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G enshu Price is only 13 years old, but he’s already think- ing about college, including the forthcoming costly tuition. So, for the past couple of years, he’s been collecting recyclable bottles and cans to help a few Hawai‘i students pay for their
“But then I realized that I can help other kids using the same concept, and positively affect a lot more people, so decided to do this not for myself but other Hawai‘i kids.”
Intermediate in Kāne‘ohe. The public is invited and for a do- nation of one bag of cans and/ or bottles, they will receive a free book. For more infor- mation, visit bottles4college. weebly.com or follow @Bot- tles4College on Facebook and Instagram.
generally the things he does is all him.”
higher education.
In 2018, he created Bottle-
Price collects recyclables from neighbors, and at parks and beaches. He also arranged for public drop-off depots at the KualoaGrown farmers market at Kualoa Ranch, and set up six heavy-duty collection bins at his school that were donated by Reynolds Recycling. So far, he says they’ve collected about 20,000 recyclables.
While Price does the work himself — collecting, sorting, recycling, community out- reach, public relations, etc. — the project has also become a family activity.
Eventually, Price hopes to have Bottles4College collec- tion bins at every school so more kids can pitch in, and to get nonprofit status.
s4College with the goal of col- lecting 2 to 4 million bottles and cans to send one to two kids to college for four years.
“It’s a lot more than just col- lecting bottles and cans,” adds Maria. “It’s a shared conversa- tion and a way to not only do something together but also make it educational ... and we’re happy about how it all pulls together.”
“(Initially) I wanted a way to help not just me go to college but also help the environment,” says Price, a seventh-grader at King Intermediate School.
Coming up is a spring col- lection event on March 18 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at King
“He can’t drive, so between my husband and I, we make it work,” notes mom Maria. “We’re here to support him, guide him and supervise, but
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Genshu Price
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