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What do children’s books and prom dresses have in common?

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Project Second Life is a program that will empower youth to

successfully organize the collection and redistribution of reusable items.

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Many everyday items that go in the landfill are

reusable Collection drives provide an easy way for the

community to give items a second life People are learning about recycling and

composting, but reuse gets forgotten

Environmental Impact

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Youth are passionate about serving, but need

ideas Project SecondLife will provide information,

ideas, and resources that will enable youth to execute their own collection drives

Youth Empowerment

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Drives provide reusable items to receiving

organizations that enable them to fulfill their mission School Supplies Linens and towels Bikes Prom Dresses

Community Benefits

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Promote awareness of the benefits of reuse Create a website and toolkits to support collection

drives Enable youth to run collection drives by utilizing

our resources

Our Approach

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Created a youth centered video to build energy

around reuse, collection drives and Project SecondLife

Awareness

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Created a youth presentation program to

promote reuse, service and Project SecondLife Delivered the presentation to two school

groups Bluff Creek Elementary St. Therese Catholic School

Awareness

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Built the Project SecondLife Website

Contains tools, checklists and resources to enable youth to run their own reuse drives

Provides the ability to view and share past reuse drives through case studies and blogging

An online community promoting the message of “Reuse, Recycle, Recreate”

Find us at www.projectsecondlife.org

Tools

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Guidance through expertise and toolkits Resources

Physical space for sorting and processing Collection bins, boxes and sorting containers for

collecting, sorting and the delivery of collected items

Enabling Youth

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Scout Uniform Drive - Boy Scouts Troop 337 Linen and Towel Drive – Girl Scout Troop 13928 Bike Drive – Boy Scout Troop 337 School Supply Drive – Excelsior Elementary School School Supply Drive – Bluff Creek Elementary School School Supply Drive – St. Therese Catholic School

For more information, go to our website at: http://projectsecondlife.org/resources/reuse/

secondlife-case-studies/

Collection Drives in Spring 2013

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Reached 1250 students through school

supply drives Reached 280 families through bike, boy

scout uniform and linen drives Reached 100 students through our youth

presentation program

Impact

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Collected over 790 pounds of school supplies that

were distributed to both local and global communities Collected over 1300 linens and towels that were

distributed to local animal shelters and family support organizations

Collected over 55 bicycles that were distributed to children and adults in our community

Impact

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“I was astounded by the amount donated for

reuse. We had the students help collect and having the lobby as the main collection point allowed the students to see how much they had donated as well and I think they were surprised and proud.”

Rena, parent Excelsior Elementary

“The bins and paper boxes were definitely a big plus.”

Anna, teacher Bluff Creek Elementary

Feedback

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Continue to expand our website

Expand our collection of guides and checklists Add more ideas to our Recreate section Enable users to post their own case studies,

photos and videos to share with others Add a calendar so that users can post the dates

of their collection drives Extend our youth presentation program Create short instructional videos on how to run

collection drives

In the Future

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Inspiration

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. 

~Native American Proverb