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Bellew Recycling Club Donates Sneakers To Help Make Turf Fields

Third graders partnered with Keep Islip Clean to donate sneakers to Nike's Re-Use a Shoe Program.

The Paul J. Bellew third grade Recycling Club recently partnered with Keep Islip Clean to collect and donate sneakers to a program that turns the soles of shoes into ahtletic turf fields.

In total, 216 sneakers were donated to Nike's Re-Use a Shoe Program. The sneakers will be sent to the Nike plant where the rubber soles will be cut off and used for padding under athletic turf fields.

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