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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe\ncongratulate all Earth Rangers members for participating in this important\nmission. Your collections and used\nbattery storage box ideas are fantastic and much appreciated! We thank you for caring about the environment\nand keeping used batteries out of landfills. Please keep up your good work and\nencourage your family and friends to do the same!\u201d – Joe Zenobio, President of Call2Recycle\nCanada, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEngaging kids in tangible environmental\naction from a young age is crucial in instilling much-needed environmental\nvalues in our citizens. Thanks to our\npartnership with Call2Recycle, we\u2019re teaching responsible battery recycling\nhabits to children and families all across Canada. The Battery Blitz Contest\nhad more than 1,000 submissions resulting in the collection of more than\n240,000 batteries that also won\u2019t end up in landfills!\u201d \u2013 <\/em>Tovah Barocas, President of Earth Rangers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you Earth Rangers members, we hope you had as much fun on this mission as we did! And now without further adieu – drum roll, please!! – The Earth Rangers 2020 Battery Blitz Contest winners:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Lilly<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Lilly collected 54 Batteries. She says; “We have been collecting batteries for the last year at my mom’s school, my nana and papas and my aunt have been helping me too!”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Eleanor<\/strong> collected 27 batteries in her adorable ElectroFox box: \u201cYou put the batteries in the top through the ears!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Kate<\/strong> collected 103 batteries in her beautiful Butterfly Batteries Muncher: \u201cI like butterflies, this summer we had four Monarch Butterflies! I hope other people like butterflies too, so they will be happy to collect more batteries and put into this butterfly batteries muncher!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Mia<\/strong> collected 200 batteries in her heroic Battery Man box: \u201cI came up with my idea for my battery box because\nI like superheroes and many people know who Batman is. I thought it would be\ncool to create a new superhero who collects batteries and I decided to call him\nBattery Man!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Jacob<\/strong> collected 21 batteries in his startling Zombie Box: \u201cHe is a zombie that eats old batteries. He wobbles around feeding on dead batteries so they don’t end up in landfills!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Owen<\/strong> collected 68 batteries which will be protected by Battery Man until he can safely recycle them, stating \u201cMy battery box is really a battery jar, it is a reused pickle jar so that it will be safe. I decorated it to look like a sky-blue house and I put a sentry guard called Battery Man to protect them and report if there are any problems. I hope that we can create a safer, cleaner environment for all creatures. I am also pursuing creating a clean-up program at my elementary school.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Jovi<\/strong> collected 10 batteries in her mini wooden container stating \u201cIt is a little round wooden box with a lid\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Nathan<\/strong> collected 26 batteries in his box decorated with his favourite green dinosaur sticker, stating \u201cI used an empty plastic container from some chocolates we got. I liked it because it had a lid. My mom helped me to decorate it with some stickers that we had at home. I put stickers everywhere – even on the inside! My favourite sticker is the green dinosaur. It says extinct is forever. I collected 26 batteries. There\u2019s still room for more in my box.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Ethan<\/strong> collected 15 batteries to feed the Chomper of Batteries, stating \u201cMy battery box is named chomper of batteries. He is big and covered in polka dots and has blue hair with strong tin foil arms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Earth Ranger Claire<\/strong> and her box the Queen of Battery Disposing battled hard to collect 55 batteries, stating \u201cMy children decided that they both wanted to child a robot. My 7-year-old son Zachary Jones, build the Battery Collector, and the Queen of Battery Disposing was built by my 9 year old daughter Claire. They are always excited to collect batteries. When I tell them I have a battery to recycle, I always see both robots having a battle to decide who gets this one!! it’s silly how they love taping the ends up after as well. Let\u2019s get everyone battery recycling! Good luck to all!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nGrand Prize Winner: <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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