1. The Green Genes
ARD Project with the Boys & Girls
Club of New Bedford and Marissa
Perez-Dormitzer
By: Lucas Carreiro
Chelsea Amado
Michelle Mercuri
Colleen McGee
Andrea Manzone
2. Community Partners
Boys and Girls Club
of Greater New Bedford
• Colleen Millett
• Jeanie Silva
District Recycling Coordinator
of New Bedford
• Marissa Perez-Dormitzer
3. Service to Community
Partners
• Boys & Girls Club of New Bedford
- During our time at here, we educated the
children about recycling in a fun and exciting
new way. We plan on our events to increase
recycling at the Boys and Girls Club.
• District Recycling Coordinator, Marissa
Perez-Dormitzer
- Through our efforts, we hoped to have
increased the number of residents in New
Bedford to recycle.
4. Team Emblem
• We chose The Green Genes as
opposed to a common name
because we believe that being
environmentally conscious is
something that should be instilled in
everyone. From there
we came up with the idea of using a
green double helix to illustrate
our team name. This is when our
creative director, Michelle took over
and formed all of our ideas into a
brilliant design using her photo shop
abilities.
5. Action Register
Lucas: “Wiki-Design Manager”
-In order to successfully complete the wiki
it was Lucas’ responsibility to make
sure that all of the material gets done properly.
Chelsea: “Meeting Director”
- Responsible for running meetings, focusing on
meeting minutes, and keeping everyone on task
during the meeting.
Andrea: “Activities Manager”
- As an activities manager, Andrea is in charge of
creating the Recycling Survey and the Scavenger
Hunt Activity. She is also in charge of deciding
which games to play on the Recycle Fest Day.
6. Action Register
Michelle: “Creative Director”
- Michelle is in charge of graphic design.
She is in charge of creating our logo,
creating our example recycle fair posters,
and will also be the photographer.
Colleen: “Contact Executive”
- Colleen is in charge of keeping in contact with
Dr. K, Marissa, and our B&GC staff. She is also
in charge of contacting all potential media sources.
7. America’s Recycle
Day Events
• Our project consisted of three events.
They were held on November 6th, 8th,
and 9th, at the Greater New Bedford
Boys & Girls Club, each from 3-6 pm.
8. Day 1, Tuesday November 6th
• “Learning Day”
• Pass out Scavenger Hunt/Recycle Fair
information.
• Pass out Recycling Quiz to the kids.
• Talk to kids about fair on Friday.
9. Day 2, Thursday November 8th
• “Art Day”
• In the Art room today!
• Creating Recycle Awareness Posters for
Poster Contest.
• Decorating Reusable Shopping bags,
provided by Stop and Shop.
10. Day 3, Friday November 9th
• Recycling Fair Day!
• Located in the small gymnasium.
• Posters for Contest will be displayed.
• Scavenger Hunt items collected.
• Recycle games.
• Having kids fill out Recycle Quiz after event.
• Creating the Recycling Banner with Pledge.
11. Community Involvement
• WBSM New Bedford radio station played a
recycling message for five days.
• New Bedford Cable Access Channel
played a message about our Recycle
Festival.
• Contacted New Bedford Mayor John
Mitchell to try and have him as our guest
appearance.
• Received donations from:
– Texas Road House
– Stop & Shop
– Michael’s Arts & Crafts
12. Recycling Awareness,
Education, & Behavior
• Each of our three visits focused on
educating the children about recycling.
• Each day they learned about recycling in a
fun and informative way.
• We were able to test what they had
learned while we were there and what they
already knew before meeting us.
13. Sustainability
• By visiting the Club, we were able to be
role models, and show how important
recycling is!
• We were able to gather data from our
recycling quiz for the Boys and Girls Club
to use for future grants.
• Created a Recycling Pledge Banner; all
the kids signed it and is now hanging up at
the Club.
14. Creativity
• Team emblem: “The Green Genes”
• Scavenger Hunt
• Jeopardy
• Reusable shopping bags
• Poster contest
• Recycle Fest recycled games
15. Our Accomplishments
• We were able to have our message
broadcasted on New Bedford Cable
Access and WBSM Radio.
• We made an impact on the kids’ lives
and educated them more about
recycling.
• With our Recycling Quiz data, we will be
able to give back to the Boys & Girls
Club long after we are gone, through
grant money.
16. What we learned about
teamwork:
• We learned how to manage our time
effectively and efficiently while staying
organized.
• We learned how to work around various team
member schedules.
• We learned how to work effectively through
the blended/online course.
• We learned how to effectively communicate
among ourselves and our community partner,
The Boys & Girls Club of New Bedford.
19. The Recycle Pledge:
• I pledge to find out what
materials I can and cannot
recycle.
• I pledge to lead by
example in my school and
at home by recycling.
• I pledge to recycle my
used batteries and other
electronic waste though a
take-back program or e-
waste facility.
• I pledge to tell at least
five friends that recycling
is one of the easiest things
to do to help our
environment.
• I pledge to always
reduce, reuse, recycle!
