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Metuchen students lead tree-planting, meal-recovery projects honored with Green Team award
Summary
Students and staff from the Metuchen Public School District described a two-year Tree Ambassador program and a meal-recovery "share table" that returns uneaten school meals to the community; the district said volunteers have already delivered hundreds of meals to First Presbyterian Church and are planning campus tree plantings.
A staff member and co-leader of the District Sustainability Committee told the Metuchen Public School District that local students and volunteers are driving two sustainability efforts: a Tree Ambassador program launched two years ago and a daily meal-recovery "share table" that collects uneaten school meals for community distribution.
The staff member said the district received a Green Team Collaboration Award and described the programs as ways to engage students and the wider community. "One of the things I think is so amazing about Metuchen is how willing everybody is to come together to partner," the staff member said.
The Tree Ambassador program began after Dr. Ken Salmon of the Shade Tree Commission approached district…
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