Recycling

One of the things I do as a Sister of St. Francis is recycle.  St. Francis saw God as the creator of all things.  So, he reasoned, all of creation is our brother and sister.  Hence, the title of the movie Brother Sun, and Sister Moon.  If the earth is our sister, then it makes sense to take care of our sister earth.  Recycling is one way of doing that.  I recycle here and it helps the environment as well as helps our poor parish mission which I serve.  I send the recycled items to Recyling Fundraiser.  This is their list and it is an impressive one:

cell phones (please do not send chargers or accessories)

Laptop computers:  (We do not accept: desktop or tower computers, monitors, printers, scanners, faxes, modems, keyboards, mouses or TVs.

Inkjet cartridges: We accept the small ones that will fit in the palm of yur hand that contain or contained liquid ink.  We do not accept larger cartridges that contain powder normally known as toner)

MP3 players: only Apple iPod, Microsoft Zune, Sandisk, or Creative.  (No other types accepted)

Digital cameras

Digital Video Cameras (camcorders)

Handheld Game Systems - ONLY Sony PSP handheld, Nintendo Dsi, Nintendo DS lite, Nintendo DS original, Nintendo Gameboy Advance, or Nintendo Gameboy color.  (No other types accepted)

GPS Devices ONLY Garmin, Mio, Magellan, and Tom Tom (No ther types accepted)

Radar Detectors - ONLY Escort, Beltronics and Cobra. (No other types accepted)

E-Book Reader -ONLY Kindle, Sony, and Verizon iRex. (No other types accepted)

Gold, Silver, and Platinum Jewelry (No costume jewelry, plastic jewelry, and no gemstones)

As you can see this is quite a list.  If you would like to help out, it is very little effort on your part.  You can go to your computer, print out prepaid FedEx shipping labels directly from their website at http://www.ecophones.com/ by scolling to the bottom of the screen and clicking on the white FedEx truck.  Then paste it on any box and please put my return address on it:

Sister Theresa Marie Elitz

Counseling Center of St. Paul's

1010 W. 4th Street

Wilmington, De.  19805

They will ask for a contact.  That's me, my e-mail address therelitz@hotmail.com, and my phone number 302 576 4121. Then call the FedEx number 1-800-463-3339 and ask them to pick up the package at no cost to you.  Unbelievable, isn't it!  St. Francis thanks you for helping the environment and I thank you for helping our poor mission here.  At some point on this blog, I will explain a little more about what I do.