New Testament Students Do Their Part to Preserve the Earth

In an effort to help her teacher, 10th grader Hollie Bevis sorted recyclables at . From there Bevis decided she would make it a regular occurance.

Bevis was informed that she could continue helping and get community service hours for her time. She told her friend Halie Perry about it, also a 10th grader at New Testament, and the two have been working together for the last month.

Bevis and Perry recycle after school every Wednesday. After their last class, they go to their science lab and retrieve the necessary boxes to sort out the plastic bottles, aluminum cans and paper that all the classes have collected throughout the week. It takes them about an hour to finish the task.

Although completion of at least 60 hours of community service is a graduation requirement for these students, the two sophomores aren't just doing it for the credits; they join a growing host of their peers in genuinely wanting to help preserve the earth for future generations.