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he boys and girls in Suzanne Di Mauro's grade 4 class know how determined disposable food packaging can be on the environment and they want no part of it. The class is leading St. Luke's Catholic School in a litterless lunch program that encourages students to bring lunches that have been packaged in reusable containers.
When the class found out that Community Life wanted to showcase their efforts they decided amongst themselves to wear green or blue and make "GO GREEN" badges to show their support for the environment. As Jasmina Gusic sees it, her class is doing their part to save the one gift we all share.
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"It makes me feel good to help because if we don't help the environment it will be really bad for all of us." said Gusic. Di Mauro's students promote the litterless lunch campaign within the school by singing litterless lunch promotions to the student body during morning announcements. Di Mauro says that many of the students have even encouraged their parents to become more environmentally conscious.
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At the beginning of the school year many of the students had plastic throw-away water bottles, but now most of them have reusable ones," said Mrs. Di Mauro.
" It's been an extremely positive program for them." Zack Norman says he has encouraged his mother to purchase more reusable containers and wants to do as much as he can to keep the earth clean. "Our class wants to do even more to help," said Norman. "I just wish everyone else would start respecting the environment. The world would be a cleaner place." The program was developed by St. Luke's School Council co-chairs Joanne Capano and Sandy Cruz. In addition to helping the environment, they felt that the program would encourage parents to make healthier food choices. "Good, nutritious food doesn't come in packages," said Capano who is a holistic nutritionist. "We are trying to encourage parents to make more whole foods." It can take more time to prepare and cook whole foods, but Cruz says that ditching individually packaged products makes more financial sense.
St. Luke's School Council began the program in January, and originally intended for it to last a month, but when they saw how successful the initiative had been it was expanded to every Thursday of the school year. They hope the program inspires parents and students to make every day a litterless lunch day. "It all comes down to awareness, and it's going to start with the kids," said Cruz. "If you plant the seed early enough the idea will grow."
"We've been sold this convenience by food companies, but in this economic environment it is cheaper to buy in bulk or make foods and use reusable packaging," said Cruz. "There's no reason why we need so much garbage. It's just ridiculous."
TIPS FOR PARENTS TIP ONE Packaging every part of your child's lunch in reusable containers can be tricky, but with a little extra time and creativity it can be done. Joanne Capano and Sandy Cruz recommend these ways to help you avoid the use of commonly packaged foods.
TIP TWO Instead of sending your child with processed gummy fruit snacks, try sending fresh fruit or dried fruit products. Dried fruit can be bought for a lower cost at local bulk food stores.
TIP THREE Granola bars can be a tough one, but there are many no bake recipes for oak bars that take less than 10 minutes to make can then be placed into reusable containers.
TIP FOUR Instead of sending packaged cheese snacks, buy a big block of cheese and cut it up.
TIP FIVE Instead of buying individually packaged yogurt, buy large tubs and ration it into plastic or glass containers. Pre-rationing foods like yogurt, applesauce and pudding into individual containers on the weekend can save time during the weekdays. CL
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