Us vs. Waste is adding Us vs. Sandy – asking you, no matter what school you’re at – to do a donation drive to get the students of New York and New Jersey who’ve lost so much the basics – coats, school supplies, blankets.

When we launched the Us vs. Waste campaign on October 1st, we were excited.

Our educators had created step-by-step action plans to take teams easily through projects. (They’re even interactive PDFs so a team could do a lot of planning without printing a single sheet of paper!) We designed an “earn a better prize with more participation” model so that getting more teams involved and more projects would make it more awesome.

However, we’re more than excited by the potential to do even more with the campaign.

We were inspired when ACE members asked us what they could do to help. We were touched when students shared their stories of helping locally and being directly affected by Sandy. And we were impressed seeing projects like Elk Grove’s eWaste drive that earned money for the local food bank.

So, as always, we are encouraging you to do a project in Us vs. Waste. If you’ve already turned in a project, go ahead and do another and keep the momentum going.

But seeing the need on the ground on the East Coast (where we have amazing ACE staff, students, teachers and school) and seeing what you’re capable of (so impressed, seriously), please, if your team can, do something for the students affected by Sandy.

Whether you can contribute a used coats, new toothbrushes or a handmade letter telling them that you care, you’ll be a part of Us vs. Waste. More importantly, you’ll be making a difference.

For more information:

• See the full list of requested items and donation drive details
• Check out the Keep it Going donation drive details and step-by-step instructions
• Contact your local ACE Educator