Prairie Central Field Trip to SCARCE – June 22, 2024
Come to our June outing!
In June, United Women in Faith Prairie Central will be visiting SCARCE, 800 S. Rohlwing Rd., Addison on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. What is SCARCE, you ask? SCARCE is an award-winning environmental education non – profit dedicated to creating sustainable communities. The organization accomplishes this through innovative and hands-on education programs for schools and organizations, demonstrating care for people and our natural resources through their Reuse Center, and engaging the broader public through community -wide events and programs.
For over 30 years SCARCE has been implementing change to foster a more sustainable future. SCARCE began when Executive Director, Kay McKeen, was teaching in DuPage County schools about recycling and other environmental issues and concerns. Kay was out teaching when she realized that many schools had countless textbooks just sitting in storage, taking up space. All the while, the information was becoming obsolete, it was costing the schools money for the books to sit in storage AND they were going to end up in the landfill! Therefore, in 1991 she started the Book Rescue with the idea of “rescuing” gently used books (text, reference and library) from going in the landfill, and instead putting them into the hands of those who need them. A visit to their website will give you an idea of how they have expanded into many other environmentally friendly projects!
One of them is the recycling of bread bag tags, so start collecting them and bring them along with you!
Let us know that you will join us by emailing Linda Osikowicz, or, preferably, by completing this Google Form HERE.