{"id":3459,"date":"2010-06-04T10:41:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2010-06-04T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T16:56:50","slug":"were-asking-for-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=3459","title":{"rendered":"We’re asking for your help"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a super go-getter mom on at our school, who has taken on the project of Replacing disposable polystyrene trays with re-usable trays. <\/p>\n

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I mean, REALLY–Why are we using all of this polystyrene? She’s gotten a grant from Walmart and is now trying to get a $5K grant from Pepsi to support this project. Our project includes purchasing reusable trays, bowls, and flatware for our school cafeteria. By making this switch, our school has estimated an annual savings of $3,000 per year. There would also be a significant reduction in the non-biodegradable waste from our school.<\/p>\n

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Yuck! This is the amount of trays they used in ONE WEEK.<\/p>\n

So, my goal is to help spread the word. To get this grant and help move us toward our goal of REUSABLE trays, we have to WIN this contest. In order to win, we need votes, and lots of them.<\/p>\n

Could you take a moment to vote? Pretty please?<\/p>\n

It’s easy. Just go HERE<\/a> and vote for our project. You will have to register once with Pepsi, but once you do that you can come back and vote every day!<\/p>\n

Voting ends on June 30th, so we still have lots of time to spread the word. We are currently 68th, and the top 10 ideas will each win $5,000. So that means we have to beat out at least 58 other ideas before the end of the month. Can we do it? Yes we can! But we’ll need ALL of your help to do it. <\/p>\n

first –please go and vote
\nsecond–could you spread the word? Post this on your blog with a link to this post or to this contest<\/a>?
\nthird–come back every day and vote again?<\/p>\n