Be Green T-shirt Available / Plastics Drive / Green Event Tonight

Earth Day "Be Green" T-shirt available:

We will be doing a second run of our "Be Green" Earth Day shirts. Check them out at Savemobile.org. They are very cool. To place an order, just reply to this email with the number of shirts you'd like and what size. They cost $10 each.

Upcoming Plastics Collection, June 1-8th:

S.A.V.E.'s upcoming plastics recycling drives will be June 1-8 and September 7-14 at 1100 Last Chance Gulch (former guard armory, next to the YMCA parking lot). Download a flyer for your office at Savemobile.org

Upcoming Green Events:

* (Today!) May 22: An Inconvenient Truth, Live Slideshow Presentation with Billings Mayor, Chuck Tooley, 6-8pm, Pattern House (1229 E Lyndale), Helena
(This is the Slide-show used in Al Gore's movie. Details at Montanans for a Healthy Climate, 443-4455)

* June 1-8: S.A.V.E. Plastics Drive, Helena

* Sept. 7-14, S.A.V.E. Plastics Drive, Helena

Volunteers Needed:

* This is S.A.V.E.'s biggest summer yet, with growing business collections, plastics expansion in the works, and much more. We regularly need volunteers every Tuesday and Friday with our business route. We also need help with manning tables and making biodiesel at events such as Alive @ 5 and with biodiesel presentations. Some of our Biodiesel Montana dates this summer will be this Thursday-Saturday at the Patagonia outlet sale in Dillon, July 14th at the Livingston Sustainability Fair, and August 18 at the NCAT SustainabilityFEST in Butte. These are road trips with S.A.V.E. with expenses covered for volunteers. We also have projects in the office most weekdays. Call 431-0815 to sign up.

Trash for Trees a Success:

Nearly 100,000 pounds collected at Trash for Trees!

The recent Trash for Trees with Growing Friends of Helena and The S.A.V.E . Foundation was a record success, with nearly 100,000 pounds of recyclables collected. The event took place on April 28 at Northgate Plaza and raised close to $2,000 for planting trees and expanding recycling in Helena. The 98,891 pounds of recycling collected included 48,982 pounds of paper (newspaper, magazine, office paper), 22,260 pounds of glass, 19,406 pounds of corrugated cardboard, 3,078 pounds of steel cans, 2,372 pounds of aluminum cans, and 2,793 pounds of plastic.

Special thanks to the City of Helena, City-County Sanitation, Pacific Steel & Recycling, The Good Samaritan Thrift Store, Albertsons and all the community volunteers who made this event possible. The next Trash for Trees collection will be September 29th, 2007.

- Savemobile.org