Ink for Dough

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska--Stephanie Cox, youth center program coordinator, receives a donated ink cartridge June 29 at the youth center. The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, operate through the youth center the torch club, which takes donated printer cartridges and recycles them for money. Each cartridge is worth about $3 which is used towards youth activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Cadet 2nd Class Kate Staples)

Trade in your ink for dough

Published June 29, 2007
By Glyn Gardner
354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- Could your used ink cartridges help your community? If you donate them to the torch program, run through the Boys and Girls Club at the youth center, they could.

Through Recycle for Life, a national program sponsored by Staples Office Supply, the kids earn $3 per printer cartridge donated.

Through the torch program, youths help the community by making crafts and donating them to charitable organizations.

"We've had a knit-a-thon and other kinds of things we can donate to the community to help raise money where it's needed." Stephanie Cox, youth center said.

The money is used for youth activities, or to buy more fund raising supplies. Stephanie spearheaded the program here on Eielson in May.

"We haven't had enough cartridges to fill up a box yet, but we're hopeful," she said.

For more information on how to donate your office's or home's printer cartridges, contact Stephanie Cox at 377-3194.