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Would be ‘ trash’ makes thousands of pounds of donatio “Don’t Trash It” program donates tons of students’ waste to local oharities DONT TRASH IT DONATIOHS 2017-18 Anton L Delgado Elon News Network | ^jadelgadonews l£OO0 Bags, bedding, food and furniture are some of the many items forming the base of the piles of trash thrown out at the end of every school year. But Elon University’s “Don’t Trash It!” program has found a chari table way to keep this gar bage out of the landfill. The program goes into effect as students pack up after final’s week and begin throwing all of the unused items they eagerly bought at the start of the year. Throughout campus do nation stations are set up to collect items for reuse. Stu dent volunteers then sort through the items at the sta tions and garbage bins for anything that can be turned into a donation. Run through the Office of Sustainability, the “Don’t Trash It!” program donated more than 8 tons of goods to local nonprofit organiza tions at the end of the 2017- 18 academic school year, beating its record of 6.5 tons the year before. - The Office of Sustain ability took over the “Don’t Trash It!” program from the Truitt Center in 2014 and has since expanded its reach. The program now donates to organizations such as Habi tat for Humanity, Goodwill, the Furniture Ministry at •First Presbyterian Church, 12D00 15^105 15 r BitmimaMiiT eiiHpDh BDOO i 4DDO A A A A 13 12 - 9 - 1,547 „ . „ « « . PHOIOCUTOOfiUp, Senior Cara DePan, student coordinator for Elon’s “Don’t Trash If nroir sorts through donations for local NGOs right before summer 2018. I the Allied Churches of Ala- : mance County, the Salvation Army and the Hospice of Alamance Caswell. Kelly Harer, the assistant director of sustainability for education and outreach, helps run the program by organizing volunteers, set ting up donation stations and sorting through the trash. “Any time we are able to divert something usable from the landfill to someone who needs it, I consider it a success,” Harer said. To continue this success, Harer relies on student vol unteers to fill three pivotal roles in the “Don’t Trash It!” program: item col lector, food deliverer and truck monitor. But find ing these students at the end of the year poses an annual problem. “The biggest struggle is the same each year, which is getting enough volunteers to help collect, sort and move items,” Harer said. “We’re al ways looking for volunteers to help sort items, but it’s a difficult time of year to get volunteers, as most students are either studying for finals or have left campus.” To help with the struggle, the “Don’t Trash It!” pro gram appointed student co ordinators to both find more volunteers and help out with the tasks themselves. Senior Cara DePan is one of those student coordina tors. She found the “Don’t Trash It!” program to be a “perfect integration of sus tainability and philanthrop- PftOGRAM RECORD 8 CHARITABli (HffiAMZATIOIIS “Don’t Trash It!” program donated more than 8 tons of goods during the 2017- 18 school year, beating its record of 6.5 tons the year before. 1. Habitat for Humanity 2. Goodwill 3. The Furniture Ministry at First Presbyterian Church 4- The Allied Churches of Alamance County 5. Salvation Army 6. Hospice of Alamance Caswell 1C services. Throughout the year De- Pan also works as an intern with the Office of Sustain ability, one of her main goals being to educate more Elon students about the work her team does. “When people hear ‘big words’ such as sustainabil ity or ecology, they either reach for the nearest Mer- riam-Webster or imme diately flock to the idea of recycling,” DePan said. “Throughout the year, we work hard to help students extend that definition for themselves. We provide resources or hold events around campus intending to teach and inspire the com munity to acknowledge and respect the interconnected- ness between us and the f ural world.” ' As Elon’s populat * grows, so will its effect ^ the natural world. With ^ incoming freshmen d' numbering at 1,690 enrol” students, the largest in history, the leaders of' “Don’t Trash It!” progr’ will be busier than ever^ they work toward a mi sustainable Elon. ‘ “I can’t foresee a hit' where Elon wouldn’t 0 tinue this program,” fi er said. “Were able to h those who need it most Alamance and surround counties, while at the sa time keeping literal ti of items from entering! landfills. It’s truly a win-' for everyone involved,” East Neighborhood dedicated to engagement and innovatioi Elon opens its newest neighborhood, filling it with freshmen and LLCs Anton L. Delgado Elon News Network | (ajadelgodorrews The completion of East Neighborhood, Elon Uni versity’s newest student housing facility, marks the schools new push toward a more civically engaged and socially innovative student body. The trio of three-sto ry buildings will host more than 300 students, the majority of which will be freshmen. The neigh borhood’s theme of civ ic engagement and social innovation is what many professors working in the neighborhood are most I excited for. j “Civic engagement is a I central goal of an Elon ed ucation. We try to produce students that will graduate as leaders in all walks of life, said Mark Dalhouse, the faculty-in-residence for East Neighborhood. “Social innovation also ranks high as a priority for an Elon education, and combining the two in a neighborhood opens up a myriad of pos sibilities for LLCs and pro grams.” Through this “myriad of possibilities,” students living in the neighborhood will have a greater exposure to both social and political issues and will have more opportunities to participate a WE TRY TO PRODUCE STUDENTS THAT WILL GRADUATE AS LEADERS IN ALL WALKS OF LIEE. MARK DALHOUSE FACULTY-IN-RESIDENCE EAST NEIGHBORHOOD in civil discourse, debate, community service and leadership development. The neighborhood will be home to the following Living and Learning Com munities: Paideia: Civic and Political Engagement, Leaders in the Global World, Lichens: Biology, Chemistry and Environ mental Studies, Service Learning, Honors Pavilion and Elon College Fellows. iunior Jordan Williams will be the Resident Assis tant for the Service Learn ing LLC located on the first floor of East C. As one of the neighborhood’s first RAs, Williams is looking forward to experiencing the theme of the neighbor hood with her residents. “Civic engagement and social innovation is a really big deal right now with our current political climate,” Williams said. “It is a time for change; we are always progressing and moving forward, and to have a whole neighborhood cen tered around different as pects of civic engagement and social innovation is in credibly exciting.” One of Williams’ top pri orities as the student leader in her LLC is to “build a community that will push everyone together and help students grow.” Working with RAs to help balance between a res idence hall that will both make students feel safe but also challenge them will be one of Dalhouse’s top pri The new East Neighborhood Residence Hall was built around a theme of civic e residents during move-in day Aug. 24. CORVVItltffllSWflW^ orities. “The first year of col lege is a major transition in life, and we need to keep in mind we are dealing with students that are re ally opening a new chapter in their lives,” Dalhouse said. “We want to create an atmosphere that is sup porting yet challenging, nurturing yet broadening, and that is going to require some careful choreogra phy between the RAs and the faculty.” This choreography will EAST NEIGHBORHOOD-BY THE NUMBERS 350 students will be housed within the neighborhood’s 3 residential buildings. LLCs will operate out of East, promoting growth and innovation. start with new program tiatives such as ‘ East R which will take stuSt to different internati restaurants with an ej on that country, and Explores,” which wn' students on a series o trips around the a® discuss different es the local comma" are facing. Each new P'®! is created to op® dents’ minds and uciita — a sense of family
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