The Go Green Initiative's School of the Week, Briarlake Elementary in Decatur, GA!
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 12.10.07

This week’s school of the week is double winner! Not only have they been chosen as the Go Green Initiative’s top enchilada, but they’re also the winner of the $1000.00 prize for raising the most funds to aid green efforts in Ugandan schools.
Turns out they even kicked off their school year with a “Wear Green Day” at school.
To date, the students and staff at Briarlake Elementary have expanded their recycling program from newspaper only to mixed paper, secured recycling bags at all events to separate trash from recyclable products, added recycling bins to the teachers’ lounge and paper bins in classrooms, removed the bottled water machine to reduce bottle waste and promote the drinking fountain as a sustainable alternative.
Not enough? Well they also set up a special day when students could recycle boxes that their fundraising items came in, hosted a used book sale to promotes the recycling of products, moved from Styrofoam trays in the school cafeteria to washable trays, and put their monthly bulletin online.
Makes me wonder when they have time to keep up with the worm bin!
See also: Last Week's School of the Week, Farmwell Middle School in Ashburn, VA!
via:: Go Green Initiative
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Congratulations to the school! As a parent, it is encouraging to see so many primary and secondary schools not only embracing green practices, but also teaching kids about ecology.
I am communicating to you from Mukono Town, central Uganda, my offices in Mukono are located in Mothers Union Buildings, just Behind Stanbic Bank Mukono Branch, our project of focus is our North Uganda Center, Apac Town.Mukono Town, central Uganda is fairly small urban area bordering Kampala City, Ugandas capital, some 21 kilometres westward. We discuss this location in our next message if you might be interested to make an inroad into our country with your nominal gifts and charity.There is room for any choice for intervention.We also have pictures of everything handy to forward should you desire to receive them.
HELLO, Do YOU LOVE KIDS? PLEASE SELECT A DONATION ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS, CAPACITY AND CONVENIENCE! If you would like to help save lives and you have love in your heart...
CLICK: http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
type that internet website and do the needful, You can Help directly online,with a few monetary commitmentb or large sum you can offer,
Can we become your lasting Partners to receive some relief consignments for Distribution to the Needy and Poor or Vulnerable Communities and People in Uganda!?(eg. Foodstuff, medicament, clothing, Books and Scholastic Materials, Agricultural Seeds, Water treatment media, training equipment and Tools, Shooes, Tents/Emergency Housing/Shelter structures/materials!?)
and do something! There is real need, AIDS has greatly threatened the God-given opportunities of happy childhood and child survival in Africa, thus my message is for those who love children-there is tragedy. Consider: according to the World Health Organization(WHO)-90% of all HIV-infected babies in the world are born in Africa, despite the fact that the continent contains only 10% of the global population. To see the gravity, please consider and ponder on the following questions: " What would you do if you were to see everyday people-mothers, fathers, and children/youth dying of AIDS, leaving orphans behind who are helpless, and would forever live in stress and misery and abject poverty without attending any school for there is nobody to care?we are your partners on the ground wherein you are not able to reach, we extend your loving hands, contributions and commitments. The support you can provide would be used to prevent or alleviate some of the problems associated with HIV/AIDS, and to limit its disastrous effects now visible everywhere on familes, communities and economics/society.
Dear Sir/Madam
:My name is Okullu-Ayor.
Among others, we seek seed money to establish and construct Orphanage this year in Chakali Village, a rural countryside by the River Nile in Apac District(Northern Uganda-350 kilometres north of the nations capital city of Kampala), some 600 corrugated roofing iron sheets, 400 bags full of cement, building bricks, roofings items, furniture, scholastic materials, beddings for the kids, foodstuffs, medicaments and recreational items, plus agricultural seeds, hand tools , safe water and sanitation aid are needed, treated mosquitoes nets needed for the kids, any offers are welcomed and treasured.
-AIDS have killed unknown millions of people in Uganda since the epidemic began, leaving no family untouched-now homesteads reverting to bushes as parents die leaving Orphans whereby first-borns-aged as young as seven years take over as parents caring for younger sibblings: That is just part of the bigger stories of the country from where the River Nile began-in the Heart of Eastern Africa. Maybe you have also a word to say.We are in the relentless struggles of working out solutions-immediate, medium, and longterm, but no resources, possibilities are there maybe we work out together, maybe someone near you there could as well listen, we are calling upon you for cooperation in the world of limited resources.There is DISASTER in Uganda-the world has not known or acknowledged the magnitude, we do, we live here.
Then there is Homelessness of Street Kids and the Elderly Disadvantaged Lots.
-In the 202 IDPCs(Internally Displaced Peoples Camps ) scattered throughout northern Uganda because of wars between the Government and Rebel Forces of the Lords Resistance Army(LRA) since 1986-some 1000 people are reported to die each week, according to last August Government Report-60% of these kids under 15 years, elsewhere in the region-families of the girls as young as 12 years give such girls to trade sex to earn a living for the family, some 250,000 children of school age never attend schools at all-70% of all schools in the area are nonfunctioning due to wars, the territory larger than Belgium is now depopulated with no people, pit latrines in the IDPC are as deep as two metres yet it support upto 100,000 residence-meaning deaths and diseases resulting from poor sanitation is the order of the day. We at Generosity International as an organization active in this area are beseeching you to help us financially, materially, technically, or otherwise, kindly respond to this communication we shall discuss the way forward. We operate throughout Uganda-north, East, West, Central, we welcome an offer to cooperate, as you find suitable to intervene, your message is precious to us.
We are a team set to making a better world and are calling upon you to join a hand or stand by us, please do get back to us we talk it over.
1 We are looking for longterm lasting mutually rewarding cooperation with your organization becoming an outlet/affilliation/partners/associates in Uganda and the region, please kindly send to us more details we then forward to you all desired information about our parameters and capacities on how we work with and service communities in this country and this part of the world.
2-We are a nonprofit social justice organization, an economic empowerment establishment and a child sponsorship, healthcare promotion, volunteers placement organization, and work throughout Uganda, we are preparing to expand into Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan in the fall of 2007, we trust with hard qwork and support and collaboration of organizations like yours we shall grow strong. Plus we encourage welcoming your team into Uganda to meet us, as well as developing and signing joint working agreement.
Upon hearing from you we shall be most grateful to discuss the way forward.
With friendly greetings from Uganda-The country called"The Pearl of Africa", as we look forward to hearing from you soon and seeing/welcoming you visit us in the very nearest future in this land for Round Table Discussions, Joint Projects exploration, and better understanding us in fruitful charity/developmental relationship link-up.Your constructive response is very important to us.Feel free to put up any suggestions and propositions that will bring us in the right tract.It shall be wonderful to hear from you!
NB: We are also inviting Partners interesting in assisting us to establish Waste Recycling Centers in areas of great population as Urban Centers for reasons of Youth Empowerment and Employment Creation along this line to provide jobs for jobless urban Youth often school dropouts, who are desperate and become social menace prone to criminal activities.
Respectfully,
Okullu-Ayor
executive director
GENEROSITY INTERNATIONAL LIFECARE DEVELOPMENT COALITION
23A LUBAS ROAD
P.O. BOX 1623
JINJA-UGANDA
TEL:+256-782-551632(international calls: best time to ring: 0700-0100 Greenwich Meantime; 1500-1900 GMT)
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Yes, You can now CLICK: http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
to help Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition in its strenous efforts to sponsor Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Kids, no amount so little, or so big.You can make a difference if you type the http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
and act alone, or in a family, or as a corporate entity and groups. Some 2 million orphans are scaterred in Uganda due to AIDS scourge, some 250,000 kids in War-torn Northern Uganda never see blackboards in the schools at all-70% of local schools not functioning or having been destroyed in wars since 1986 between Government and Rebels of the Lords Resistance Army, some 202 Internally Displaced Peoples Camps scatered throughout this part which occupy 1/4 of entire Ugandas Geographical size do rely entirely on relief, some camps have so poor Sanitation facilities, with population nearing 100,000 people, using few Pit Latrines as Deep as 2 metres, some families sell their under-aged girls to soldiers to earn a little to buy family foods, some kids nearly 18 years have grown nowhere else but in the IDPCs. We are at the frontline of making a meaning in sustainable manner, we sponsor kids, help communities, educate.As well we welcome volunteers from any parts of the world year-round to be with us. We are counting on you, too.Donate generously by the online site, as well pass the message across to others that might like to help and become part of our struggles.With your contributions we plan expansion into Southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda.
Thanks so much,
Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
(a nonprofit organization helping kids without borders)
23A Lubas Road
P.O. Box 1623
JINJA-Uganda
attn. Okullu-Ayor
executive director
Telephone: +256-782-551632
On Digital Islands we are looking for Donors to help freight donated Used Computers from USA to Uganda, please find details at the following online website:
http://worldcomputerexchange.org/partner_plans/Uganda-Digital_Islands-Plan.doc
I am communicating to you from Mukono Town, central Uganda, my offices in Mukono are located in Mothers Union Buildings, just Behind Stanbic Bank Mukono Branch, our project of focus is our North Uganda Center, Apac Town.
HELLO, Do YOU LOVE KIDS? PLEASE SELECT A DONATION ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS, CAPACITY AND CONVENIENCE! If you would like to help save lives and you have love in your heart...
CLICK: http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
type that internet website and do the needful, You can Help directly online,with a few monetary commitmentb or large sum you can offer,
Can we become your lasting Partners to receive some relief consignments for Distribution to the Needy and Poor or Vulnerable Communities and People in Uganda!?(eg. Foodstuff, medicament, clothing, Books and Scholastic Materials, Agricultural Seeds, Water treatment media, training equipment and Tools, Shooes, Tents/Emergency Housing/Shelter structures/materials!?)
and do something! There is real need, AIDS has greatly threatened the God-given opportunities of happy childhood and child survival in Africa, thus my message is for those who love children-there is tragedy. Consider: according to the World Health Organization(WHO)-90% of all HIV-infected babies in the world are born in Africa, despite the fact that the continent contains only 10% of the global population. To see the gravity, please consider and ponder on the following questions: " What would you do if you were to see everyday people-mothers, fathers, and children/youth dying of AIDS, leaving orphans behind who are helpless, and would forever live in stress and misery and abject poverty without attending any school for there is nobody to care?we are your partners on the ground wherein you are not able to reach, we extend your loving hands, contributions and commitments. The support you can provide would be used to prevent or alleviate some of the problems associated with HIV/AIDS, and to limit its disastrous effects now visible everywhere on familes, communities and economics/society.
Dear Sir/Madam
:My name is Okullu-Ayor.
Among others, we seek seed money to establish and construct Orphanage this year in Chakali Village, a rural countryside by the River Nile in Apac District(Northern Uganda-350 kilometres north of the nations capital city of Kampala), some 600 corrugated roofing iron sheets, 400 bags full of cement, building bricks, roofings items, furniture, scholastic materials, beddings for the kids, foodstuffs, medicaments and recreational items, plus agricultural seeds, hand tools , safe water and sanitation aid are needed, treated mosquitoes nets needed for the kids, any offers are welcomed and treasured.
-AIDS have killed unknown millions of people in Uganda since the epidemic began, leaving no family untouched-now homesteads reverting to bushes as parents die leaving Orphans whereby first-borns-aged as young as seven years take over as parents caring for younger sibblings: That is just part of the bigger stories of the country from where the River Nile began-in the Heart of Eastern Africa. Maybe you have also a word to say.We are in the relentless struggles of working out solutions-immediate, medium, and longterm, but no resources, possibilities are there maybe we work out together, maybe someone near you there could as well listen, we are calling upon you for cooperation in the world of limited resources.There is DISASTER in Uganda-the world has not known or acknowledged the magnitude, we do, we live here.
Then there is Homelessness of Street Kids and the Elderly Disadvantaged Lots.
-In the 202 IDPCs(Internally Displaced Peoples Camps ) scattered throughout northern Uganda because of wars between the Government and Rebel Forces of the Lords Resistance Army(LRA) since 1986-some 1000 people are reported to die each week, according to last August Government Report-60% of these kids under 15 years, elsewhere in the region-families of the girls as young as 12 years give such girls to trade sex to earn a living for the family, some 250,000 children of school age never attend schools at all-70% of all schools in the area are nonfunctioning due to wars, the territory larger than Belgium is now depopulated with no people, pit latrines in the IDPC are as deep as two metres yet it support upto 100,000 residence-meaning deaths and diseases resulting from poor sanitation is the order of the day. We at Generosity International as an organization active in this area are beseeching you to help us financially, materially, technically, or otherwise, kindly respond to this communication we shall discuss the way forward. We operate throughout Uganda-north, East, West, Central, we welcome an offer to cooperate, as you find suitable to intervene, your message is precious to us.
We are a team set to making a better world and are calling upon you to join a hand or stand by us, please do get back to us we talk it over.
1 We are looking for longterm lasting mutually rewarding cooperation with your organization becoming an outlet/affilliation/partners/associates in Uganda and the region, please kindly send to us more details we then forward to you all desired information about our parameters and capacities on how we work with and service communities in this country and this part of the world.
2-We are a nonprofit social justice organization, an economic empowerment establishment and a child sponsorship, healthcare promotion, volunteers placement organization, and work throughout Uganda, we are preparing to expand into Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan in the fall of 2007, we trust with hard qwork and support and collaboration of organizations like yours we shall grow strong. Plus we encourage welcoming your team into Uganda to meet us, as well as developing and signing joint working agreement.
Upon hearing from you we shall be most grateful to discuss the way forward.
With friendly greetings from Uganda-The country called"The Pearl of Africa", as we look forward to hearing from you soon and seeing/welcoming you visit us in the very nearest future in this land for Round Table Discussions, Joint Projects exploration, and better understanding us in fruitful charity/developmental relationship link-up.Your constructive response is very important to us.Feel free to put up any suggestions and propositions that will bring us in the right tract.It shall be wonderful to hear from you!
NB: We are also inviting Partners interesting in assisting us to establish Waste Recycling Centers in areas of great population as Urban Centers for reasons of Youth Empowerment and Employment Creation along this line to provide jobs for jobless urban Youth often school dropouts, who are desperate and become social menace prone to criminal activities.
Respectfully,
Okullu-Ayor
executive director
GENEROSITY INTERNATIONAL LIFECARE DEVELOPMENT COALITION
23A LUBAS ROAD
P.O. BOX 1623
JINJA-UGANDA
TEL:+256-782-551632(international calls: best time to ring: 0700-0100 Greenwich Meantime; 1500-1900 GMT)
*************************************************************************************************************
************************************************************************************************************
**********************************************************************************************************8
Yes, You can now CLICK: http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
to help Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition in its strenous efforts to sponsor Uganda Orphans and Vulnerable Kids, no amount so little, or so big.You can make a difference if you type the http://vad.aidmatrix.org/vadxml.cfm?driveid=2169
and act alone, or in a family, or as a corporate entity and groups. Some 2 million orphans are scaterred in Uganda due to AIDS scourge, some 250,000 kids in War-torn Northern Uganda never see blackboards in the schools at all-70% of local schools not functioning or having been destroyed in wars since 1986 between Government and Rebels of the Lords Resistance Army, some 202 Internally Displaced Peoples Camps scatered throughout this part which occupy 1/4 of entire Ugandas Geographical size do rely entirely on relief, some camps have so poor Sanitation facilities, with population nearing 100,000 people, using few Pit Latrines as Deep as 2 metres, some families sell their under-aged girls to soldiers to earn a little to buy family foods, some kids nearly 18 years have grown nowhere else but in the IDPCs. We are at the frontline of making a meaning in sustainable manner, we sponsor kids, help communities, educate.As well we welcome volunteers from any parts of the world year-round to be with us. We are counting on you, too.Donate generously by the online site, as well pass the message across to others that might like to help and become part of our struggles.With your contributions we plan expansion into Southern Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Rwanda.
Thanks so much,
Generosity International Lifecare Development Coalition
(a nonprofit organization helping kids without borders)
23A Lubas Road
P.O. Box 1623
JINJA-Uganda
attn. Okullu-Ayor
executive director
Telephone: +256-782-551632
On Digital Islands we are looking for Donors to help freight donated Used Computers from USA to Uganda, please find details at the following online website:
http://worldcomputerexchange.org/partner_plans/Uganda-Digital_Islands-Plan.doc