The Youth Volunteer Corps of Washington County spent the Martin Luther King Day standing on our heads to show youth CAN make a difference. It was a kind of a can drive where local residents were challenged to bring us their aluminum cans to be recycled.
At the collection site a Youth Volunteer Corps member stood on their head for one minute for every pound of aluminum cans brought in on MLK Day, and all the proceeds from the recycled cans were donated to Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Southern Utah. Youth helping Youth while cleaning up the environment in a fun kinda way is something we believe Dr. King would view as an honorable way to celebrate his day. The collection site was Smith's on Bluff and the Blvd. Monday January 18th, from 10-4.
We were very excited with the response of the community and ended up having a total of 107 lbs. of cans, which meant 107 minutes of standing on our head. Below is a link to the local newspaper's coverage of our event.http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101190307
