Lids for legs: Jurien Bay District High School Year Four studentsThursday, 8 June 2006
Moora News (Australia)
NO ALUMINIUM can is safe around a Jurien Bay District High School Year Four student!
The class is collecting the pull-tabs on aluminium cans to go towards Rotary's 'Lids for Legs' project.
The lids are melted down and used to make artificial limbs for people in Thailand and Cambodia.
Year Four teacher Jenny Stewart began the initiative October last year with her Year Four class.
Ms Stewart carried the project on with her new class as part of a ‘global citizen' class project.
The two classes have collected over 40kg of lids since they started, enough to make 80 joints for arm and legs.
The students said they had collected the lids from a range of sources:
"My aunty manages the hotel at Three Springs and has collected the lids for me," – Danny
"My dad is in the footy club and he puts them aside for me," – Hannah
"I get mine from places in Cervantes," – Madison
"I get them from the pub or the golf club. I also go through the bins!" – Dylan
The class has a ‘Lid-o-meter' in the class room to find out how many they have collected.
The pull-tabs, which are used rather than the entire can due to the level of titanium also found in them, go to Geraldton where they are then sent to Sydney to be melted.
The students said they liked collecting the cans because they were helping someone else.
"I like doing it because I am helping someone without getting any reward," – Madison.
The class is collecting the pull-tabs on aluminium cans to go towards Rotary's 'Lids for Legs' project.
The lids are melted down and used to make artificial limbs for people in Thailand and Cambodia.
Year Four teacher Jenny Stewart began the initiative October last year with her Year Four class.
Ms Stewart carried the project on with her new class as part of a ‘global citizen' class project.
The two classes have collected over 40kg of lids since they started, enough to make 80 joints for arm and legs.
The students said they had collected the lids from a range of sources:
"My aunty manages the hotel at Three Springs and has collected the lids for me," – Danny
"My dad is in the footy club and he puts them aside for me," – Hannah
"I get mine from places in Cervantes," – Madison
"I get them from the pub or the golf club. I also go through the bins!" – Dylan
The class has a ‘Lid-o-meter' in the class room to find out how many they have collected.
The pull-tabs, which are used rather than the entire can due to the level of titanium also found in them, go to Geraldton where they are then sent to Sydney to be melted.
The students said they liked collecting the cans because they were helping someone else.
"I like doing it because I am helping someone without getting any reward," – Madison.
2 comments:
Thank you my darling and my little angel!
I cann't tell you how much I appreciate your works and efforts, but I want you all to know that you have done great thing for the world of humanity and collecting those lids is one of them. In my account, you have earned the biggest and the largest credit in my heart! Thank you so much!
Oct.29 2006
I was so touched by the Cambodian family comment. Thankyou. We would like to give an update of our "Lids for Legs" project. We have reached 50kg. As the weather warms, we are hoping that the wonderful people in our community will continue to collect their lids from their cans. This school term we are going to make posters and send out some more leaflets to remind people that our project is ongoing. I intend to continue the Lids for Legs in 2007 with my new class.
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