As is the tradition of the San Marin High School in Novato, Marin County (famous for eCO friendly and environmental mind); the San Marin SafeGrad committee is running the annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program while rasiing money for our 2009 Graduates.

For two weeks after Christmas, San Marin High community members; consists of students, parents, other community supports; and the Novato Disposal Inc. joined force once again to recycle Christmas Trees for local residents.  This has become an annual event for many locals and my company, Frank Howard Allen, has become the third partner in this endeavor since 2007, I am pleased to say!

Novato Disposal provides giant dumpsters through those two weeks and the San Marin SafeGrad committee provide labor for Novatons to either drop off or pick up the XMAS trees after the holidays.  Novato disposal runs a giant ad in the local paper to kick off the event and make sure we have enough dumpsters for the XMAS Trees.  The trees are then grinded up and recycled.   

The San Marin students enjoy dropping the XMAS tress into the dumpsters and thoroughly enjoy jumping on the trees to compress them :-).  When it's not raining, it can actually be a lot of fun for the teenagers!

Lucky enough, my company, Frank Howard Allen is a community minded real estate company, and I am able to request my manager to dedicate a phone line for this purpose where people can call in and request tree pick ups.  I am really proud of that!

The proceeds go to 2009 SafeGrad eventwhich will be held right after Graduation ceremony at the Novato, Marin Meridian Rolling Hills Health Club(where seems to me, half of the neighborhood belongs to).  SafeGrad event, again, staffed by San Marin community, runs from 9:00PM thru 4:00AM after graduation ceremony, allowing the newly minted Graduates a place to be with their classmates one last time while having fun and stay safe and sober during one of the most memorable days in their young lives before going their separate ways!      

What a Great Way to Recycle and Benefit the Community and the People We Love Most! 

Sylvia Barry, Realtor, ePRO
Marin Realtor for Marin Real Estate 
Marin, San Francisco North Bay
Frankk Howard Allen Realtors 
website: www.SylviaSellsMarin.com
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