Re: Taste of St. Louis Recycling Volunteers Needed

9.28.2010

Re: Taste of St. Louis Recycling Volunteers Needed

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TASTE OF ST. LOUIS
VOLUNTEER CHALLENGE

St. Louis Earth Day has partnered with Taste of St. Louis in an effort to make this massive event (300,000 people over 3 days) more environmentally friendly and drastically reduce the environmental impact. All of the food vendors have committed to sourcing only compostable serviceware and all cups will also be compostable, resulting in 100% compostable attendee waste with very few exceptions. Recycling will be happening in the back end of the event.

St. Louis Earth Day is requesting your help to recruit 200 volunteers in 2 weeks. Yes, this is a challenge, but we believe there is enough passion in the community to make this happen. If successful, we can divert 70% or more of the total event waste (31 tons last year!) from the landfill as we educate attendees about recycling and composting.

As an incentive for your support, volunteers over the age of 21 who refer 3 or more volunteers will be entered into a drawing for 2 VIP tickets to Taste. Nine sets of tickets will be raffled off. All volunteers have to do is supervise waste stations to help people put their waste in the right container. A brief but thorough training will occur 30 min before the shift start.

The organizers of Taste of St. Louis are also offering booth space to organizations who are able to recruit 10-20 volunteers for one or more 3-hrs shifts. The exposure is excellent – 300,000 St. Louisans of all walks of life! Please pass this along to organizations who may benefit from this opportunity.

Taste of St. Louis is October 1-3. Please help us change the status quo and revolutionize the approach to events in the St. Louis area. Contact me or visit our website for more info and to register:
Taste of St. Louis Volunteer Challenge

I know we can make this happen with your support!

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