3) Recycling

• All Score This!!! Multisport Series events in 2008 will institute a recycling program.  Please keep your eyes open for for the Recycling Station at the race.  it will separate bins labeled for paper, cardboard, metal/aluminum, plastic, glass and general garbage bins this year. This helps the amount of trash being sent to the landfill.  Our hope is at the end of the event we have less than 1lb of landfill waste per participant.

We had 14 bags of trash which were a total of 100lbs. This didn't even fill one Dodge Ram 1500 truck bed. Most of this was composed of  gels packets and HEED cups from the run aid stations. This was about 33% of our trash. 66% was recycled. This works out to 0.17 lbs per athlete that went to the landfill for 2008.

In plastic alone, we recycled 16 bags in 2008

• Recycle by Donating your old cell phone(s) to the American Red Cross of Yates County. It's simple and FREE! Donated cell phones are sold to a company that recycles them. The money we receive from recycling cell phones is used to help others in time of need in Yates County.  The Red Cross will collect these under the volunteer tent.

We collected 5 cell phones for 2008 and will continue this initiative in futures seasons. Look next year to also bring your old print and toner cartridges and small electronic devices.

4) Sneaker Return - Please bring your old running shoes that are of no use to you anymore and place them in the collection bin.  We will box them up and donate them on behalf of the race to a soon to be determined charity.  We are looking for a local charity right in the Penn Yan Keuka Park area.

This was the most successful out of all of the innovative feature that enhances sustainability of our event.  We collect 55 pairs of sneakers in 2008 and donated them to St. John's Community Outreach Center in Lockport, NY.

5) Charitable Giving - Since the inception of this event the original race director Jay Hollister started giving back to the American Red Cross of Yates County.  Since that time the race has given back almost $15,000 to help the ARC with its helping of others.  You can also make a tax deductible donation when an athlete use the OMR Green Registration System.  In 2008, 24 athletes made additional donations of $120

6) The American Red Cross of Yates county relies on donations to helps others in time of need whether it be a natural disaster or a fire.  The easiest way to make a non-monetary donation to the ARC of Yates County is to bring any of the following to be collected at the ARC Volunteer tent race day or in the designated box during packet pickup: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss and deodorant.

We only collected one tube of toothpaste for 2008.

7)  After the race is over, everyone is full of the all you can eat buffet provided by the Keuka College food service, and your award is in a great place in your home, please look for our survey via email to let us know how you think our sustainability efforts went for the 2008 event.  Our goal is to get at least 10% of the athletes to tell us how we did!!!

8)  FREE Clinic for all whether they are racing or not 06/07/08 in Dalhstom Hall.  This event will take place in a room TBD from 3-4pm.  This is the hour before packet pickup starts.  Coach Doug Bush from Endurancefactor.com with break this event into two 30 minute sessions.  This is the second of 6 clinics this year in the clinic series.