Back to School means Back to Box Tops! As a PTA mom, I know how challenging it can be to scrape together the funds to support your school in even the most basic ways. Make it easy: collect Box Tops for Education! Even easier? Win 250 Box Tops for your school at 6:05AM with Mark & me. PLUS, enter online HERE for a chance to win a BONUS 1000 Box Tops!
Did you get goosebumps, too?
Was watching a “Long Way Down”, Ewan McGregor’s super-cool motorcycle adventure show where he and a buddy bike from Scotland to South Africa, and noticed that not only is Africa more than lions and elephants (suspected so, but it was nice to see it up close!), it’s literally littered with plastic bags. Yes, the obnoxious plastic sacks that you bring home every time money leaves your pocket. It was very, very sad. Beautiful African landscapes, exotic plants and breathtaking views…blighted with those awful, ugly plastic bags. Ugh.
How many plastic bags are in your home right now? Do you take them back to the store for recycling or do you stuff them in the trash can, out of sight, out of mind? We return ours to the store, but I’ll admit the pile grows huge before we take them back. But, at least we take them back. PLEASE don’t stuff these bags in the trash! They won’t go away, they don’t biodegrade, and chances are they will end up clinging to a tree or bush somewhere, choking an animal who mistakes them for food, or even worse, end up in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The trash in the patch doesn’t just float around out there; animals mistake it for food and it ends up back in the food chain, which means we end up eating it in the end. Plastic is a PETROLEUM CHEMICAL – I don’t want to eat any more chemicals than I have to!
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
BOYCOTT THE PLASTIC BAG! Simply say “no thanks” when you check out. Hand carry your purchase, tuck it in your purse or…
TAKE YOUR OWN BAGS TO THE STORE. We have a whole batch of mismatched canvas bags that we haul to the store – they work great and are very durable.
WRITE TO THE STORE ASKING THEM TO STOP USING PLASTIC BAGS. Most stores offer bags for sale (usually $1 or less) and they will give you a credit when you bring your own bags in for them to use for your purchase.
Drop me a note and let me know how you are Banning The Bag! I’d love to hear how you are making the world a better place for everyone 
KUDL’s Johnny Rowlands got incredible footage of an extreme car chase on Monday afternoon. CLICK HERE for the video and story. Johnny rocks!
Is Zerona right for you? Visit my friends at Mladenoff Clinic (SE corner of College & Metcalf) for your complimentary consultation. (913) 491-1071 CLICK HERE for more info and a KUDL Listener Special.
There are a lot of ways to donate…CLICK HERE to get details from the American Red Cross and make your donation to Help Haiti.Click here for more details. Americans trying to get information on family in Haiti should call 888-407-4747. Keep checking back for more updates on how you can get involved with the Help for Haiti. CLICK HERE to watch video footage from the Associated Press covering everything that is going on in Haiti.
You can also text the word “HAITI” to 90999 and you will make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross. This goes through your cellular provider.
If you want, you can make your donation through Heart to Heart International.
It’s the law! Washington, DC shoppers must now pay .05 for each plastic/paper bag they get at the store, if they don’t bring their own reusable bags. What a great idea! The city distributed 122,000 reusable bags to lower-income & elderly citizens to help kick off the program. Funds will help clean up the plastic bag po…llution in the local waterways & along roadways.
SHOULD WE DO THIS HERE IN KANSAS CITY?
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