"GREEN FOR GOOD" PROGRAMS

TDEC has a place for you to share your old and used items. There are boxes located on the 8^th floor of the L&C Tower behind the receptionist desk. The following is a list of items you may like to share during this time of year:

 

  Donate your old greeting cards for reuse.

 

  Kindercare Learning Centers

For Used Greeting Cards, tear the back off the cards before sending them to Kindercare Learning Centers. They are located in the following Nashville areas:

Kindercare Learning Center
c/o Michelle Hillsman, Director
592 Bell Road
Antioch, TN 37013
615-361-8707

Kindercare Learning Center
c/o Sharon Pope, Director
4771 Andrew Jackson Pkwy.
Hermitage, 37076
615-883-6869

Kindercare Learning Center
c/o Jaime Hayes, Director
410 Swiss Avenue
Nashville, TN 37211-7425
615-833-3960

Kindercare Learning Center District Office
c/o Tere Priest, Dist. Mgr.
Knoxville, TN 37923
865-694-4915

Kindercare Learning Center Corporate Office
P.O. Box 6810
Portland, Oregon 97228-6810

You can continue to send or bring your cards to the TDEC, "Green Cubicle" located on the 8th floor, L&C Tower, Nashville, TN 37243, and we will send them a case at a time as they are collected.

 

  Donate your old cell phones.

Old cell phones can be donated to the "Call to Protect Wireless Phones For Domestic Safety". Call to Protect is a domestic violence prevention project to provide those in danger with instant access to help in the form of a wireless phone. CTIA member carrier, Motorola, and distribution management partner, Brightpoint, Inc., in cooperation with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), provide free wireless phones and airtime to aid victims and their advocates. Call to Protect wireless phones are preprogrammed so that victims can reach help with the push of a button. For a victim living in fear of the next episode of domestic violence, this can make the difference between living in terror and having the strength to protect themselves from their attacker. Call to Protect also provides wireless phones to domestic violence professionals so they can reach victims report cases of abuse and contact emergency services. For more information, check their website.

 

  Donate your eye glasses.

Old eye glasses can be donated to the Lion's Club of America where your old prescription lenses can be a gift of sight. You can help someone in an underdeveloped country see! Give a simple gift of sight.  For more information, check their website.

Tennessee state employees recycle even more!