” Thank you for teaching us about saving the world”.

This heartwarming sentence, accompanied by a hug came from a 5th grade boy in the Ben Turner Elementary school in Mount Vernon.

This week we rolled out the WeFutureCycle recycling program at this school and taught the students in grade by grade presentation about where the garbage goes and how simple, small changes can make such a difference. Students learned about how garbage from the street makes it into the ocean. An audible collective groan went through students seeing how plastics enter the food chain and ultimately kill animals.

Teaching students that their actions can make a difference, little tiny changes of daily routines add up for positive change. It was heart warming to be hugged by these youngsters for teaching them that they have the power to make change.

It gave me goose bumps