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8A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, May 22,2019 FROM 1A Green straws don’t make it to a landfill or are recycled. Looking at the future of the planet, Fricton wanted to make impactful chang es in Dawson County and began by officially launching the Go Green Club in March with the selling of t-shirts she designed. And for those who pur chased a shirt, they also received a metal straw as a free gift. “I can’t tell you how happy it makes me seeing some students asking me ques tions like how they can change,” Fricton said. “All the hard work that I put into it, it’s all worth it.” Fricton said her fellow students were so recep tive to the Go Green Club that within three days, the club had sold out of all its shirts. To date, the club has sold more than 65 shirts. Of course the club is more than selling shirts. It’s led by Fricton and a small group of four ambassadors that have worked to bring about environmentally friendly change to the school sys tem by eliminating the use of Styrofoam district wide. “I made that decision for the club and for that to be one of our goals because Styrofoam never breaks down. It never decomposes. It will be created and will be here until the end of time,” Fricton said. Fricton met with Superintendent Damon Gibbs to discuss the pos sible options the district could take to eliminate the use of Styrofoam cups, bowls and plates at each of the schools. This spring, Dawson County Schools made the switch from Styrofoam products to biodegradable natural paper products, all products being the same price. “Same size, just better for the environment and better for our community because the second it meets that landfill it’ll break down a lot faster,” Fricton said. With the club’s first goal accomplished, Fricton said they have turned their attention to putting recycling bins in the high school with hopes of putting one in each class room as well as in the main common areas like the lunchroom, gym nasium and stadi um. The club has partnered with Keep Dawson County Beautiful in order to bring recycling to the school. Fricton represents the club on the Keep Dawson County Beautiful board as well as the North Georgia Conservation Coalition board in order to bridge the school with the larger community. “We are so happy to have Roxie and the Go Green Club as a part of the North Georgia Conservation Coalition,” Coalition cofounder Bette Holland said. “Roxie is an amazing young woman who has a passion for protecting our envi ronment. She and the other young people who are working with her will be the catalyst for the ‘older generation’ to finally admit there is a problem and it is time to start working on fixing it.” With her senior year quickly approaching, Fricton is already work ing on her goals for the club next year which includes removing plastic utensils, creating an out door lunchroom space for students and bringing a compost system to turn food waste into compost that can be used by the agricultural classes. “I just want my school to be as ecofriendly as possible,” Fricton said. “Everything down to the toilet paper we use, I want it to be ecofriendly, and I want our school and community to set an example for other com munities.” Fricton said she wants the Go Green Club to be a modern club that appeals to her peers and is more than an extracur ricular to put in service hours. “It’s not your average club that you’re just going to for hours,” Fricton said. “I want this to be a club that they’re passionate about and they realize that they want to go to this club and make a difference.” During her senior year, Fricton will continue as the club’s president while also being a dual enroll ment student. She also hopes to take on a second work-based learning internship next year, hav ing already interned at the Dawson County News during her 2019 spring semester. Fricton is also looking ahead to the future of the club once she attends col lege to pursue a major in Environmental Manage ment and Economics and a certificate in Sustain ability Studies and Data Analysis. She plans to check in from time to time and help with the club howev er she can. “I think by building a strong foundation and connecting the communi ty and connecting with the students at my school we’ve got a great bunch there, and I think that they’ll be able to handle it afterwards,” Fricton said. Fricton • i i M PROTECT CHILDREN FROM THE UNTHINKABLE Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Dawsonville Goodwill Career Center Located at 66 South 400 Center Lane, Dawsonville Please register with Family Connection via email at rbliss@dawsonfamilyconnection.org or call 706-265-1981. 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