Kiss a pig on the lips! That’s exactly what a coach at Sandford Middle School has agreed to do if the students collect 500 items to recycle. There are other terms of motivation (400 items the counselors are fed spinach baby food, 600 items and the asst. principal & coach get arrested and cuffed & the homeroom with the most cartridges gets to pie their teacher) but we couldn’t get past the “Puckering Pig” and the coach. Wonder who will enjoy the kiss more, the coach or pig? Uck! Hopefully the pig will be cuter than the one pictured above. At least cleaned up a little. We’ll know how it went by their Valentines Day assembly.
I can just see it now, you’ve finished your teaching degree at a college or university, you get your first interview, you’re all excited, and during the course of the interview they ask you… “Would you be willing to kiss a pig?”. Would you take the job? Hmmmm?
BTW: Thanks for the interesting story Cindy. We love this kinda stuff.
January 30, 2008
Where did we draw the inspiration for the CFK logo? You can draw your own conclusions. We can tell you it was designed by our beloved Melisa. Whether she was inspired by the image at left is hard to say.
By the way…the person at left actually works for us. I know, how did a person like that actually slip past our stringent interview process? Care to guess who?
January 25, 2008
from ‘The Lorax’ by Dr. Seuss (a must read BTW):
“UNLESS someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better.
It’s not.”
I just realized that’s the second time we’ve referenced a Dr. Seuss character in this blog. Hmmm? Who doesn’t like Dr. Seuss?
January 17, 2008
image borrowed from: http://digitalliving.cnet.co.uk/
(A couple samples sent to us.)
One of our vendors uses the parts from recycled CRT computer monitors to manufacture televisions. It’s nice to see the end result sometimes. Although not as pretty as a flower planter, we think true beauty lies in the eye of the recycler. Aaaah, pretty.
January 17, 2008
Geesh! This guy is still around? Probably still wearing those silly sweatpants. I’m gonna buy him some khakis.
We do, however, still love the message. Never throw away anything that can be recycled. Please continue to recycle your cell phones, PDAs, ink & toner cartridges, iPods, DVD’s, digital cameras, video games & consoles and laptops.
Oh, and Captain Recycle is not really 8′11″ tall (as posted on his myspace page). I know, I’ve met him.
January 16, 2008
Put yo’ hands in the air…
Alright people in da house. Cup yo’ hands over your mouth.
Go like this…Boom, Boom, Cha! Boom, Boom, Cha! (Repeat)
You got it now.
begin rap:
We will, We will, recycle…
Sing it Yeah!
We will, We will, recycle…
Cartridges for Kids is a really cool thing
cause we got to keep our world nice and clean
we throw trash in the street
if you know what I mean
We gotta treat Mother Nature - Like she’s our queen
(Chorus)
We will, We will, recycle…
Sing it Yeah!
We will, We will, recycle…
iPods, Laptops, Cell Phones too
bring them into our great school
(pause)
Now that’s cool!
This first debuted over the PA at Holland ES and was performed by the 5th grade Student Council President; with a future in the rap industry we might add.
January 11, 2008
A ‘Let’s Talk’ (retail company) survey said that 38% of people thought it was OK to use a cell phone in the bathroom.
On a similar note: if the lights go out while in the bathroom… A Sprint survey said that 2/3 people used their cell phone backlight to find something in the dark.
Yet another note: 855,000 cell phones in the UK end up in the toilet each year. So be careful!
We’re hoping by now that you know, or course, that we recycle cell phones. Only about 2.3% of Americans recycle their old cell phones. And most have 3 or more expired cell phones probably in a drawer somewhere. Time to give it up. It’s worth money to your school or organization.
January 4, 2008
Once we heard this one we knew it had to be passed along. One of the schools participating in the Cartridges for Kids program got creative as a way to motivate students to collect items for recycling. As an incentive, each student received a 6 inch piece of duct tape for each item (Cell phone, ink & toner cartridge, PDAs, iPod, Laptop, DVD, Video game & Console and Digital camera) they brought in. Wait, if that wasn’t enough, there’s more. At the end of the collection drive they used the pieces of duct tape to tape the principal to the wall! Sorry, we don’t have a photo of the actual taping so we used the image above.
Note: this does not mean we think any principal is a Grinch.
January 2, 2008
