Ottertail Lions turned plastic bags into a bench for a veterans home
The Ottertail Lions Club spent about a year collecting 1,000 pounds of plastic film for Trex's recycling program and gave the resulting bench to the Fergus Falls Veterans Home, its third bench through that partnership.
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The Ottertail Lions Club spent about a year gathering plastic film and reached 1,000 pounds, enough for Trex's recycling program in Fargo to turn it into a composite bench, the Perham Focus reported. The pile included grocery bags, newspaper sleeves, shipping envelopes, bubble wrap, and plastic wrap. The club gave the bench to the Fergus Falls Veterans Home. A state veterans affairs release said it is the third bench the club has donated through the partnership.
Gary Harris Jr., public affairs at the home, said it will sit in a shaded spot where residents visit with family and friends. The club meets in Ottertail. The bench is in Fergus Falls.
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