LiveGreen: Contest winners announced, feedback sought

This year brought an extended version of Earth Week, with an extra day of fun.

This repurposed pallet, by Nichole Niehus, was one of the winners.

We celebrated goals, saw how creative and resourceful people can be in the RePurpose It contest, collected items from our homes for appropriate recycling, brought in lots of subject matter experts to answer questions and provide information (and free stuff), planted a tree, gave away free trees and seeds, and — last but not least — helped a local charity plant seeds so families in need have access to fresh veggies.

We want to know what you thought. Please click on this link to take our two-minute survey. Your feedback will help us to know what to do, or not do, next Earth Week and what changes we can make so it’s even better.

RePurpose It Contest winners:

Grand prize, winner of popular vote:

• No. 18, Grace Johnson, physical therapy education. Copy paper box into standing desk and storage. Johnson receives a 20-minute chair massage from the Wellness Center ($20 Value) and $25 gift card to Union Junktion Store.

Second place:

• No. 1, Nichole Niehus, interventional radiology. Pallet into wine rack. Niehus receives a $25 Gift Card from Paradigm Gardens.

Winner selected by Habitat for Humanity Restore:

• No. 24, EVS “Brighten Your Day Committee” Debra Duke, Olga Echevarria, Tami Howell, Louis Liddick, Peter McClure, Debra Roberts, Kathy Struck, Annette Traurig, and Marie Weilandt. Wooden hangers into a lamp. Committee receives a Habitat Restore $25 gift certificate

  Two winners selected by LiveGreen Committee:

  • No. 10, Rachel Meyer, Oncology-Hematology Special Care Unit (OHSCU). Chest of drawers/shelving systems into dollhouse with carport. Meyer receives a gift certificate to The Company Store.
  • No. 5, Saralyn Fisher, INBRE program. Old door, table, shelves, and trim into potting bench. Fisher receives a UNMC Bookstore prize pack.

  Winner selected by Verdis Group:

  • No. 19, Cassandra Recek, general supply. Cardboard packing material into seed starting trays. Recek receives an ALTER EGO personal water filtration duo, courtesy of Pulp-Paperie and Gifts.

  LiveGreen will gather information from the recycling event, the rest of Earth Week and the effect it had, and bring that to you in a future article.

  Thanks for helping to make Earth Week a success and for your valuable feedback.