[Newleaf] Plate and bowl collection

[Rebecca Simone Siegel]

Hi
We have started to look into the idea.  I'm super psyched that you are
interested in utilizing it, and I will let you know as soon as we have stuff
for you to use.  ALSO, you just gave us an argument to add to any funding
requests we might do, so thanks for that.
-Rebecca

Quoting Megan Marie Meo <memm09 at hampshire.edu>:

> Hey all!
>
> I am part of a student initiative to open a student-run cooperative cafe in
> the Tavern.  We have been working on this project since last semester and
> are now deep into the planning process.  In order to have some hands on
> experience throughout all of this planning, we have decided to start
> catering events- we already have three events lined up before the end of the
> semester!  We've realized that catering can oftentimes be quite wasteful and
> we want to try to find a way to avoid that from happening.  Currently we do
> not have the capacity to purchase enough reusable plates, etc. especially
> seeing that two of our events will have over 100 people attending.
>
> I remember Leah sending you an email a while back about some sort of plate
> collection/ renting system and  I was wondering if anything has come of that
> idea?  The student cafe initiative would love to partner up with you all to
> find a way to make our catering a little more sustainable.  I know this
> might not be able to happen before these upcoming events, but maybe we could
> all get together to go free pile shopping as the semester is coming to an
> end..  It would be great to hear your thoughts on this if you are interested
> in getting involved.  If you have any other ideas of ways we can make our
> events more sustainable, please let us know-
> studentruncafe at lists.hampshire.edu.
>
> Thanks for being so awesome New Leaf!
> Megan
>