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CanDo’s Cure for the Summertime Blues It’s a great time to catch up on recycle, reuse and remove around the home By lenore hirsch Ssomething cold and fizzy. Take Manor (963-5093), or in American Canyon,the American Cancer Society Discover Shop(224-4398). In St. Helena go to Thriftyummer is a good time to kickback, put your feet up and sip a dip in the pool. Or perhaps you’re the Devlin Road Reuse/Recycle Center busy running your kids around to all (258-9018). The following will pick up used of their summer activities. As a career clothing or furniture from your home or educator with that guaranteed summer office: American Veterans (800-747-8387), break—in which I mostly caught up on Salvation Army (800-958-7825), United the sleep and exercise skipped during Cancer Research (800-443-4224) and the school year—I always think of Goodwill (800-400-2720). summer as a time for special projects. 6. Attend a composting Clean out the garage. Go through workshop, available on August 18 (St. those old photos. Got the picture? Helena) or Sept. 8 and 29 (Yountville) We at Napa Valley CanDo have http://compost.naparecycles.org. I have some suggestions for you if you’re no green thumb, but I’m still making food looking for a summer project. These scraps disappear by growing worms in the activities will be sure to clear some box I brought home from one of these blessed space in your home, give you workshops two years ago. a good feeling about doing your part 7. Recycle old fluorescent bulbs for the environment, and might even and tubes at various locations throughout be helpful to a person in need. Are you the county. www.NapaRecycling.com. It’s ready? important that they be disposed of correctly. 1. Clean out your medicine 8. Check out the Farmers’ cabinets, including pills and markets: Tuesdays and Saturdays in Napa, inhalers. Remove all expired or Fridays in St. Helena. Yummy organic unneeded drugs or supplements from produce, story hour for kids, informational their containers (except syrups). Plastic tables, social time. Don’t forget to bring your and cardboard containers go into your cloth bags. blue recycling bin. Put the pills in a collection of near-empty paint cans too 9. Check out the Napa County baggie or paper bag and deliver six days a week old to use? How did I know? Maybe even Library’s summer reading program for to the Clinic Ole facility in your town (Napa some empty containers of hazardous cleaning kids. In addition, grandparent volunteers do 254-1770, St. Helena 963-0931, Calistoga 709- materials? Gather them together for a trip to story time in the library most days of the week. 2308). If you prefer, take drugs to the Hazardous the Hazardous Waste Collection Facility (see #1 Go to www.countyofnapa.org/library/kids for Waste Collection Facility at 889A Devlin Road above).... but first... the schedule. in American Canyon every Fri. and Sat. 9-4, 4. Do you have a pile of dead 800-984-9661. batteries? Don’t throw them in the trash. 10. Last on this list, but first in order of importance, take some time 2. Gather any plastic bags hiding Put them in a container and take them to the for yourself! De-stress. Enjoy a bubble bath. in your closets or pantry. Take them to a Hazardous Waste Collection site along with the Read a good book. Go for a walk. Visit an old grocery store that will recycle them. Is your cloth paint. Or go to www.NapaRecycling.com for a friend. If you make time for yourself, you’ll have grocery bag in your car? Do you remember to list of disposal sites throughout the valley. Most more positive energy to do things for others. take it into the store? Give your kids the task of hardware stores accept used batteries. Now, where did I put those bath salts? reminding you to take your own bags into the 5. Look in your closets. See things store—any store. How about a dime in a jar you haven’t worn in a year or more? The stack towards a treat every time they have to remind of “skinny” jeans you’ll never wear again? Bag you? them up and make a trip in Napa to Community 3. Does your garage have a Projects (226-7585), Goodwill (252-1197), or 50 w w w . n A P A V A L L E Y L I F E m A G A z I n E . c o m


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