Can Do! A Recycling Program That Helps Pets (NAPSA)—Pawsto Recycle is kicking off its ninth consecutive year by challenging communities and shelters nationwide to raise the Paws to Recycle program total to $3 million this year. The nation’s first aluminum can recy- cling program to benefit animal shelters, Paws to Recycle is a program designed to help shelters in their effort to raise funds while helping the environment through aluminum canrecycling. Every year, Alcoa Inc., the American Humane Association (AHA) and Purina PetCare supply animal shelters across the nation with the tools and resources needed to conduct aluminum can drives from September through November. At the end of the program, the shelters keep all of the money raised through their recycling efforts and are eligible to win one of many Pawsto Recycle prize incentives. “Every can counts for recycling dollars that benefit the shelters,” says Barbara RoyerHealy of Purina PetCare. “Anyone can easily help support his or her local shelter through this program. With the participation of communities throughout the country, I have no doubt we can Saving cans helps to save cats, dogs and the environment. recycle our way to $3 million this year.” Last year, participating shelters hit the $2.5 million mark in their fundraising efforts. Throughout the past eight years, over 248 million aluminum cans have been kept out of landfills thanks to these shelters and their participating communities. To learn more about how you and your community can aid both the environment and animal shelters through Pawsto Recycle, call 1-800-646-PAWS(7297).
