24 Oct BCHA Seniors Participate in Upcycle Project
It’s not often that someone thinks about the potential of old, partially used or unused notebooks. While it’s not always clear, the possibilities that the pages hold, even after use, are endless.
That is precisely why Green Good Guardians, a nonprofit organization founded by Persis Garg, a high school student from New Jersey, was created: to find a new home for the unused pages of notebooks. This program has also made its way into the state of Connecticut, thanks to a student at Trumbull High School, Ashmeen Batra. This past summer, BCHA seniors David Angel and Kalanit Shmuel began working with Batra to bring donation bins to areas around their community.
Both students have been involved both in and, importantly, outside of school, helping set up donation bins. Angel has spent time dating back to this summer working with synagogues around Stamford to set up the collection bins and galvanize his community to donate lightly used notebooks. Shmuel has spent the past few months working with a library in New York to house a collection bin.
This is the second year that students from BCHA’s upper school have participated in Green Good Guardians, and among students at BCHA, the passion for getting involved in community service organizations is rapidly growing.
For both Angel and Shmuel, getting involved with this project was a major milestone in their careers as students.
“To work with an organization dedicated to bettering the student experience was incredibly rewarding,” Angel said. “It’s been a great experience getting to learn about Green Good Guardians, and I’m grateful that the work I’ve put in is for a good cause,” Shmuel added.
As a result of the work done by Angel, Shmuel and members of their respective communities, the collection bins are overflowing with notebooks ready to be used once more by a new generation of students.