October 19, 2011 (Crivitz, WI) – The Crivitz High School Science Club received a green gift from Cellcom in the amount of $1,000 at a presentation at the high school today.
The science club aims to promote, support and enhance science, science awareness, stewardship and science opportunities for Crivitz students, school, and community. The funds will help the group continue their work on their native prairie site.
“The School District of Crivitz is honored to receive a Cellcom green gift,” said Patrick Mans, Superintendent of the Crivitz School District. “Sustainable green projects like the Crivitz High School Science Club Native Prairie Grass Project, which partners students, teachers and community members, are a benefit to all and to the environment. Cellcom’s generosity is very much appreciated.”
“Our native prairie site was planted last year. The additional funds will help further seeding, allow the students to identify and remove invasive species and work toward additional education stations,” said Paul Matty, secondary science teacher and science club advisor. “The concept and practice of creating and maintain expansive lawns over wide open, unused spaces is environmentally wasteful, destructive and outdated. Education is the key to bringing about understanding and our native prairie project is an opportunity to further environmental awareness.”
A total of $30,950 was given out to 17 green organizations in Cellcom’s service area.
Since 2004 Cellcom has offered a cell phone recycling program where customers can bring in their old or unwanted phones to be reused and recycled. Cellcom sends the phones to recyclers who in return send money to Cellcom for the materials that were saved from the phones. Cellcom has always donated this money back to local non-profits.
This is the second year that Cellcom is donating their recycling funds to green non-profit initiatives in an effort to complete the green cycle that starts with consumers being environmentally-conscious and donating their devices.
“We are constantly taking steps to become more eco-friendly as a company,” said Brighid Riordan, director of public affairs. “By dedicating our recycling money to green initiatives, Cellcom continues our longstanding commitment to the community and together we can work toward a greener tomorrow.”
Other green gifts went to non-profits throughout Cellcom’s service area and included Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (Green Bay), Preble Agriscience Natural Resources Program (Green Bay), Greater Green Bay YMCA Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya (Suring), Trees for Tomorrow (Eagle River), Friends of Mosquito Hill (New London), Heckrodt Wetland Reserve (Menasha), Northwoods Elementary School (Rhinelander), CAP Services (Stevens Point), Central Rivers Farmshed (Stevens Point), Woodland Dunes Nature Center (Two Rivers), Whitefish Dunes State Park (Sturgeon Bay), The Ridges Sanctuary (Bailey’s Harbor), Oconto River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited, Camp Tekawitha (Shawano), Crivitz High School Science Club, DC Everest School Forest (Schofield), and Marathon High School Ecology Club.
Cellcom’s recycling program has generated over $105,000 for local charities over the past seven years.
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Pictured in photo from left to right:
Patrick Mans, District Administrator
Jeff Baumann, Principal Crivitz High School
Brittany Hendricks, President of Science Club
Sophie Reisner, Treasurer of Science Club
Lauren Mahr, Secretary of Science Club
Jenna Downs, Vice President of Science Club
John Lashua, Cellcom
Paul Matty, Secondary Science Teacher and Science Club Advisor