Community Corner
Whiz Kid: Alissa Marquardt
Alissa got Coca Cola to donate two large recycling bins to Hayes Elementary School.
Fridley Whiz Kid: Alissa Marquardt, 10
School: Will start fifth-grade at Fridley Middle School
Accomplishment: When she was a student at Hayes Elementary School Alissa got two large plastic bottle recycling bins at school.
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Key to awesomeness: Because Alissa likes to write she stayed on task to get some recycling bins at the school. Alissa first noticed in second grade there were no recycling bins in the school for plastic bottles. "I’m an animal lover and I was concerned about the impact the bottles would have if they were not recycled," she said. She wrote a letter to the principal, e-mails to the community center and talked with executives from Coca Cola to get the two bins donated.