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14 ;Is|nd Dispatch. Fridgy, December 26, 20-14 lslan. Scouts donate to Code Blue Relief Mission Island of Ho:e Q GI Relay For Life team, Bottle Junction fighting cancer one nickel at a time Caitlin Siracuse, manager of the Bottle Junction redemption center in the Grand Island Plaza, presents a check to Renée Gugino and Ashley Gugino for the proceeds of donated bottles and cans to Billy's Buddies, a Grand Island \Relay For Life team. (photo by Larry Austin) Photos and story by Larry Austin Mission will conduct a spring Code Blue Relief Mission. coat drive hoping people will From left, Scout John Sosnows—- clean out their closets to the ben- ki of Troop 630; Jesse Dixon, co- e of the needy in Buffalo. To founder of Code Blue Relief Mis- support Code Blue Relief Mis- sion; and Susan Miles with a Van sion, visit codebluereliefmission. packed with donated clothes from org, or them on F acebook at the troop. A van full of Warm clothing is bound for the streets of Buf- falo thanks to donations by Boy Scout Troop 630. Members of the troop, pic- tured above, collected cold- Weather gear for Code Blue Relief Mission, an organiza- tion that collects cold-Weather items — jackets, hats, sleeping bags, blankets, etc. — sorts them and redistributes them on the streets of Buffalo to the home- less or other people in need. Jesse Dixon, co-founder of Code'Blue Relief Mission, esti- mated he picked up 15 to 20 bags full of donations from Troop 630 when he visited old St. Stephen R.C. Church Dec. 17. 4-Y '< hom tere com. by Larry Austin “It would take forever,” Renee said. The process included oth- er hazards, like the time Renée found a bag that contained a snake skin among the donated bottles. Grand Island Relay For Life team Bi1ly’s Buddies has been- raising money with a bottle and can return drive for six years, but the fundraising has never been easier since the opening of the Is1and’s Bottle Junction redemption center. The team, formed in memory of Renée Gugino’s son Billy and her mother Lynnette Grisan who both passed away from cancer, conducts abottle return drive year-round, With money raised going to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life. The team is so good at collect- ing bottles and cans for the 5-cent redemption that mem- bers once had 10,000 bottles to return at once. DOG SWE $9 ea “I was 1ike,'I’m not going any further with this bag,”’ Renée said, laughing. Those days are over since Bil- 1y’s Buddies began taking their’ returns to Bo Si,t§_§,f.§ [there do the-counting and sort: ing of bottles for the customers_.; C H0 (10) SI MI 3654 PET cond 3654‘ Bi11y’s Buddies started taking bottles to the Bottle Junction in Tonawanda before a ‘loca- tion opened in the Grand Island Plaza. DOG mold dog. Susan Miles of Troop 630 said the troop spent the last three or four Weeks collecting clothing from Scout families and friends of Scout families for donation as a Christmas community service project. , ' CAT (10) scem orde “Now that it’s on the Island, it’s so much easier,” Renée said. The GI Relay For Life is hop- ing Islanders will consider con- tributing their bottle return money to a team each time they visit Bottle Junction. Customers can just ask to have the money donated when they drop off their bottles. Billy’s Buddies will even pick up returns, sav- ing donors a trip to Bottle Junc- tion. Call 773-3321 to arrange a pickup. Billy’s Buddies also raises money by recycling printer ink cartridges and cell phones. “We just do those year-round,” Renée said of the two fund- raisers. “Between the bottles and the ink cartridges and cell phones, We do ’ about $1,000 a year. Little drips and drabs here, that’s $1,000. It’s a nice little chunk for the end of the year for Relay.” The Grand Island Relay For Life kickoff is in January. But that entailed either sepa- rating bottles into bags of 200 Bottles or cans each, or feeding each can into a machine one at a time. Dixon said Code Blue Relief \We would up minivans, just full of bags and bottles. It was crazy. We made so many trips,” Renée’s daughter Ashley said. 285 The paper industry plants more than it harvests and today there are 25% more trees in the developed world than in 1900. Paper is biodegradable, renewable, and sustainable. Growing and harvesting trees provides jobs while forestry plantations provide clean air, clean water, wildlife habitat and carbon storage. A decline in the demand for paper products risks a decline in sustainable managed re- growthforests. Use print, it is tangible, it is effective in gettingyour message across and when recycled it will come back to us as paper or board. In 1992 there was 360% more wood in the forest than in 1920. 60% ‘of paper today is recycled compared to 18% of electronic devices. Reading a newspaper everyday spends 20% less carbon-dioxide than reading an-online news source for 30 minutesa day. M Si-I ing res If members of another char- ity would like to establish an fundraising account ‘at Bottle Junction, “All they've got to do is come in and talk to me,” said Bottle Junction manager Caitlin Siracuse. .. ,3 .. . -..‘ .,. .. V ‘ E ’ _, l . ' ~,. ,2. :-'~.'~\ . 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