Phone Book Collection Contest

Essay Contest

"Ways and Reasons to Conserve Water in My Hometown”

Attention Students & Teachers:

To celebrate Earth Day, the Ada Recycling Coalition (ARC) is sponsoring an essay contest for High school and Jr. High school students in Pontotoc County and will award the following:

• High School:  First Place – $200 Runner-up – $50
• Jr. High School:  First Place – $200 Runner-up – $50

Here are the details:

• Contestants will be judged on their understanding of the general subject of water conservation, their demonstrated knowledge of key issues, originality and style.

• Title:  "Ways and Reasons to Conserve Water in My Hometown"

• Deadline:  Friday, April 12, 2012 – 5 pm.

• Essays are to be submitted to Trudy Nevland, as follows:

• Mail – 231 South Townsend, Ada, OK  74820
• Hand Deliver – Public Works (220 West 7^th Street) or City Hall (231 South Townsend)
• E-mail – trudy@adaok.com (electronic submissions are encouraged)
• Fax – (580) 436-8092

• 500 words or less.  Must by typed and double-spaced.

• Cover sheet to include:  name, grade, school and telephone number.

• Winners will be acknowledged at ARC’s annual Earth Day meeting in April where they and a guest will be treated to lunch.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

Phone Book Collection Contest

Phone Book Collection Contest

Win a pizza party for your class 

and $150 for your school!

The Ada Recycling Coalition is sponsoring its 14th annual telephone-book collection contest. The winning classroom at each participating school will receive money for a pizza party. The school that collects the most phone books will also win $150.

For more information, call Trudy at 580-436-8100

or email trudy@adaok.com

This contest is open to Ada, Oklahoma area schools only.

Phone books will need to be delivered to the Ada Recycling Center on Saturday, April 14th 9 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Photo credit: Jamiesrabbits

Recycling PSA Contest

The Oklahoma Recycling Association is running a Public Service Announcement Contest to encourage recycling in Oklahoma schools and communities, with an emphasis on how recycling saves natural resources, energy and reduces pollution.

The theme for the PSA's is "Recycle for Your Future." Students in grades 9 to 12 can submit entries. The deadline is October 21st, 2011.

There will be huge cash prizes for the winner and their school's environmental science club, plus the winning PSA will air on TV stations throughout Oklahoma.

Visit recycleok.org for more information.

Recycle Bowl

Are you looking for a fun and creative way to increase school recycling participation or maybe begin a school recycling program in your community? Recycle-Bowl, a new nationwide comprehensive school recycling competition, could be your ticket to success.

Keep America Beautiful is announcing the launch of “Recycle-Bowl,” the first comprehensive nationwide recycling competition for elementary, middle and high-school students. Recycle-Bowl was created to provide students with a fun, interactive way to learn about waste reduction and environmental responsibility through in-school recycling.

Open to all schools and classrooms, the incentive-based recycling competition and benchmarking program kicks off this October and registration is now open on the Recycle-Bowl website at http://recycle-bowl.org. The competition runs from October 17 through November 12, culminating around America Recycles Day. Participating schools will track and report how much recyclable material they collect for a chance to win prizes. At the close of the four-week competition, the school in each state that collects the most recyclable material per capita will win $1,000. A national champion will then be chosen from among the statewide winners to receive an additional grand prize of $2,500.

Educational recycling activities will also be provided on-line and through a registration toolkit. The inaugural Recycle-Bowl is being sponsored by Nestlé Waters North America.

America Recycles Day Poster Contest

The Ada Recycling Coalition is celebrating ”America Recycles Day” this year by sponsoring a poster contest for area elementary school students (pre-K thru 6th grade)! The selected artist in each grade will receive $25.

The topic is “Recycling at School” Posters must be received by November 4, 2011 at 5 pm.
Print artist’s name, grade, school and phone number on the back of poster.

Mail to: Trudy Nevland, 231 South Townsend, Ada, OK 74820
or drop them off at: 220 West 7th Street, Ada

If you have any questions, please contact Trudy at (580) 436-8100 or via e-mail: trudy@adaok.com.

Essay Contest

ESSAY CONTEST

"Why Should the Oklahoma Legislature Support a Bottle Bill?"

Attention Students & Teachers:

To celebrate Earth Day, the Ada Recycling Coalition (ARC) is sponsoring an essay contest for high school students (grades 9-12) in Pontotoc County.

The first-place essay writer will receive $100 and the two runners-up will each receive $50.

Here are the details:

• Contestants will be judged on their understanding of the general subject, their demonstrated knowledge of key issues, originality and style.
• Title: "Why Should the Oklahoma Legislature Support a Bottle Bill?"
• Deadline: Friday, April 2, 2010 – 5 pm.
• Essays are to be submitted to Trudy Nevland, as follows:
• Mail – 231 South Townsend, Ada, OK 74820
• Hand Deliver – 220 West 7^th Street, Ada, OK 74820
• E-mail – trudy@adaok.com (electronic submissions are encouraged).
• Fax – (580) 436-8092
• 500 words or less. Must by typed and double-spaced.
• Cover sheet to include: name, grade, school and telephone number.
• Winners will be acknowledged at ARC’s annual meeting on Thursday, April 22 at the Elks Lodge (11:30 to 1 pm) where they and a guest will be treated to lunch.