Welcome to Corbett Cares!
Welcome to Corbett Cares 4-H Club! Corbett Cares 4-H Club focuses on learning and teaching sustainability topics as well as performing related community service projects. The hope for this site is to be a place to share what we are doing with our club, our community, our country and our world! If you would like to add our web site to your facebook page or twitter about us – feel free from...
Read MoreOperation Lid Collection
Select this image to download all the details as a PDF, for this community service project! You all probably already know that some plastics can be recycled. But some types of plastic are not as easy to recycle and are usually thrown away. For example, most single use plastic bottles ( like water, juice, milk and soda ) can be recycled but the bottle caps are a different kind of plastic, RIGID...
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Our club performs community service projects that each member of our club comes up with. One recent community service idea was brought to us by Isabel. Her idea was to collect blankets for the Multnomah County Animal Shelter. Many of these animals would otherwise be on wire floors or cold cement. If you would like to learn more about our community service projects, please select...
Read MoreReduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respect
Recycle your old sponges in your potted plants. Especially good for keeping outdoor soil pots moist, old cellulose sponges make the perfect bottom component of planted pots. Rinse the old sponge throughly to remove any soap residue. Cut sponge to fit into plant pot, place in pot, then cover with potting soil, and add plant(s) and top off with soil. Compress soil gently with hands. Water in! The...
Read MorePlastics by the number
The Refuse Pledge Disposable plastics are the greatest source of plastic pollution. Designed to be discarded, straws, plastic bottles, plastic utensils, lids, plastic bottles and so many others offer a small convenience but remain forever. REFUSE disposable plastics! Follow the “4 Rs” of sustainable living: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Take the pledge! Watch this little advertisement...
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