Octorara townlively.com
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXI • NO 50
Christiana Fire Company Receives Pet Oxygen Masks BY FRANCINE FULTON
When a dog, cat or other small pet is rescued from a smoky house or apartment fire, volunteer firefighters with the
Christiana Fire Company will be able to more easily administer much-needed oxygen to them thanks to a donation of pet-sized oxygen masks from Pine Creek Animal Hospital. See Pet Oxygen Masks pg 3
Green Club members who collected plastic bottle caps for recycling include (back, from left) Abby Fleming, treasurer Emmerson Ware, president Lily Rising, Mia Mascherino, (front) vice president Fallon Weber, secretary Carrie Beecher and Cassidy Jefferies.
Recycled Bottle Caps Will Result In Two New Benches At Octorara
“The goal for these benches is to get students outside more and to give them a space where they can learn, as well as relax and enjoy nature.” The caps were collected by club members, as well as the Octorara school community. “The students had started collecting caps from milk containers in the lunchroom, and staff members started bringing in their caps from home,” Rapone said. “The Green Club doesn’t accept caps from outside
the school, as there is safety concern. We have a steady stream of caps coming from staff, faculty and students.” She noted that the Green Club is working to raise funds for a redesign and renovation of a courtyard area at the school. “The benches will be placed in that area. We hope to make a pathway system and mini amphitheater that classes could use to go outside for their lessons,” Rapone noted. “We hope to make many more benches maybe around 10 - and maybe some picnic tables, too.” The outdoor classroom is all part of an effort to get more students outside to enjoy the courtyard space. “The goal for these benches is to get students outside more and to give them a space where they can learn, as well as relax and enjoy nature. We have a perfect courtyard area, but it is not very accessible or used much,” Rapone shared. “We want to create a pathway system
BY FRANCINE FULTON
House Of Worship . . . . . . .5
Combining their love of fashion and a desire to help others, two Chester County women - Jennifer Burke and Anne Meads - have created Two Tunics - A Giving Boutique, a nonprofit organization that provides free clothing to women and girls in need.
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .6
See Bottle Caps pg 4
See Clothing pg 2
Christiana Fire Company Chief Sonny Reimold (center) received a donation of pet oxygen masks from Pine Creek Animal Hospital staff members (from far left) Jodi Eisenberger, Doris Zimmerman, Dr. Ashley Hammer Tuma and Jessie Rayburn.
Providing Clothing For Women And Girls
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“Plastic waste is so pervasive, and being able to transform the waste into something that is useful is exciting and important,” said Marcia Rapone, adviser of the Green Club at Octorara Junior-Senior High School, when describing how the students collected plastic bottle caps that will be made into benches for the school. “It’s such a great teachable moment to show that (collecting) waste can be viewed as an opportunity.” Members of the Green Club, who began collecting caps in the fall of 2019, gathered a total of 279 pounds of plastic caps, which will be chipped up and melted down into boards and made into two benches by Eco Plastic Products of Delaware. The students recently took their donation to the Wilmington facility, where they learned about the plastic recycling process.
“I am fortunate to have a back storage room in my classroom where I put the nine giant boxes we filled,” explained Rapone. “Caps take up less space, so that’s why we collected just caps, but Eco Plastics takes all kinds of plastics.”
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