Lollipops Newton Goes Straw Free!
13 June 2018
An uptown Business Association was campaigning to make the Eden Terrace, Grafton, and Newton area plastic straw free.
A short video was planned to promote the campaign through social media and other news outlets. As part of this film, The community was keen to include pre-school children(Lollipops Newton Rd being an active member in the community) as they are our future leaders and custodians of our environment in the years to come.
Two to three members of the Association came to the center and filmed the children for all the efforts they were doing while learning about recycling.
All the parents were very excited and very happy to allow their kids to go ahead with the filming as a way of exposing them to this great/ new experience.
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