The Fairy Chronicles Aluminum Can Drive

Many of the aluminum cans you find in the grocery store are made of recycled materials.  Fifty-five percent of all the aluminum cans produced in 1988 were recycled by consumers.  Have a discussion with the troop about recycling and the importance of it on the health of the earth.  You can relate this to The Fairy Chronicles and ask the girls what they think the fairies would do to help the environment.  With your troop, organize a drive to collect and recycle aluminum cans.

• Plan the drive.  When and where will it be held?  What adults and kids will help?  Who will provide containers to hold the cans you collect?  Who will take these cans to a recycling center?
• With the help of your troop leader, schedule drive dates and designate a place as the official collection site (this can be at the school, but it does not need to be).
• Contact a recycling center that handles aluminum to learn about its hours of operation.  Tell center personnel about the aluminum can drive you are planning and ask them for tips about how best to prepare aluminum for recycling.  The center may have large collection containers you can borrow and/or fliers you can distribute.
• Make posters to encourage students to save their aluminum cans and bring them to school for recycling.
• Design a flier students can take home to let family members and neighbors know about the drive.
• Hold the drive and collect the cans.  Remind volunteer workers to keep the collection site neat and to thank everyone who contributes.
• Take the cans to the recycling center.
• Congratulations! You and your fellow Girl Scouts have made the Earth a better place!

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