http://www.EnviroSafeStraws.com Hello! I'm Melissa "Missy" Lapworth-Kuehl and have been an educator for 25 years (well maybe a few more but who's counting?) I love teaching! I love the children, families, my awesome school and colleagues and feel lucky to be so fulfilled by my profession. So why the straws? Because I was taught at an early age (by my mom who was my scout leader) to leave nature better than I found it. When I was little I thought that meant to pick up litter and make sure your trash was in the trash can. I never really thought about where that trash was going. How about making less trash all together? What a novel idea! So I teach (not preach to) my students about it and you know what, they deeply care. And they want to help. And they love little straws.

1. “Why
Environmental
Safe Straws &
Where To Find
Them”
www.EnviroSafeStraws.com

2. Hello! I'm Melissa
"Missy" Lapworth-
Kuehl and have been
an educator for 25
years (well maybe a
few more but who's
counting?)

3. I love teaching! I love the children,
families, my awesome school and
colleagues and feel lucky to be so
fulfilled by my profession. So why the
straws? Because I was taught at an
early age (by my mom who was my
scout leader) to leave nature better than
I found it.

4. When I was little I thought that meant to
pick up litter and make sure your trash
was in the trash can. I never really
thought about where that trash was
going. How about making less trash all
together?
www.EnviroSafeStraws.com

5. What a novel idea!
So I teach (not
preach to) my
students about it
and you know what,
they deeply care.
And they want to
help. And they love
little straws.

6. MOST RESTAURANTS SERVE
STRAWS...
...without your having to say a word.
Plastic straws and plastic in general is
everywhere. It's no wonder that
Americans use so many straws most of
which end up in landfills and far too
many in the ocean.

7. www.EnviroSafeStraws.com

8. By using stainless steel straws every
one of us can change that, permanently,
one beverage at a time!

9. Stainless steel
straws will not
degrade over time
and last for
decades. They
don't pollute like
plastic or break
and shatter like
glass.

10. Stainless steel straws are a wonderful
choice for your cold beverage, hot coffee
and tea, thick blended smoothies or for
that ice cold water when you sit down at
a restaurant.

11. FUND RAISING
As an educator I am very aware of the
difficulties many teachers have in
getting the level of funding they really
need to provide for the highest possible
education for their students.

12. In response, I am establishing a program
where Enviro Safe Straws will work with
Educators on fundraising activities and
promotions. I have also established a
fund that reserves a percentage of the
profits from EnviroSafeStraws.com to be
used to assist educators throughout the
country who need to raise funds to
assist their students.

13. OUR ENVIRONMENT OUR HEALTH…
It's easy to understand that if we use
less plastic there will be less of it to
contaminate our precious environment
and harm wildlife. How often do we think
of the potential health affects of using
plastic straws and food containers?

14. "Most plastic products release
estrogenic chemicals: A potential health
problem that can be solved" this
according to a report in Environmental
Health Perspectives hormone-disrupting
chemicals leach from almost all plastic's,
even BPA-free plastics.

15. Don't you agree that maybe the less we
use plastics to hold and consume our
food, the better off we will be? We sure
think so! Using stainless steel straws
just makes sense!
www.EnviroSafeStraws.com

16. You can find Enviro Safe Straws with
Missy or Jeanne every Sunday at the
Siesta Key Farmers Market located at
5104 Ocean Blvd in the Siesta Key
Village from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Stop by
and say hello.

18. For additional information, please visit
the website at
www.EnviroSafeStraws.com
Follow us on our Facebook Fan Page at
https://Facebook.com/EnviroSafeStraws

19. “Have a Beachey
Kind of Day!”
www.EnviroSafeStraws.com