Author: helpingninjas

Today we had a little mission. It was to figure out which stores and businesses recycled and which ones that did not. And, I think it is good that most places recycle. We were pretty surprised with what we found. Cool Creek Park recycles large cardboard boxes and some paper waste .One little sad thing is when we were at the gas station, their was green bins for trash, but they were NOT recycling bins. They were only green because it was BP and their theme is green. We were also surprised to find that McDonalds actually recycled cardboard. But Arbys didn’t recycle at ALL. I was shocked because McDonalds – even though they were recycling cardboard  they were not normally everyday recycling waste. One good thing was Rickers was planting trees all over America – one pump, one tree gets planted. If you want to learn more, go to Rickers Replenish.  Good for Rickers, but bad for BP. I want to write a letter to BP asking them to start recycling some way at gas stations across America. Here are some images.

 Cool Creek RecyclesMcDonalds Recycles Cardboard  

October 2017. Today I was able to help the nature center staff clean. They said they never have time to dust, or clean as much as they would like too. , they said didn’t clean in more then one year like we cleaned today. The chief naturalist told me that it hadn’t looked this good in years. That made me feel really happy.

Helping Ninja, age 8, Carmel IN, College Wood Elementary

October 2017. Today I got to help at this event at Cool Creek Park in Indianapolis. It was a Halloween costume exchange and helping at the center was  fun because we helped the staff with the exchange event. They are busy so it was nice for them to have help and it was fun to do with my friend. It was cool because we made document videos and got to try on costumes and got to explore the center while we were helping. But it was also cool because we were recycling. My favorite part was helping the customers, because it was fun being nice and helping other people. It was important because less fortunate people need costumes because sometimes they can’t afford them. I think my least favorite part is I got bored, because I was getting tired but I would go back again next year to help.

Helping Ninja, age 8, Carmel, IN, College Wood Elementary