Adams Bag Share Challenge Hits Half Way Point
ADAMS, Mass. — The 8,400 Bag Share Challenge has reached the halfway point thanks to the help of C.T. Plunkett School students and parents.
"This is amazing and I didn't think there was going to be this much interest…I think right now we are 4,400 in," Leni Fried, who is spearheading the challenge, said Thursday in the Plunkett cafeteria.
A steady flow of children and parents partook in the initiative to create reusable grocery bags out of recycled materials. With a plastic bag ban in effect, multiple groups have signed on to the challenge to help make a bag for each resident.
Fried said she thinks it is important for everyone to understand the difference between recycling and reusing.
"Recycling is the end of the line and we want people to go beyond that and reuse and think in terms of this instead of just buying something new," she said. "Every time we buy something new we add to the pollution."
She added that she also thinks it's beneficial for kids to spend time with their parents and make something with their hands.
"I think it is important for kids to work with their hands because school is not just about sitting at a desk and learning," she said. "That way we need to be more practically oriented orientated as a culture I think we lost a lot of that."
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