20th Annual Cans4Books Drive

The results are in for the 20th annual Cans4Books recycling drive. Thank you to all of the students, staff, friends and neighbors that participated. We added up your donation and $566 will be donated to school libraries.  And thanks to our amazing new recycling partner, Green Quest Recycling, who donated $433 to bring it up to an even $1,000 going into our school libraries! SouthPointe Barnes & Nobles rounded everyone’s gift cards up to the next $5 increment, and they also covered the 3rd place prize. We are so grateful for our community partners that make this program happen each year!  We are excited for more books to be on school library bookshelves, and over 40,700 cans were recycled! Congratulations to our top schools and prize winners:

1st Place – Huntington Elementary
938 pounds of cans recycled, $555 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $75 prize

2nd Place – Hill Elementary
84 pounds of cans recycled, $120 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $50 prize

3rd Place – Norwood Park Elementary
22 pounds of cans recycled, $65 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $25 prize

Other participating schools who will also be receiving gift cards include: Dawes Middle, Everett Elementary, Hartley Elementary, Irving Middle, Mickle Middle, Park Middle, Schoo Middle, and Sheridan Elementary. 

The Cans4Books program has reached over $44,000 donated to school libraries for the purchase of books since 2001. Nearly 3.25 million aluminum cans have also been recycled over the lifetime of the program.

Thank you to the sponsors of this program: Green Quest Recycling and SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Bookstore.