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Monday, December 11, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Hillcrest students devoted to self-imposed worldwide goals
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
Most of the members of what has been called Lawrence's most successful, expansive and enthusiastic recycling team are under 5 feet tall.
The kids who make up the team at Hillcrest Elementary School, 1045 Hillfort Drive, take the praise well.
"It's just trying to save the world," said Maggie Heck, sixth-grade participant in the school's Youth In Action program. "Grown-ups do a bad job of
With 54 active members in the program, the city's youngest environmentalists have stopped or limited the use of plastic foam products in their school and at least four local grocery stores. They have built or have and others build bins to collect items throughout Lawrence.
By presentations and other methods, they have increased environmental awareness citywide.
"They really have been more influential on getting certain programs started than any other local group," said Patricia Marinov, city police commissioner. "It's going to be any changes, it's going to come through these kids."
"These are some of the leaders of our community."
Helen Tuley, gifted program coordinator, started Youth In Action last year. Since then, students from kindergarten through sixth grade were taken the program away from her.
And they are rolling. Last year, they used money earned from recycling to send school supplies, clothes and toys to the students. The tows arrived on Christmas Eve.
This year, after California residents were shaken by the Oct. 17 earthquake, the students called an emergency meeting and decided to send $75 to help the residents. They
called the meeting while Tuley was out of town.
The students work to fulfill a city goal, a state goal and a world goal. Their city goal is to have a bike path in Lawrence. Their state goal is to replenish one of Kansas' diminishing wetlands.
"We recycle, and we use our money from recycling to go to Cheyenne Bottoms," said fourth-grader Sonya Shaukt. "We help save our environment and wildlife."
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They really have been more influential on getting certain programs started than any other local group. If there's going to be any changes, it's going to come through these kids.'
— Patricia Marvin City recycling coordinator
Sixth-grader Heck was anxious to show the Environmental Service Award that they had received from the agency, which also contributed to Chevonne Bottoms.
"Careful, don't drop it," one of her friends cautioned Heck as she tried to lift up the plaque.
Heck returned the warning with a stern look...
"I'm not a fifth-grade." she said.
"I'm not that immature."
The group's world goal has yet to be decided, said fourth-grader Tlalit Dori.
"We think that it's very important that kids help other kids around the world," she said. "We've thought about sending money to Peru for kids to buy school supplies because they don't have enough school supplies."
Concerning plastic foam products, group members are ready to take on one of their biggest adversaries —
"What we're planning to do is go to McDonald's," Dori said. "One person will go in and ask for a McChicken sandwich, and say I want it, but I don't want it on Styrofoam. And then another person will go in and ask for a McChicken sandwich, and say I want it, but I don't want it on Styrofoam."
McDonalds.
"Maybe after five people, they'll get the idea. We're just trying to give a hint."
The hint these children are giving is that they care, Tuley said, and that they are willing to work to change what they see wrong in the world.
"These kids give up almost every recess to make posters, to separate trash," she said. "We have so much material and we all done in one business meeting."
What is discussed at business meetings gets taken to the community, as these students go to places like the Salvation Army to help cook and serve meals and as they go to their parents, demanding that adults take a more responsible role in what is happening to their environment.
The environmental presentations they have made, with their puppet-mascot named "Waldo," have taken center stage at both the schools and the city commission.
Tuley said that from time to time, parents asked her why she did not pursue more "worthwhile" goals, such as teaching kids about drugs to just say no to them, or such preaching is not always necessary.
"These kids have a really positive self-image," she said. "If they have a really positive self-image, then they are more likely to tell those things people worry about."
Tuley seemed to have more to say, but she was cut off as three of her students ran up to her yelling and giggling. Some of the members of the city's most successful, expansive and enthusiastic environmental team wanted to run outside and play.
Hilicrest Elementary students are helping Lawrence reach environmental goals.
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