Helga enjoyed her 1st Annual Zero Waste Christmas Eve Extravaganza with 50 of her close family members and friends at her sister's family home. All party goers contributed to making this holiday an exciting success.
- The hosts organized their beautiful home for 50 guests.
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| Coffee station |
- Helga's siblings brought over extra dishes, silverware, and cloth napkins-- enough for 50.
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| Dishes, silverware, cloth napkins for 50 |
- Helga brought a chicken scrap bucket-- the leftover food scraps went to backyard chickens to provide nutrients for them to produce eggs.
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| Container for chicken scraps |
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| Chickens eating the party scraps... Yum! |
- Helga's siblings washed dishes, cups & silverware.
- All guests brought a plate of delicious food in a reusable container and then brought their own serving plate/crock pot home to wash. (This made clean-up easier at the hosts' home.)
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| Delicious hors d'ouerves |
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| Fresh salad in reusable container |
- There were recycling bins for bottles, cans and paper.
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| Recycling bin for paper |
- There were buckets for corks and bottle caps to use for arts & crafts.
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| Wine glasses and cork container |
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| Bottles caps for crafters |
- And best of all... everyone enjoyed each others' company and their shared family mission of using resources wisely.
A very special thanks to the hosts and to Helga's wonderful extended family.
Happy New Year!!!
