Girl Scout To Give Gift To Etna Green In Honor Of Volunteer Firefighter
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ETNA GREEN – A bench honoring a longtime Etna Green firefighter will be presented to the town council by Girl Scout Morgan Ousley, Troop 10068, near Warsaw, today. The 17-year-old Warsaw Community High School student decided to construct a plastic bench in tribute to her great-grandfather, Claude “Red” Davis, a longtime volunteer firefighter and community advocate, and her great-grandmother, Betty Davis, who raised not only her own children but also her grandchildren, and was loving and giving to her neighbors and community, according to a press release from Girls Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana. Ousley presented the idea for her Gold Award project to the Etna Green Town Council many months ago. The council approved and Ousley began collecting plastic bottle caps and lids. She collected approximately 400 pounds of plastic by putting cardboard donation boxes out for community donations. The caps were ground into fine particles, melted down and then the liquid plastic poured in a mold to create the bench, the release states. She hopes her project helps prove to the community that a change in habits can have a broader impact. Repurposing plastic from bottle caps not only reduces solid waste reaching the area’s landfill, it produced a comfortable bench that is weather resistant and maintenance free.
