[Newleaf] Compost Help for Monday's Admissions Campus Visit Day!

[Pam Tinto]

Dear Compost Friends :)

The next Campus Visit Day is Monday, Nov. 12th, and help is needed to 
staff the compost stations in the RCC.  PLEASE forward this onto to 
everyone who might possibly be able to help. What do you need to do... 
Ya just pull up a chair, grab lunch and then sit next to the bins and 
help prospective students and their families dispose of stuff properly 
to keep the bins from being contaminated. Even though dining services 
has done an excellent job making nearly everything compostable, folks 
still have some of their own trash which adds to the contamination.

  And ya never can tell what perspective student might choose to come 
here if you talk with them. :) It's also so nice for families to 
interact with students so I see this role as not just pointing to the 
correct bin and explaining why a cup that looks plastic will honestly 
decompose. (Just place it in hot water and while it's not as exciting as 
sea monkeys, it will melt into some cool shapes before dissolving. )

Please email me directly if you can work.  Ideally we need 5 students, 
one per station.

In composting solidarity!

Pam



Pam Tinto
Associate Dean of Students
Campus Leadership and Activities
Hampshire College
893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
413-559-5751 (phone)
413-559-5664 (fax)

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