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“Pick Up The Tab” Pop Tab Recycling Program with Girl Scout Troop 54251 __**Hannah Ehrlich, Morgan Kappeler, Rachel Byrne & Emily Roberts are 4th grade students in Girl Scout Troop 54251**__. Last year, the troop took a field trip to the Ronald McDonald House at Children’s Hospital. With the message hitting home, the girls wanted to start collecting to help the Rondald McDonald House. //**Last year we began collecting in April and were able to collect almost 55 pounds of pop tabs**//. This year, we are hoping to double that total and bring in 100 pounds of pop tabs!!!

In each classroom will have a pop tab collection box. __**Have your child collect and bring in their pop tabs for the entire school year.**__ Before school is out, we will weigh each classroom’s collection to see who has collected the most pop tabs, and that classroom will win a reward sellected by Mr. Leiberman. Thanks to all in advance for their help with the collection.

Each year, hundreds of families from all over the world find them selves far from the comforts of home. The Ronald McDonald House is able to offer these families a safe place to call home. Each Family has a private suite as well as a shared kitchen, laundry and playroom. For families unable to pay the $15 a night fee, the fee is waived thanks to the help of the pop tab recycling program. One pound of pop tabs equal 1,267 tabs. The donated pop tabs are taken to a local scrap metal yard where they are weighed and exchanged for cash. The pop tab program raises roughly $3,000 a year from the efforts of schools, offices, community groups and individuals.