Will provide Trout for Gillett High School Classroom
October 19, 2011 (Gillett, WI) – The Oconto River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited received a green gift from Cellcom in the amount of $1,000. The chapter will support a Trout in the Classroom project at Gillett High School with these funds.
The mission of Trout Unlimited is to conserve, protect and restore America’s cold water fishery resources and believes that education is a core activity to achieve this mission. The Trout in the Classroom program offer a hands-on opportunity for students to learn.
“Trout in the Classroom is going to provide our freshmen physical science class with the opportunity to engage with the environment, to learn about the fragility of our ecosystem, and to build an appreciation for the resources available to us in Oconto County,” said Shannon Brunette, science teacher at Gillett High School. “It’s going to provide unique laboratory and data collecting opportunities, and students will utilize data to build graphing skills.”
“The Oconto River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited takes great pride in teaming with local schools to provide educational opportunities like Trout-In-The-Classroom,” said Mark Green of the Oconto Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited. “Gillett High School will be the third school to join this program and it is a pleasure to partner with Shannon Brunette and her students. Our chapter gets the opportunity to share fishing and environmental knowledge that develops future community leaders and chapter members. This green gift recognizes how Cellcom understands the value of civic and environmental cooperation with the local community. Everyone gains by working together, and we are truly excited to be selected by Cellcom for this gracious gift.”
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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