P.O. Box 20444 Indianapolis, IN 46220-0444 Not-For-Profit Corporation Phone & Fax: 317-283-6226 e-mail address: [email protected] January/February 1998 Newsletter Co-Editors: Diane Mellinger, Jeff Myers, and Rudy Osenbaugh

Let's Do It Again:
IRC Celebrity and Silent Auction Redux

A new and popular feature of last year's Annual Conference was the Celebrity and Silent Auction that raised money while we all raised heck, having a good time, getting ourselves some bargains, and playing a wacky game of Recycler's Jeopardy! Items up for bid were from such stars and celebrities as Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert Goulet, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Steven Spielberg, and an original shooting script from the television series "M*A*S*H*", donated by Alan Alda.

The calls to do it again have been strong, so we are going to do just that. We encourage anyone to join us who is interested in experiencing the excitement and awe at what the mailman brings as our celebrity autographed donations roll in. It's really easy to help! We will provide you with a basic, boilerplate letter to the celebrities, IRC stationery and envelopes with which to produce and mail them, and addresses to some of the celebrities in the performing arts.

Anyone with contacts to local celebrities, sports teams and media individuals, sports teams of universities and colleges, is encouraged...nay, begged to obtain donations for the auction. We will also eagerly accept donations in the form of merchandise, art items, or gift certificates from businesses throughout the state.

Laura M. Dellinger, IRC Vice President, has again agreed to head up the committee, but reminds us that the more we all work to obtain items, the more fun and thrilling momentos and bargains we will have available to us for bidding. Contact Laura by calling 317/232-7658.

Cass County Web Page

IT'S YOUR FUTURE...DON'T WASTE IT!

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!
Visit us online at: http://www.iquest.net/ccrecycle

Cass County Solid Waste Management District

528 E. Broadway

Logansport, Indiana 46947

Michael Fincher, Director

Ph. 219/732-9253 Fax 219/732-1227

E-mail [email protected]

School Raises Funds

A new school fund raising program, "Learning to Make a Difference" has been unveiled by Seventh Generation, Inc., and the J.L. Hammett Co.

The program is an innovative way for students to raise money for their schools and support recycling and buying recycled paperproducts. A portion of every sale goes back to the school, and products are delivered directly to customers.

For additional information, call 888/522-2610, email to [email protected] or visit the URL site at www.makeadif.com/info.

IIR Publications

The Indiana Institute on Recycling has recently released two publications.

"Refuse/Recycling Service costs in Indiana, year ending 12/31/97" provides comparative cost information for solid waste management services, including garbage collection and disposal, recyclables collection and processing, and yard waste collection and processing.

"How Companies Cut Costs by Using Less Stuff" is a compilation of case studies to help businesses plan to prevent scrap and waste. For copy and ordering information for either publication, call 812/237-3000.

Resolve to Renew

IRC membership renewals are due March 1, 1998. Save paper and the cost of a special mailing by sending in your renewal today. Just take the time to fill in the membership form on page 7, and send it along with you check or credit card payment. THANKS!