Week 2: Recycling

This week according to our book 52 Weeks of Fun Family Service is RECYCLING WEEK. Recycle cans & bottles and donate the money to charity. I made a list of charities that I thought the girls would be interested in and let them pick.

Sunday after church we went around to some of the homes in our neighborhood. We had a flier explaining what we were doing (in case they weren't home). We introduced ourselves and asked if they had any bottles or cans for recycling. We would take them to the recycling center to see how much we could get. The money we raised we would donate to the Escondido Humane Society. This is where we got our kitty, Bowie. We went to 16 homes. 12 of them were home. The others we left the flier. We asked if they wanted to help, if they would leave their items in a bag at their front door. Monday night after dinner we'd come by and pick them up. Everyone was really happy to help.

Monday night we went around in the dark and collected all the bags. Out of the 16 homes, 13 participated! We had quite a few bags.


Saturday morning we sorted the plastic, glass, and aluminum into bags and drove to the recycling center. We got $11.88!


Saturday afternoon we drove out to the Escondido Humane Society to give them the money. I thought it would be better for the girls to see us giving the money rather than just writing a check and sending it in the mail. The ladies there were very nice and impressed with what the girls had done. We even spent a few minutes looking at the kitties and dogs for adoption.


After this experience, we talked about what the shelter could buy with the money we donated: food, bones, kitty litter, blankets, toys, cat scratchers, medicine...

Sienna said, "I felt really good helping the kitties and doggies. It was fun."

Haven said, "It's really nice to help. It makes me happy."

Bowie, adopted by us on January 2, 2010