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"The sale of our t-shirts and collecting cans and bottles were amazing fundraisers," said McCullough. "Without support like that, we would not be able to participate." According to one GPS device, they walked a total of 62 miles total during the three day event. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
Community : Lakes are low Sep 13, 2007
After discussion, it was decided to donate the proceeds of the aluminum can collection for the coming year to the Playground project. So, remember that the aluminum soda and beer cans you drop off at the bin near the town garage will be going to a worthwhile project. (Forest Republican, WI)
SPEEDWAY REACHES GOAL OF 100,000 CANS COLLECTED FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Aug 11, 2007
OSWEGO The 2007 Novelis and Habitat for Humanity can collection efforts at Oswego Speedway surpassed the goal of 100,000 cans on Mr. Novelis Supermodified night on Aug. 4 ... Oswego Speedway and Novelis thank all the fans who have helped make it possible for Habitat for Humanity to build a home in the community in the summer of 2008 from this can collection effort this season. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
Habitat cooking now as building to begin Jul 18, 2007
"The cost of lots at market value makes them cost prohibitive for Habitat because it becomes impossible to keep the cost of the home, land included, between 50,000 and 70,000.Cooking up fundsHabitat continues to raise money with its can collecting. Cans may now be brought to The Sealy News office as well as the Habitat office in Bellville.Stewart said the can collecting is successful enough that it covers the organization's overhead each month, allowing all donated funds to go directly to... (Sealy News, TX)
Thieves tapping into kegs Jul 8, 2007
It also updates the law, which formerly exempted "beverage containers," to only exempt "aluminum" beverage containers, so that people collecting cans are unaffected. "Hopefully this new law is going to go a long way to eliminating the problem," Barclay said. (AZCentral -- Business)
Your Incredible Neighbors: Girls campaign to collect cans Jun 24, 2007
In addition to collecting cans toward their 500 goal, when the weather cools Lauren and Elyssa are planning a bake sale. Under Brannon s guidance the girls plan to bake a batch of cupcakes, brownies and Rice Krispies treats. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
TPS investigating weekend assaults Jun 20, 2007
In an aggravated assault reported at 3:48 a.m. Sunday in the 400 block of South Hattie Street, a 42-year-old woman said that, while she was walking down the road collecting cans, someone allegedly yelled racial slurs at her before shooting her in the back. According to the police report, she was taken to Renaissance Hospital in Terrell by EMS.. (Terrell Tribune, TX)
Winning big with soup Jun 19, 2007
But collecting cans and saving labels can only get you so far when each label is worth only between one and five label points, Strauss said. Miller happened to run across a sweepstakes contest sponsored by Campbell's and Wal-Mart where people could win millions of points that would go toward their school. (Deseret News)
Cuba kid makes a difference; Youth wins $10,000 for can collection project Jun 17, 2007
Cuba kid makes a difference; Youth wins 10,000 for can collection project. By PAUL A. JANNACE/Daily ReporterPublished Friday, June 15, 2007 4:04 PM CDT. (Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY)
Waukee community members step in to help support teacher, family Jun 9, 2007
"One of my students had a drive for me and raised $300. [Kids have had] bake sales. People buying one cupcake for $40. It's just amazing." Walnut Hills raised more than $2,900 for the family by collecting cans. Julseth said recovery has been slow, but progress is being made. (Dallas County News, IA)
ACLU files lawsuit against county for treatment of TB patient May 31, 2007
Now he will be on the street trying to wash your window or collecting cans behind his favorite bar. just like the ACLU did with the Mentaly ill folks in the State Mental Hospital years ago. (AZCentral -- News)
Its out of the shelter and back on the Hard Streets May 3, 2007
Most homeless can make $20 to $50 a week collecting cans. Some, Blue Bike Mike among them, have under-the-table jobs. (Modesto Bee, CA)
F.R.A.S. sponsoring spay/neuter assistance program for local families Apr 22, 2007
This community outreach program is funded by the riends aluminum can collection at the Outdoor Recycling Center, located next to the National Guard Armory in Rhinelander. Monetary donations can be mailed to F.R.A.S., P.O. Box 536, Rhinelander, WI 54501. (Forest Republican, WI)
Cans being picked up Apr 21, 2007
Mayor Raymond Harris said he has fielded calls from residents questioning what s going on with the can collection. People are wondering why the Waste Management trash cans are being taken out of their yards and picked up, Harris said. (New Iberia, LA)
THE MARKET THIS WEEK: Special SV market celebrates Earth Day Apr 18, 2007
Huachuca Mountain Elementary School and Sierra Vista Middle School will launch an ongoing plastic bag and aluminum can collection to fund student programs not covered in shrinking state budgets. Desert growing. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Reaction to sentencing Apr 18, 2007
Grimes shot Dennis Sanderson, a transient who was collecting cans behind Grimes fraternity, in March. Grimes received 150 days in jail, 400 hours of community service, a 3,000 fine and three years of supervised probation. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
An American's dream benefits children of Mexico resort city Apr 15, 2007
Jose helps out by collecting cans to earn recycling money. On a recent afternoon, he was too shy to practice his English. (Boston Globe)
DONAHUE: Dream keeps growing for Olean Food Pantry Apr 5, 2007
And kids at Trinity Lutheran Church in Olean have raised another $223 in their weekly Noisy Can collection. Then there s the matter of food donations. (Olean Times Herald, NY)
Brookings rallies to help babies Mar 30, 2007
Businesses and other community members also agreed to help by collecting cans and posting information about a soda can drive in stores and on area bulletin boards. "If we did not live here and somewhere else, we would not get the support we're getting," Kelsey's mom, Sara Robinson said a week before the surgery. (Daily Triplicate)
Homeless woman's quick action prevents fire from spreading Mar 15, 2007 Largest library closure in U.S. looms Mar 5, 2007 Fundraising the bar Feb 26, 2007 Think tank thinker thinks he can Feb 19, 2007 'Silly' can save lives: Student collects String for soldiers Feb 16, 2007 1,000 cans of soup donated Feb 13, 2007 Cameron's looks to grow inn Feb 8, 2007 More of this story Feb 8, 2007 Howard Huston Feb 3, 2007 Military Intelligence Goal is anyth... Jan 25, 2007 Private school collecting Silly String for soldiers Jan 20, 2007 Cancer-fighting events are on tap Jan 12, 2007 Girl’s gift for troops fighting in Iraq comes with strings attached Jan 4, 2007
Laurie Williams, 48, happened to be collecting cans to recycle when she turned down the alley and saw flames coming from the diesel truck. She asked an onlooker to call 911 but the woman didn't speak English, Williams said. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
‘CAN-DO' 150 PASS NEW OFFER AT OSWEGO SPEEDWAY Mar 7, 2007
A new ticket program is also being announced that will kick off the goal of collecting 100,000 recyclable cans at Oswego Speedway for the Novelis and Habitat for Humanity can collection goal of 1 million cans in 2007 ... This pass can be picked up at the box office anytime up until the first Novelis Can Collection night on May 26. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
" Miranda Canfield, 13, worries she will get F's on her essays if she can't rely on the librarians at Central Point Library in Jackson County. "All my friends at school are talking about the libraries, and we were thinking of collecting cans or cleaning up yards to raise money to keep them open," she said. While libraries have become the most contentious political issue in southern Oregon, everyone can agree that a long-term funding solution is needed. "We're tired of begging Washington for... (San Francisco Chronicle)
His fundraisers have ranged from selling bracelets and lemonade to washing cars and collecting cans to writing letters and making telephone calls to potential donors. One year, Mason requested that Santa Claus redirect his gifts to other children and instead make a donation to his fundraiser. (Triangle Business Journal)
Dutch gave me a copy of a paper he was writing for fun, called "Gallipoli, Iraq and the Perils of Amateur Strategy," and then he showed me his beer can collection. When it came time to give my speech after a week of tennis, dinners in San Francisco and hanging out in the coffeehouse, I knew the topic they had advertised to alumni, "Columnists and the Web," wouldn't work, partly because it didn't make sense. (Newsday -- Opinion)
After a little research and an initial collection drive in her Peachtree City neighborhood, Leslie approached her teachers, Kathy Harrell and April DeGennaro, in January about collecting cans of Silly String as a class project. The teachers were so impressed with her determination, they talked to Roberson about making it a schoolwide event. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
This belief led Carol and her daughter Sandra Erickson to challenge St. Paul Lutheran Church on Deerfield Road to support the Salvation Army food pantry by collecting cans of soup in January. The goal they set for St. Paul was 200 cans of soup. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
A sign hanging below the pub's beer can collection announces room at the inn at Cameron's Restaurant and Inn in Half Moon Bay. BREAKING NEWS. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
No, he wasn t a vagabond traveling through Oldham County with his pack, nor was he a homeless person collecting cans for the next meal. Rather the lone person you saw on U.S. 42 last Friday and Saturday was Westport s very own Glenn Watson picking up the scattered trash that had been lying there since long before Christmas. (LaGrange Oldham Era, KY)
He enjoyed motorcycling, collecting cans, going to auctions and watching Little League Baseball. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Richard Cameron of Colona, Ill. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
The Stratford, N.J., woman began collecting cans after her son, an Army combat engineer serving in Iraq, explained how the light material reveals trip wires. Marines taught Spc. (Frederick News-Post)
Support our troops Lighthouse Christian School will be collecting cans of Silly String and other brands through March 16 at the school office at Advent Lutheran Church, 2156 Loch Rane Blvd., Orange Park. For more information, call 272-2524. (Florida Times-Union)
The eighth annual Eagles Lane drive-by cash and aluminum can collection will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the alley behind the Eagles Club. Anyone who wishes to have cans picked up that day can call 373-1162. (Albert Lea Tribune, MN)
Through Friday, each homeroom will be collecting cans of Silly String. As an added incentive, the homeroom that collects the most cans will get to string a faculty member. (Scranton Times, PA)
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