Newton Noon Kiwanis collecting ink cartridges

If you have spare printer laser and ink jet cartridges laying around your home that you don’t know what to do with, you can give them to the Newton Noon Kiwanis Club to help support the Children’s Cancer Connection.

This isn’t the first time the Newton Noon Kiwanis has collected ink cartridges but now they are reaching out to the public, too. The club has been doing this for a number of years program chairman Bob Lane said. The club sends the cartridges to recycling.

“The money that is raised from recycling these goes to the Children’s Cancer Connection and they send kids to camp each summer that have cancer,” Lane said.

Not only is this a way for the community to get involved with the many things Kiwanis does in Newton, but it is also an easy way to recycle things that might normally get thrown away instead of properly disposed of.

“It keeps them out of the landfill and it’s for a worthy cause,” Lane said.

If anyone would like to donate their used laser or ink jet cartridges you can contact Bob Lane at 641-831-3152. Lane also said if someone would like to drop them off at his residence that he and that person could work that out as well.

“We can arrange a drop off or I can pick them up,” Lane said.

This isn’t just an event where people can donate just in March but they can donate all year round as the club continually accepts them. Whether someone has one to donate or they have many all of the donations are welcome.

“At our board meeting last month we just said, ‘well why not advertise this a little bit’,” Lane said.

Children’s Cancer Connection helps send children who are battling cancer to camps each year. Internally, the club will also be rounding up snacks they will be donating to the organization as well when a speaking comes to visit the club at the end of March.

“They go to camp and have some fun,” Lane said.

Whether it is a business that would like to donate ink cartridges or an individual they all make a difference. Whether that is by recycling and keeping them out of the land fill or providing the funds to help support Children’s Cancer Connection.

“It helps to meet our mission statement and it is a worthy cause,” Lane said.

Contact Dustin Teays at 641-792-3121 ext. 6533 or dteays@newtondailynews.com