Recycle Unused Drugs This Saturday

by Tina on April 25, 2011

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You can recycle prescription and over-the-counter pills, tablets and capsules this Saturday, April 30, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at a site near you. Nationally, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is coordinating with state and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially dangerous, controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets. They call it the National Take-Back Initiative.

You can learn more about the Initiative and search the DEA’s database of collection locations here.  These are results for a for a 50-mile radius around my zip code, 31405.

  • Southcoast Medical Group, 1326 Eisenhower Drive, Savannah, 31405
  • Kroger (Berwick), 5720 Ogeechee Road, Savannah, 31405
  • Wal-Mart (Pooler), 160 Pooler Parkway, Pooler, 31322
  • Wal-Mart (Sandfly), 1955 East Montgomery Crossroads, Savannah, 31406
  • Armstrong Atlantic State University Police HQ, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, 31419
  • Wal-Mart (Whitemarsh), 3725 East Highway 80, Savannah, 31410
  • Rincon Police Department, 107 West 17th Street, Rincon, 31326

There were also results for Pembroke, Hinesville, Claxton, and Beaufort. Put in your zip code to find the location nearest you.

Remember, do not flush pills down toilets. It is harmful to your local environment, water supply, rivers and streams. Also, be careful how you dispose of your prescription labels (tear them off and shred them if you can), so you can avoid identity/medicine theft. The bottles themselves are recyclable in my area.

So, take a moment to zip through your medicine stash. Dump out the expired or unused pills into a container, and drop them off at one of these collection sites on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.  You’ll be glad you did!

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. Proverbs 22:3 (New International Version)

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Earth Day Savannah 2011

by Tina on April 11, 2011

Reading time: 5 – 8 minutes

Join us for Earth Day Savannah 2011 on April 23 in Forsyth Park! The drive-through Recyclerama is 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. They’re accepting medicines, paint, tires, oil, batteries, light bulbs, printer cartridges, and phones. The Festival, with over 80 exhibitors, is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Schedule of Events
8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Recyclerama
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Forsyth Farmers Market
11 a.m. – 3 pm. Earth Day Festival
4 p.m. 4th Annual Savannah Wheelie Earth Day Bike Ride

The 2011 theme is “Conserve, Recycle, Grow” to emphazise the importance of creative reuse and environmental conservation. Afternoon workshops include keeping beehives, raising chickens in city limits, and urban gardening. For more information, visit www.earthdaysavannah.org.

The annual Earth Day Festival is a central part of the City of Savannah’s year-round environmental activities. It is the largest Earth Day environmental-education and outreach event in Georgia.

For more information about the creation of the earth:

Genesis 1

 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

 6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.” 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault “sky.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.

 9 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
    11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.

 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.

 20 And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.

 24 And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
    26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

 27 So God created mankind in his own image,
   in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them.

 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
    29 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food.” And it was so.
    31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

Genesis 2

 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

 2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

 4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. 

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Organize Your Kitchen #16 Cookbooks and Recipes

February 8, 2011

We’re on a Freedom Journey (Cookbooks and Recipes) that will declutter and organize your kitchen in 21 days, using about 10 minutes per day. Three weeks will come and go. If you are able to join us on this Freedom Journey, after 21 days, you will be celebrating in your newly organized kitchen. You can do this.

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Organize Your Kitchen #15 Freezer

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We’re on a Freedom Journey (Freezer) that will declutter and organize your kitchen in 21 days, using about 10 minutes per day. Three weeks will come and go. If you are able to join us on this Freedom Journey, after 21 days, you will be celebrating in your newly organized kitchen. You can do this.

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Organize Your Kitchen #14 Refrigerator

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Organize Your Kitchen #13 Plastic Ware Reusables

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Organize Your Kitchen #11 Pantry Grains, Nuts, and Seeds

February 3, 2011

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Organize Your Kitchen #10 Disposable Products

February 2, 2011

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Organize Your Kitchen #9 Pantry Bottles and Cans

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