Looking to make a winning decision? Bring your Stanley Cups, Owalas, and other refillable water bottles for the chance to win in Environmental Club’s raffle!
You may have noticed the new refillable water stations in the Multi-use Room and various halls here at Burroughs. While the refillable water stations may just seem to be a convenience for when you need to stay hydrated throughout the day, they offer so much more than that.
Environmental Club Advisor Melanie Branson has spoken movingly on how plastic-use buildup can be detrimental to our planet. For one, plastic is made from fossil fuels, which pollute the air. Plastic harms marine life when it winds up in the ocean. Sea creatures can eat the plastic; some get caught in it and end up suffocating. Humans also take in tiny microplastics. These travel across the lungs and blood vessels into our bloodstream, exposing us to health diseases.
Environmental, a club that is gaining its footing on campus, is doing its part to counteract the negative impacts of plastic use with a schoolwide raffle. Environmental Club members and BHS staff will be keeping an eye out for students who are carrying reusable water bottles or found using the refillable water fountains. In addition to Branson, volunteer teachers include English Teacher Susie Burgess, Math Teacher Katie Wadley, Science Teachers Melissa Thompson and Laurel Wilcox, and History Teacher Alex Grogman.
Each student is eligible for one ticket per day.
“The more often you bring your water bottle, the better chance you have to win!” said Branson.
Incentives come in the form of gift cards to Starbucks and Dutch Bros and game currency for Roblox. Prizes will be handed out to student winners at the end of each month.
Environmental Club Co-founder and President Ethan Hardy, a junior, thinks the raffle holds much promise. Hardy and his fellow officers decided to hold the raffle after deliberating ways to tackle waste and reduce disposable water bottle consumption in the process.
“We hope that this raffle will yield greater use of reusable water bottles as opposed to disposable ones, but also a greater awareness of some of the problems we have on campus,” said Hardy. “We also hope that his positively introduces many students to Environmental Club, showing them that this is a place where can work to gather to create positive change and have a good time as well.”
The first drawing will take place next Friday, Nov. 22.
