The TrueShare team had a blast at the Kansas City Irish Fest this year, as we were the official sponsors of the recycling program as well as the band sponsor for Hot House Flowers on Friday and Saturday night of Labor Day weekend.
Some of you 95,000 good people attending may have seen the TrueShare recycling street-stickers around, and hopefully they pointed you in the direction of the nearest recycling bin. Mitch Matt, president of TrueShare said of the 2009 KC Irish Fest, “It was so much fun, and everyone was very receptive of a local green company trying to help make a difference.” Of course we’re all happy to hear our efforts really did make a difference.
The Irish Fest reported that this year, with the help of TrueShare, they recycled 248 bags of bottles, cans, and cups. At an average weight of 9 lbs per bag, that equals 2,232 lbs of plastic recycling. That’s more than a ton of plastic that we helped to keep out of our streets and landfills.
Along with sponsoring recycling at the Irish Fest, we also wanted to raise awareness about the ease of going paperless with the TrueShare Online File System. So during our band introductions, we threw TrueShare “Go Green” t-shirts out to lucky people in the crowd. “They were so excited,” said Mitch, “and if we persuaded one person to go paperless, it will have been more than worth it.” Overall it was a great weekend of music, dancing, meat pies, and recycling.
Check out our pictures of the festival and some of the TrueShare “Go Green” t-shirt winners below in our PhotoShare app (another way to go paperless.) We’ll see you next year at the Kansas City Irish Fest, and don’t forget to recycle!