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<br />To: City of Elk River Building and Zoning Department, Rebecca Haug <br /> <br />From: Boys & Girls Club of Elk River <br />Executive Director, Duane Howard <br />Director of Operations, Lana Huberty <br /> <br />Re: Landfill Abatement Fund 2005 Quarterly Report <br /> <br />Dates: January through March 2005 (13 weeks) <br /> <br />First, allow us to begin by saying thank you for believing in our mission to educate <br />more children, specifically on the topic of landfill abatement and recycling. Thank you <br />for donating money to this program, it would not be such a success had you not given <br />us this opportunity! <br /> <br />History: <br /> <br />Our program was planned and implemented with the coordination of Chris Jopp, our <br />Program Director/Site Director, and Connie Schwecke, our Program Assistant. Both of <br />these individuals have education degrees and experience in teaching youth. They have <br />been working together for the past three months to come up with interesting programs <br />involving the landfill abatement and recycling philosophy for our youth. <br /> <br />During the months of January through March the following programs were offered: <br /> <br />1. Compost Bucket- Our Club members got the opportunity to sort through Club <br />garbage cans to discover what items were biodegradable. This garbage is <br />collected on a regular basis and kept on-site in our own Club compost bucket. <br />The youth also learned the effect of lettering on the environment. The <br />compost bucket will be an on-going project for our Club, with the hopes to <br />move the bucket outside when the weather permits. <br /> <br />2. Environmental Art- Our Program Director and Assistant created art projects <br />with the members from items which would have simply been thrown away. <br />The children used their creativity to put junk to use in a creative way! This <br />program continues to be popular with the younger children. During the art <br />programs the Program Assistant was able to promote the balance between <br />industry and a clean environment. One art example was making recycled <br />paper. <br /> <br />3. Created Recycling Posters- Using ideas from local neighborhood recycling <br />programs such as the Saint Paul Neighborhood Energy Consortium, members <br />created their own posters promoting recycling to our community. <br />