April 30, 2001

Green Star, an Anchorage-based non-profit, has recently received several major gifts from local businesses to support Green Star’s waste reduction programs. The most recent donation was received today from Anchorage Refuse, a Waste Management Company and Anchorage’s largest waste and recyclables hauler. Their silver-level contribution of $2,500 will be used to offer free site assessments to enrolled Green Star businesses to help them reduce waste, conserve energy, improve efficiency, and achieve a Green Star Award.

Another major donation was received recently from Phillips Alaska, Inc., which has been a platinum-level ($10,000) sponsor for the past seven years! Other major donations received recently include Alaska Conservation Foundation ($7,000), The Home Depot ($4,000), Pepsi Cola Bottling of Anchorage ($1,000), Wal-Mart ($1,000), Nabors Alaska Drilling ($500), Alaska Wildland Adventures ($250), Webb’s Consulting & Management Services ($250), and ENSTAR Natural Gas Company ($150). Other contributors include many individual citizens who support Green Star’s efforts to reduce waste in the workplace.

Also supporting Green Star’s mission this week and next, are a dozen college students from Grinnell College in Iowa, who are spending a two-week spring break volunteering for a variety of non-profit organizations in Anchorage. Other Grinnell “Alternative Break Programs” are volunteering in five other cities throughout the United States. Each day of this week and next, two Grinnell students are distributing recycling posters and waste reduction information to local businesses to help spur-on the recycling effort in Anchorage.

“We have seen a marked increase in our phone call volumes over the past couple days. Businesses are calling for recycling and waste reduction information and wanting to know how to earn a Green Star Award” said Sean Skaling, executive director of Green Star. “And it is no coincidence that most of these calls are coming from downtown businesses where the student interns have been working this week.” Next week, says Skaling, student interns may tackle the Midtown area. The students have been staying at the Abbott Loop Community Church and traveling by bus and foot to and from their volunteer jobs, which include Bean’s Café, St. Francis Shelter and the Pioneer’s Home.

For more information, please contact Sean Skaling at (907) 278-7827.


	NEWS RELEASE March 22, 2002 For Immediate Release Student Interns and Local Businesses Advance Green Star’s Mission Green Star, an Anchorage-based non-profit, has recently received several major gifts from local businesses to support Green Star’s waste reduction programs. The most recent donation was received today from Anchorage Refuse, a Waste Management Company and Anchorage’s largest waste and recyclables hauler. Their silver-level contribution of $2,500 will be used to offer free site assessments to enrolled Green Star businesses to help them reduce waste, conserve energy, improve efficiency, and achieve a Green Star Award. Another major donation was received recently from Phillips Alaska, Inc., which has been a platinum-level ($10,000) sponsor for the past seven years! Other major donations received recently include Alaska Conservation Foundation ($7,000), The Home Depot ($4,000), Pepsi Cola Bottling of Anchorage ($1,000), Wal-Mart ($1,000), Nabors Alaska Drilling ($500), Alaska Wildland Adventures ($250), Webb’s Consulting & Management Services ($250), and ENSTAR Natural Gas Company ($150). Other contributors include many individual citizens who support Green Star’s efforts to reduce waste in the workplace. Also supporting Green Star’s mission this week and next, are a dozen college students from Grinnell College in Iowa, who are spending a two-week spring break volunteering for a variety of non-profit organizations in Anchorage. Other Grinnell “Alternative Break Programs” are volunteering in five other cities throughout the United States. Each day of this week and next, two Grinnell students are distributing recycling posters and waste reduction information to local businesses to help spur-on the recycling effort in Anchorage. “We have seen a marked increase in our phone call volumes over the past couple days. Businesses are calling for recycling and waste reduction information and wanting to know how to earn a Green Star Award” said Sean Skaling, executive director of Green Star. “And it is no coincidence that most of these calls are coming from downtown businesses where the student interns have been working this week.” Next week, says Skaling, student interns may tackle the Midtown area. The students have been staying at the Abbott Loop Community Church and traveling by bus and foot to and from their volunteer jobs, which include Bean’s Café, St. Francis Shelter and the Pioneer’s Home. For more information, please contact Sean Skaling at (907) 278-7827. ###