News Brief: Green sneaks

Although it’s probably not without pinched noses, even the kids at UNC’s Carolina Kids Camp are going green—they’re recycling used athletic shoes.

The camp theme, “Carolina Goes Green,” is teaching children ages 6-12 about recycling and other environmentally-sound practices. As part of the green theme, the children are collecting used athletic shoes to donate to Nike’s Reuse-A-Shoe program to make the rubber soles into materials for playground surfaces.

Bring any tired exercise shoes to Paul Green Theatre Drive, off Country Club Road, during camp drop-off and pick-up from 7:30a.m. to 8:30a.m. and 4:30p.m. to 5:30p.m. weekdays through Aug. 4. Shoes can also be left during the day in Room 2416 in the Frank Porter Student Union.