Croton-Harmon Students Promote Using Reusable Bags

From Croton-Harmon School District: Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School’s Social Action Club sprung into action in anticipation of Earth Day. Working in concert with the Croton Climate Initiative, club members worked to help promote the Village of Croton-on-Hudson’s Reusable Bag Initiative in the school.

Croton-Harmon High School student members of the initiative created a tri-fold poster, banner and video that Social Action Club members used to speak with their peers about an easy way to help the environment.

“We were in the PVC lobby to inform the student body about the Reusable Bag Initiative and that using reusable bags instead of single use plastic bags helps protect our environment,” said club advisor Alison Romm. “Students in our club are collecting signatures on a student petition that will be presented to the village’s Board of Trustees this fall.”

Reusable Bag Initiative members and PVC students Emily Grunes and Lucas McCarthy joined the Social Action Club throughout the week leading up to Earth Day to make announcements and show PVC students how to make reusable bags out of old T-shirts. High school members Quinn Simmons and Livia Weiner also assisted in the efforts.

“We hope that we can help bring awareness to the environmental harm that comes from single use plastic bags and encourage the Croton community to use reusable bags,” said Romm.

Photo courtesy of Croton-Harmon Schools (from left): Members of Pierre Van Cortlandt Middle School’s Social Action Club in Croton-on-Hudson Grace McCann, Mikayla Thomas, Abby Gallagher and Josie Gield helped educate their peers about the benefits of ditching single use plastic bags in favor of reusable bags leading up to Earth Day.