
Scouts from Grafton Troop 107 at a past bottle drive. Photo/submitted
GRAFTON – Scout Troop 107 will hold a bottle drive on Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Bring your deposit bottles and cans to the back of the Grafton Municipal Center, 30 Providence Road.
The troop is asking donors to take several steps for the safety of those involved, including rinsing out their bottles and cans ahead of time and presorting their containers into soda cans, beer cans, glass, 1-liter plastic, 2-liter plastic and smaller plastic.
When donors arrive at the parking lot, they will be directed as to where they should leave their containers. Once you depart, the scouts and parents will retrieve the bottles and cans for processing.
Anyone who needs assistance getting the containers from their car should signal an adult leader. Someone will collect the bottles and cans from the car.
If you can’t make the dropoff, the Boy Scouts can pick up at your home (Grafton only). Contact the troop at [email protected] to schedule this and include your name and address. Place your clean and presorted empties in a highly visible spot by 8 a.m. on July 15, and the Boy Scouts will do the rest.
The Scouts will hold additional fall and spring bottle drives in November of 2023 and April 2024.
Money raised from bottle drives supports the Scouts’ campouts, activities, community service projects, and routine expenses. In addition, 10% of bottle drive earnings are donated to a local charity.