24th Annual Cans4Books Drive
The results are in for the 24th annual Cans4Books Recycling Rrive. Thank you to all of the students, staff, friends and neighbors that participated!
We added up your school and public donations and they totaled $1,032.50. Our amazing recycling partner, Green Quest Recycling, donated an additional $500 in funding and prizes for 1st and 2nd place! SouthPointe Barnes & Noble rounded everyone’s gift cards up to the next $5 increment and covered the 3rd place prize.
All together, the Cans4Books drive generated $1,615 for school libraries. We are so grateful for our community partners that make this program possible every year! We are excited for more books to be on school library bookshelves thanks to school communities recycling over 47,000 cans!
Congratulations to our top schools (pounds recycled per student) and prize winners:
First Place – Saratoga Elementary
472 pounds of cans recycled $425 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $75 prize
2nd Place – Huntington Elementary
208 pounds of cans recycled, $215 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $50 prize
3rd Place – Clinton Elementary
179 pounds of cans recycled, $170 Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Includes additional $25 prize
Other participating schools who will also be receiving gift cards include: Beattie, Everett, Maxey, Saratoga, and Sheridan elementaries, and Park Middle School.
The Cans4Books program has reached over $49,000 donated to school libraries for the purchase of books since 2001. Over 98,500 pounds of aluminum cans have been recycled over the lifetime of the program.
Thank you to our contributing sponsors: Green Quest Recycling and SouthPointe Barnes & Noble Bookstore!
Updated May 22, 2025
