Pop Tab Pandemonium

by Britani Jurkowski
  

On average, America goes through 24 billion cans of soda each year. That’s 24 billion pop tabs that could potentially get thrown away and go to waste. What exactly is a pop tab, you might ask? Pop tabs are the aluminum ovals found on top of soda cans. They’re easy to pull off and can even help raise money! This year, St. John will be collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa Bay. When the company recycles these tabs, they earn money to help provide an affordable and safe place for families to stay, should their child have to stay at a hospital far from home. This ensures that patients have their families nearby for support, without having to worry about large expenses. As always, the program is going to be a competition among participating schools in Florida.

This effort was launched by our PTL this year and students can bring their pop tabs to chapel every Wednesday.  Start collecting tabs at home, ask friends and family members to collect, keep a collection cup at your business, ask anyone you might know to help support this worthy cause.  All pop tabs will be given to the Ronald McDonald House of Tampa Bay at the end of the school year and weighed.  The school with the largest amount of pop tabs will be this years winner.  In the past, participants have won technology items, such as computers, for their school. The pop tabs will be collected all year long, so be sure to contribute to this great cause!