Here at the Walla Walla University Enactus Team, we strive to find ways to give back to the community. This has inspired the Enactus Team to start up two projects, in which the sole purpose is to find ways to make it useful for the community and they tailor to certain needs.

Glass-Sand Repurposing Project

The Glass-Sand Repurposing Project is designed to help eliminate the thousands and thousands of glass waste that ends up in landfills every year.

We saw this to be a prominent issue as well as seeing glass as a potential resource that can do more than simply be thrown away. Which is why we collect and accept glass from the community. 

Once the glass is collected, some of it is stored while the rest gets delivered to our contact who owns a glass crushing machines. We are currently fundraising to be able to buy our own machine and become independent, so we can really start producing glass-sand and begin transforming it.

The team is currently in the fundraising phase (for the glass-sand machine) as well as the brain storming phase where we are looking for ways where it can truly benefit someone. 

We were given the opportunity and have looked into putting the glass-sand into eco-friendly disposable bags that can serve as barriers in peoples backyards. We recently helped a family who was affected by the flooding that happened in Walla Walla several years ago. The purpose was to create a sort of dam in their backyard to protect their property from being completely destroyed if a flood were to ever happen again.

The beauty is that glass is a resource that can be found everywhere, and the Enactus Team wants to convert this resource into something with purpose. 

Community Garden Project

The Community Garden serves a different purpose in comparison to the other projects but the goals is still the same. Giving back and making opportunities for the community. 

The garden is located behind the college place fire station and it was a plot of land that was donated to the Enactus Team by the City of College place. It is a small plot of land that currently has 17 separate garden beds that are all rented out to the community for the gardening season. 

Each garden plot costs $50 to rent our for the gardening season, but due to our sponsors the individual can apply for compensation and the cost can be reduced to as little as $10. For us here at Enactus its not about the money, its about giving people the opportunity to have their own garden.

The main target audience is to serve and helps those who want to grow their own garden but either cannot afford the maintenance and setup or for the individuals who do not have enough space. This community garden is for everyone and anyone who want to be able to grow their own vegetables, flowers, and anything that they would like. 

Thank you to our sponsors as well who are helping to make this garden possible and accessible for all.