By: Caydence Rue, Paulding FFA Reporter and Shannon Ruschel, Director/WMEA Program
Paulding FFA Chapter collaborated with Paulding County WMEA and Kohart’s Salvage to bring to completion a fundraiser that directly benefitted our Paulding Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
On February 14th-25th the Paulding FFA Chapter collected cans at the Paulding High School for their project “Crushing Cans for Cancer. They were picked up by the WMEA Program and stored until the initiative was complete.
As people in the community were alerted to the drive, there were many residents that wanted to contribute so The WMEA Program diverted all aluminum for one month to add to their total. Paulding FFA Officers then loaded the cans that were collected and transported them to Kohart Recycling on April 12th.
The FFA Chapter got over $300 from the cans and all of the money will be going directly to the Paulding Chapter of the American Cancer Society. We are hoping to be able to put on this project at the Paulding County Fair and other venues.
The Paulding FFA chapter received a grant from the Paulding Area Foundation to build stationary can crushers to be used around Paulding County at special events. We want to thank Kohart’s for giving us an above market price for the cans and the WMEA as well as the Paulding Area Foundation for their contributions to this project. The Paulding FFA is very grateful for the donations that were collected and for your support of this project.
