Tuesday, May 10, 2005
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Greek students going home for the summer are also making their car loads lighter for a good cause.
The Kaw Bioregional Council, a community sustainability and recycling organization, will collect donations from the greek community from Friday until commencement. Past donations ranged from clothing to furniture to wigs, said Mary Ann Stewart, co-organizer of the annual clothing drive. Even items such as electronic car keys, food, bedding and refrigerators have been donated, Stewart said.
“There were dumpsters that were full all over town at the end of the year, and it seemed wasteful,” Stewart said. “So why not organize recycling?”
The council has organized recycling at the end of the year with the greek community for five years. Sororities and fraternities that wanted to participate received a box for their donations. About one-third of the greek community has participated in years past, Stewart said.
Pi Beta Phi sorority, 1612 W. 15th St., gave the most donations last year. Stewart said she made trips to the chapter every day during finals last year. The sorority’s donations box was full every time.
“In a house full of girls, it’s easy to find extra clothing,” Katy Ibsen, Pi Beta Phi president, said.
Many of the Pi Beta Phi women donate because the food and bedding goes toward the Women’s Transitional Care Center, the Boulder, Colo. junior said. The center is a refuge for battered women and their children.
Money will go toward survivors of domestic violence.
The center houses 19 survivors, said Shay O’Brien, director of the volunteer program for the center.
“Any time someone donates, it’s wonderful because we don’t have a lot of money,” O’Brien said.
The council has collected donations from Pi Beta Phi in the past, Ibsen said.
She said that it would have been beneficial to collect donations earlier in the year as well because some members have moved out by stop day. But she said that many of the members still around gave what they could.
“When they realize it is for other women that have been hurt, it makes it easier to donate,” Ibsen said. “Part of our mission statement is forming women’s morals in their daily lives, and Women’s Transitional Care falls under that.”
Clothing will be cleaned, sorted and sold at a garage sale in west Lawrence. The council raised $500 to $600 from the garage sale last year, Stewart said. The money will go toward the fall and spring bioregional conference.
The council has collected donations at the University since 1990, Stewart said. It used to be called “Dorm Pickup,” when the council collected donations from the residence halls on campus.
Residence halls began donating to KU Recycling in 2001, said Jeff Severin, environmental services manager. Because the greeks seemed to be the second largest community on campus, the council began accepting donations from them, Stewart said.
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