Organizations That Have Skipped The Plastic Straw
Thank you to all the organizations below for joining my campaign and Skipping the Plastic Straw. Since my campaign launched in 2018, I've managed to convince five school districts (245 schools), an outdoor science institute and a major healthcare system in Orange County, California USA to keep 15 millions straws out of circulation each year! Read to find out how each organization joined me to #skiptheplasticstraw!
Date joined: March 2018
Where: Entire campus at PALI
What is the change: Removed plastic straw stirrers
PALI Institute
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
Date joined: July 2018
Where: Cafeterias in all 32 schools in the district
What is the change: Removed plastic straws from cutlery packets for entire district and offer paper straws on request.
Number of straws kept out of the ocean: 10,000 a day or 1.8 million a year!
Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Date joined: August 2018
Where: Cafeterias in all 34 schools in the district
What is the change: Removed plastic straws from cutlery packets for entire district and offer paper straws on request at staff cafeterias.
Number of straws kept out of the ocean: 10,000 a day or 1.8 million a year!
Capistrano Unified School District
Date joined: February 2019
Where: Cafeterias in all 62 schools in the district
What is the change: Removed plastic straws in entire district.
Number of straws kept out of the ocean: 20,000 a day or 3.5 million a year!
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Hoag
Date joined: August 2019
Where: Cafeterias in two hospitals in Irvine and Newport Beach, Orange County, CA.
What is the change: Removed plastic straws from cafeterias and offer paper straws on request.
Number of straws kept out of the ocean: 1 million straws a year!
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GArden grove unifed school district
Date joined: December 2020
Where: Cafeterias in all 72 schools in the district.
What is the change: Removed plastic straws from the entire school district.
Number of straws kept out of the ocean: 22,500 per day or 4 million straws a year!
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Partners
Thank you to these amazing organizations who have partnered with us to spread our message and share our campaign to even more people. Through our partnerships, we are able to work together to encourage more youth to spread the word to #skiptheplasticstraw!
Project aware
Partnership: Jointly send out letters to restaurants in Coastal communities asking them to switch from plastic straws to paper straws.
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Pacific Marine mammal center
Partnership: Present to kids attending weekly summer camps and after school program at Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC).
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Newport Sea base
Partnership: Present to kids attending weekly summer camps at Newport Sea Base.
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Environmental
Nature Center
Partnership: Present to kids attending spring and summer camps at the Environmental Nature Center.
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OCEAN HEROES BOOTCAMP
Years attended Bootcamp: 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021
Where: Attended all four Ocean Heroes Bootcamps in New Orleans 2018, Vancouver 2019, Virtual 2020 and Virtual 2021.
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What is Ocean Heroes Bootcamp: It is a program, organized by Captain Planet Foundation and Lonely Whale, that empowers young people (ages 11-18) with tools, skills, and network to create their own campaigns to help beat plastic pollution.
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