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Back to the Cafeteria Ranger Program - Steps 1-8 here
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 CONGRATULATIONS!
You are ready to launch your

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Launch Guide - 8 steps to launch your Cafeteria Ranger Program (2 pages, PDF, 514KB)
A few important reminders:
  • Remind all key players of the new cafeteria procedures.
  • Ask your principal or vice principal to make an announcement in each of the cafeteria lunch periods on Launch Day.
  • Take photos so you can create a poster with "before" and "after" images.
  • MAKE IT FUN!!!
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We envision a plastic free, equitable zero waste future where landfill and incinerator garbage as we know it no longer exists;
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