Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Redeemables only for pet donations
The Furry Friends
Foundation bottle and can
drive for 2014 was a great
success.
“We raised over $3,000 in
revenue from the drive,” said
founder Kiki Dolson. “That
translates into more help for
Sisters-area pets and their
families, from more money for
spay and neuters to keeping
the pet-food bank stocked.”
Dolson thanked everyone
who brings their bottles and
cans for the charity to redeem.
She offered special thanks for
the participation from Eagle
Crest homeowners who drop
their bottles and cans off with
Robert Roth, who collects
them there.
“Also thank you to Long
Hollow Ranch with Daka
Thomas’ help and their dona-
tion of bottles and cans from
their wedding events,” Dolson
said. “The biggest thank-you
goes to Vern Rendon for doing
the dirty job of sorting and re-
bagging all of them for us.”
The bottles and cans
are redeemed through the
Oregon Beverage Recycling
Cooperative program.
However, there seems to be
some confusion on what can
be accepted. Dolson reports
that “many bags of recyclable,
non-redeemable items have
been left.
“We cannot redeem milk
cartons, bleach bottles, jelly
jars, wine bottles, soup cans,
anything that would normally
go to the recycling center.”
The bottles and cans must
be labeled with OR 5¢ to be
redeemable. That includes
soda, water, beer bottles and
cans, anything a customer
could normally redeem for 5¢.
If items are not labeled with
OR 5¢ please take them to the
recycle center on Sisters Park
Drive.
“The drive continues for
2015, so please help raise
funds by dropping redeemable
bottle and cans off (in closed
plastic bags, please) in the
blue recycle bins on the front
west porch at The Nugget,”
Dolson said.
We raised over $3,000
in revenue from the drive.
that translates into more
help for sisters-area pets
and their families...
— Kiki dolson
If your group or business
would like to help in collect-
ing bottles and cans, contact
Dolson at 541-549-9941.
Animal center to hold orientations
Are you looking for an
opportunity to give back to
the community in 2015? If so,
BrightSide Animal Center in
Redmond can use your help.
“We depend on volun-
teers to supplement our small
staff,” said BrightSide volun-
teer coordinator Sana Hayes
of Sisters. “Volunteers foster
kittens, puppies and other pets
who need home care; staff the
front desk; walk dogs; staff
the thrift store; sort bottles
and cans for recycling; answer
phones; help with publicity;
take adoptable dogs to off-
campus events; and more.
Some volunteers donate a lit-
tle time, others a lot. No mat-
ter what your skills and inter-
ests, we have a job for you.”
They are holding an ori-
entation session for new vol-
unteers on January 31. Call
the shelter at 541-923-0882
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday,
or email volunteer@
brightsideanimals.org, to reg-
ister. Registration is required.
Plan on arriving 15 minutes
early to fill out the volun-
teer application before the
session. You can also down-
load the application from
www.brightsideanimals.org
and bring the completed appli-
cation with you.
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SCIENCE:
Fair is set for
Saturday, February 21
Continued from page 3
of global warming and climate
change.
Last year, Sisters’ extreme
winter storm in February
crushed the greenhouse the
club and others had worked
hard to create at Sisters
Middle School under tons of
snow.
The science club and
Sisters Kiwanis, with support
from businesses and volun-
teers in the community, is
close to ready to replace the
structure with a new one.
Collins said the greenhouse
will be relocated to Sisters
High School to be more acces-
sible for the high-school-
based Seed-to-Table program.
“It’s kind of an off-the-
shelf steel tubing thing with
plastic covering over it,”
Collins said.
The manufacturer will
deliver the unit already
assembled, but it will be up to
Sisters folks to install it.
Collins said that
ENERGYneering Solutions,
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Inc. has expressed inter-
est in doing the installation
and the greenhouse could
be tied in with the school’s
biomass boiler, the installa-
tion of which the company
spearheaded.
“We’re going to try as
hard as we can to get the kids
involved in the installation,”
Collins said. “At least some of
them. That’s a great engineer-
ing project.”
Volunteers are always wel-
comed by the Sisters Science
Club. Collins emphasizes
that it’s open to anybody
with energy and a curious
mind. You don’t have to be a
scientist.
“You don’t have to do cal-
culus to volunteer with the sci-
ence club,” Collins said, with
a wry smile.
In fact, one of the more
attractive aspects of involve-
ment is that volunteering cre-
ates learning opportunities as
well as teaching opportunities.
Those interested in vol-
unteering are invited to con-
tact co-founder Cal Allen at
allnmarscal@bendbroadband.
com.
For more information on
the Sisters Science Club, visit
www.sistersscienceclub.org.
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