Ashforth held its 11th Annual Environmental Awareness Week event to promote sustainability, conservation, and awareness at its owned and managed buildings during the week of April 18-25. The event is always held during the week of Earth Day.
This year’s initiative included the following drives:
- E-cycling Drive – Over 1,500 lbs. of electronics collected. All were encouraged to bring in items from homes such as computers, TVs, printers, and other similar electronics that are typically costly to recycle. Items were properly recycled using Next Level for Recycling (NLR), Ashforth’s year-round recycling hauler.
- Clothing Drive – Several bags of spring and summer clothing were collected and donated to Person-to-Person. Person‐to‐Person is a volunteer organization providing emergency food, clothing, furniture, financial assistance, scholarships, and summer camperships and counseling services to more than 18,000 men, women, and children in Fairfield County.
- Book Drive – Over 300 books, CDs, and DVDs were collected and donated to the Ferguson Library in Stamford. The Ferguson Library provides free and equal access to information, ideas, books, and technology to educate and enrich the Stamford community.
- Handled with Care Drive – Over 50 articles of Boys & Young Men’s formalwear were collected and donated to the Kids Helping Kids Handled with Care Drive where local high school students could shop for special occasion attire and enjoy a free photo shoot. KHK is an organization that empowers middle and high school students to take their passion for community service to the next level by designing and implementing service projects that benefit low-income children in the community.
