HOUGHTON -- The Houghton Portage Township Schools Academic Boosters Club is conducting a GREEN/Recycling fundraiser, with a rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, at the Houghton High School Multipurpose Room.
There's nothing to buy. The group is asking you to protect the environment by donating your used cellular phones, ink jet and laser cartridges, DVD movies, video games, portable DVD players, laptop/notebook computers, MP3 players, video game consoles, digital cameras, digital picture frames and portable navigation and GPS devices. Your used items may be tax-deductible and will be recycled in accordance with EPA regulations or refurbished and sold.
100% of the proceeds will help fund the Houghton Portage Township Schools Academic Boosters Club -- a newly organized club with the goal of creating funding for academic teams and programs made up of short-term liquid and long-term endowed accounts, designed to help sustain for today and the future. With multiple state and federal funding cuts, academic programs are running very low or are completely eliminated. The students that participate in these programs benefit greatly for the rest of their lives, as they develop academic skills as well as social confidence.
Most of the programs are recognized nationwide as highly beneficial for scholarship and college admissions. Some of the programs that will benefit are these: Destination Imagination, Science Olympiad, Lego League, Math Counts, Math League, Language Club, Ecology Club, Quiz Bowl, Model UN, Chemistry Olympiad, 1st Robotics and Jr. Statesmen of America.
Consider gathering what you can donate and bring it to the Houghton High School Multipurpose Room this Saturday. You may also email yooperyardsale@yahoogroups.com for information about possible pick-up. Donations of any returnable cans or bottles to support this valuable program are also appreciated. Cash contributions to the fund are always welcome and truly appreciated and are tax-deductible.
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