Collecting Bottle Caps For Cancer Treatments

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Collecting bottle caps for cancer treatments.

I got started after a family member mentioned saving the bottle caps after being told about this cause by a family friend who happens to work at the hospital that they are donated to. Reposting this false and misleading information will do nothing whatsoever to help children with cancer. Caps on cartons such as those for milk orange juice etc. I felt that this was an easy way to help patients in need of treatment portales began saving bottle caps two years ago.

Does anyone else know anything about this. These include but are not limited to. Bottle caps cannot be exchanged for free chemotherapy sessions or any other form of cancer treatment. Plastic caps on glass bottles.

I live in shelby north carolina. It s a versatile material that is valuable to recycling operations. Paul s church in chichester and ghs recycling which donates the proceeds to the charity of the donor s choice. My family has been saving plastic bottle caps a woman at church was collecting them and she said they have enough.

Not many nonprofits collect bottle caps. Soda bottle caps are made from a type of plastic called polypropylene. Collected via e mail april 2015 hi i saw that you have an article on collecting plastic bottle caps to redeem for wheelchairs chemo etc. For the past six months russel s great aunt has been fighting lung cancer.

My family and i have been collecting the caps for about three months now russel said. The supposed charity drive is a hoax that began in the united states in 2008. Remember plastic takes over 500 years to biodegrade if ever. The scheme became so widespread the american cancer society issued a statement.

If you are ever asked to collect bottle caps for a worthy cause be on guard most charities do not do anything with bottle caps. Nonprofits that collect caps. Did you know bottle top plastic caps are typically made from plastic 5 while the bottles are made from 2. Fortunately a nurse who worked for the hospital told her family about how they could collect plastic bottle caps to fund the treatments.

Caps on baby food pouches. The american cancer society. If it is for cancer treatments i am a 4 year cancer survivor and would send then where they are needed. Kindhearted residents of the orangeburg area have been collecting plastic bottle caps thinking they were helping to pay for chemotherapy treatments for a sick child.

In mexico one of the world s top consumers of sugary soft drinks even the poorest communities can do their bit for charity by collecting and donating bottle caps.