[greenon-l] We Conserve -- School CFL Fundraiser

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Schools Needed to Test a New Fundraiser

How many students does it take to change every lightbulb?

That's the question being posed by Green Students Fundraising, a new social
venture company being set to help students raise money for school projects
by selling compact fluorescent lights (CFLs).

Over the last couple of years, we've all been pretty successful at getting
people to try out a free CFL (just check out Project Porchlight
<http://www.onechange.org>  to see how their approach is spreading). The
next step is to get everyone to convert their entire home to CFLs -- or at
least all the standard non-dimmable 60 watt incandescent lights. We should
be aiming for at least ten per household over the next two years.

Enter Green Students Fundraising <http://www.greenstudents.ca>  (GSF), the
brainchild of Corey Berman, a recent grad from Wilfrid Laurier University.
GSF offers schools an easy way to engage students in a positive
environmental action while raising money at the same time. The concept is
simple: students sell CFLs in their neighbourhoods at a competitive retail
price while generating $1 from each light bulb sold for their school. A
percentage of funds raised also goes to a charity designated by the
students.

This is a great idea, and worth testing out.

So here's the pitch...

We need five schools in the Greater Toronto Area (or close by) to pilot the
fundraiser by the end of the current school year. Or, if you run a
school-based program, talk to Corey about how his fundraiser can help the
schools and clubs you work with.

Corey's contact info is at www.greenstudents.ca/Contact.html 

 

Chris Winter

 <http://www.weconserve.ca/> weconserve.ca

Ontario's Conservation Movement

 

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