“We want to have a sustainable project that is usable for many years in the future.” are the words of Mayla Colacchi and Sydney Jones as they look forwards to the beginning of the third trimester in which they will start the development of the Snack Shack Cross Grade Learning Opportunity (CGLO). Our CGLO is a brand new garden wall which will be built on the westernmost wall of the new La Paz ‘Tenorio’ campus, a new addition of classrooms hosting 6th, 7th, and 8th grade tiburones. The project hopes to provide a layer of insulation to one of the classrooms and make the new campus a little more beautiful.
Sydney and Mayla have been heavily involved with The Snack Shack since the beginning of the year, when they built a brand new revamped Snack Shack sign completely out of recycled bottle caps. “That sign shows creativity and our love and support of the environment” says Snack Shack CEO, Catalina Gutierrez de Valle. The project was completed in January and is praised by many for bringing color to the Snack Shack. Some may even say it opened a door into the sustainable and creative project ideas that Sydney and Mayla have had recently.
The project ties into the Snack Shack Corporate Social Responsibility aspect, which also includes current projects with managing waste, fighting climate change, and raising awareness by using our platform.
Going back to the wall at the Tenorio campus, they are currently hard at work finishing details and refining the project to be perfect. In a recent interview with the pair they reported,
“We’ve noticed that the school more needs student involvement and a more nature focused campus. It was by the likes of sustainable organizations worldwide that we first got the idea for the project. We hope that it should make the school smell and look nice.” Their vision includes reusing plastic bottles, one of the worlds most prevalent garbage items to plant dill, basil, rosemary, and mint in. The bottles will be filled with nutrient rich soil, mixed by the 7th grade anchor project class and then have seeds and plants put inside. The bottles will be put in a custom frame in the wall, assuring that they get plenty of sun and water throughout the year.
Mayla and Sydney have said that they hope that future generations in the store can utilize the resources when making paninis, smoothies, and other fresh products. Also, they are hoping to sell packaged fresh herbs at the feria to collect more money for the Snack Shack.
As we start the third trimester of operations, we hope that the project is successful. If all of our objectives happen than in a mere couple months time, the westernmost wall of the Tenorio campus will be occupied by a brand new Snack Shack sustainability project.
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