspx
It takes 12 to 20 times more energy to make Aluminum from bauxite than to make it from recycled aluminum.
Using recycled aluminum produces 95 percent less pollution then making aluminum from virgin ore.
In 2000 there were 100 billion Aluminum cans made and only 54.5 percent of them recycled. In 1992 the recycled percent was 65. If we keep letting the percent of recycled aluminum rollercoaster our planet will be in trouble.
Ronald McDonald House Charities: http://rmhc.org/
Ronald McDonald Houses are built near pediatric hospitals and provide a place for families to stay during a child’s hospital admission. These houses bring families together during difficult times. The houses are made possible through the support of volunteers and donors. The average cost to operate a room in a Ronald McDonald house is $50-$100 each night. Families are asked to contribute only $5-$25 per night only if they can afford to pay.
We have two Ronald McDonald Houses in Louisiana. One is in Monroe and the other is in New Orleans. To learn more about our local Ronald McDonald Houses, you may visit the websites below or contact them directly.
To enhance the learning aspect of this project, clubs who would like to tour the facilities can call Georgia Street at the Monroe House at 318-387-6220 or contact Corey at the New Orleans House at 504-486-6668.
RMHC of Northwest Louisiana RMHC of Greater New Orleans, Inc.
200 S. Third Street 4403 Canal Street, Suite 1405
Monroe, LA 71202 USA New Orleans, LA 70119 USA
Phone: 318 387-7933 Phone: 504 486-6668
Fax: 318 387-7933 Fax: 504-482-1666
http://www.bayou.com/rmh/ http://www.rmhneworleans.com/