2018 Funded projects
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Helping Ninjas students from College Wood Elementary School came together on Memorial Day Weekend, spending the holiday removing non-native invasive plants in three large areas of Founders Park in Carmel. Once cleared, the soil in these areas was improved and planted with plants native to Indiana which encourage butterflies, bee, and other pollinators to live and thrive.
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The Orchard Park Elementary School Green Cubs designed, distributed, and promoted reusable shopping bags to the entire school community. The reusable shopping bags included fact sheets about why it is important to use the bags and why it is important to reuse and recycle in school and at home. The project included daily announcements and a Green Bag Challenge to see which classrooms and individuals could use the bags most often.
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The Helping Ninjas and the College Wood Elementary School student Green Team wanted to learn and teach about local organic gardening and composting. The students worked with the school cafeteria manager to start composting cafeteria scraps, started a school worm composting bin, and taught other students how to compost.Students planted organic vegetables in a community plot at the CCS Plots to Plates Community Gardens and donated the food to their school cafeteria and Second Helpings. They also educated their classmates on ways to go green using the school's bulletin boards.
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