The Environmental Club is making changes and adding many new activities this year.
Science teacher Scott Logsdon, the club’s new advisor, said that the club is starting many new activities, such as a video viewing every Friday of “Planet Earth,” a Discovery Channel documentary.
Aside from the meetings, Logsdon said the club will also be attending Envirothon 2008, where he said schools compete in teams to display their knowledge of environmental science in categories such as wildlife, conservation law and soil tests.
Logsdon said the club will also bring in guest speakers to talk about the environment.
Other upcoming events will include a blood drive Feb. 28 and a bake sale every month.
Logsdon said that the general meetings, which are held once a month, are attended by 40 to 60 students.
Senior Ross Darwin, the vice president of the Environmental Club and cochair of the blood drive, said that he is looking forward to the changes in the Environmental Club this year.
“We’re restructuring this year,” Darwin said. “I think it’s great that we’re revamping.”
The Environmental Club is also getting involved in the community, Darwin said.
Logsdon also said that the club might get together with the Friends of Alum Creek to do some trash pick-up for community service.
Logsdon said that the club is also trying to organize paper recycling across the entire building as a collaboration with the middle school and Cassingham Elementary School.
The club is also working on taking an overnight trip to The Wilds near Zanesville, Logsdon said.
“That fell through this year, but we’re hoping for next year,” Logsdon said.
Darwin said that along with the new changes, one of the club’s main goals this year is bringing in new members.
Logsdon agrees that new members are vital to the club’s success.
“The main goal is to get as many people together as possible,” Logsdon said.
Logsdon said that there are many ways to participate, such as picking up recycling or selling baked goods and candy to raise money.
Logsdon said the club also works with the disability unit in picking up paper on Fridays.
“[The disability unit] is part of the club,” he said. “Here’s a club that anybody can join. It’s open-door, freshmen to seniors.”