Lapeer West students donate 750 cans, bottles to plant trees in Arbor Day program

The Lapeer West High School Earth Angels, a loosely organized group of West students and staff, set aside last week to collect about 750 returnable bottles and cans.

Lapeer West teacher, Ms. Jeanine Smith, collected the bottles and cans and then returned them for cash, which she sent to the Arbor Day Foundation.

Last year the ‘Angels’ collected enough money to plant 50 trees, but set the goal higher this year.

“We collected enough to plant 75 native pine, fir and cedar trees in a national forest,” said Ms. Smith. “This shows how the smallest effort can become very big when we work together to go green.”

It costs about $1 per tree.