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2003-06-05
Aluminum cans will go to Habitat
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The roar of aluminum cans crushing beneath the weight of more than two dozen kids echoed at Bosse Field on Wednesday, kicking off the beginning of a new recycling promotion involving local Habitat for Humanity affiliates and the Evansville Otters.
With the help of designated can-crushers from Oak Hill Baptist Childcare, officials announced the beginning of "You Otter Recycle Your Cans," an attempt to break - or set - the world record for most aluminum cans collected in one evening.
Sally Gries, development director for Habitat of Evansville, said that while officials from the Guinness Book of World Records haven't worked out all the details yet, they have expressed interest in the project.
"Hopefully this will be a record-breaking event not only for Habitat of Evansville, but also the Frontier League," Gries said.
The can collection will be part of the Aluminum Cans Build Habitat for Humanity Homes project, which uses money from recycled cans to build Habitat homes. The program is a partnership between Habitat for Humanity International and the Aluminum Association.
Officials will offer incentives to teams of up to 15 people who bring bags of aluminum cans for recycling to the Evansville Otters-Kalamazoo Kings game at 6:05 p.m. July 6. Any person bringing a bag of cans to that game will be admitted for $1.
Also, teams have an opportunity to win prizes for the most cans collected, including 15 free tickets to a Cardinals game, a team party with food and drink at an Otters game in August, free admission to another Otters game and 15 Otters caps.
Teams must collect a minimum of 10 pounds of cans to qualify for a prize. Officials urged people to collect their cans throughout the month of June and bring them to the ballpark July 6. The cans will be accepted until 7 p.m. and will be piled in a picnic area at the park.
Andrew Aldenderfer, promotions director for the Otters, issued a challenge to other Frontier League teams, urging them to partner with their local Habitat for Humanity affiliates to try to set the record for aluminum can collection.
"Those cans can build a roof, build a wall, build a house, and that's what we're trying to do," Aldenderfer said.
Sally Rideout Lambert, spokeswoman at Alcoa Warrick Operations, announced Alcoa would match every dollar raised by the promotion, doubling the impact of the event.
While the special promotion will be July 6, the Aluminum Cans Build Habitat for Humanity Homes is a year-round project, said Amy Hobbs, director of Habitat for Humanity of Warrick County.
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