Cleveland Daily Banner: Club notes
Filed under: Earth 911 - August 15, 2007
August 15, 2007 10:32 AM EDT
The Aldersgate Garden Club
The Aldersgate Garden Club held its monthly meeting on June 22, at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with 11 members and one guest in atttendance. Charlotte Scott was the hostess for the meeting and displayed an assorted arrangement of Pink and yellow zinnia, calla liIly, purple dahlia and white impatiens from her garden.
Scott called the meeting to order. The devotion, “Seeking Christ and the Cross,” based on Hebrews 12:2-11, was given by Joan Steward. The Pledge of Allegiance to the flag followed.
She discussed her display board prepared on Litter and introduced her guest for the meeting, Dan Jones from Walker Valley High School. Jones presented an informative program on recycling. He informed the club of why he started a program at Walker Valley High School. There are only three drop-off facilities in Cleveland, which are located on Urbane Road, Bradley County Landfill and South Lee Highway. There are no means of collecting plastics or glass in the area.
Jones discussed a report called, “On-Campus Recycling,” prepared in April 2007 by Robert Brewer’s Environmental Science class at Cleveland State Community College. The purpose of the document was to encourage the faculty, staff and students at Cleveland State to re-implement a sustainable on-campus recycling policy. Recycling is believed to be a concept for maintaining the environment to support mankind now and in the future. They indicated that in order to have a successful recycling policy at the college, it would have to start with positive attitudes from everyone involved, public understanding, awareness and support, and the use of resources already available.
Their findings indicated the cost would be minimal because there are already recycle bins available and waste removal is currently being paid for. The biggest cost would be due to time and effort. Some of the benefits of a recycling program are the saving of resources and energy, the reduction of pollutants from entering the air and water and economic benefits. The class found their recycling facts, compiled from sources including the National Recycling Coalition, Environmental Protection Agency and Earth 911 Organization, indicated any waste reduction and recycling activity implemented by Cleveland State would make a difference.
Jones emphasized Cleveland does not have the means to recycle glass and plastic, but encouraged Aldersgate members to become pro-active in recycling aluminum cans, newspapers, cardboard and to practice proper disposal of household items. He suggested the club assist in promoting the reimplementation of the program in the city. Jones has implemented a successful recycling program at Walker Valley High School, he would like to see more schools, colleges and churches get involved in recycling. He also met with the Environmental Class at Cleveland State to discuss a recycling program.
Scott thanked Jones for addressing the group and gave him a certificate of appreciation.
After a short business session, Sheryl Gash gave thanks to the hostess and the meeting was adjourned. Other members in attendance were Barbara Brown, Kay Cox, Regina Piersaul, Edwina Robinson, Charlotte Timberlake, Margenia Todd, Lelia Ware and Jackie Westfield. Billie Blair was a guest.