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"This is our first picture before we started to peel off the wrappers." - Donovan's class

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Happy Earth Day!

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Happy Earth Day!

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Beauty can come from broken crayons

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Peeling crayons that have been soaking in water.

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PreK students from PDS sort and donate bags of crayons to the PDS Crayon Project.

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Second grade students share plans for the project

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PreK students sort and donate broken crayons to the PDS Crayon Project

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Sorting crayons by color into containers.This helps us know how much of each color crayon we have.It also helps us pick color combinations for the molds easier.

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Here is the link to the molds that were purchased.

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Christian Golubowicz

I put the tin foil down because we don't want the crayon wax getting on the tray.

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Some crayon molds are overflowing so the melted crayons can fill the mold properly

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Wrapping the purple crayon container in purple paper.

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Measuring the size of the containers for sorting and covering them in color coordinated construction paper.

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Pulling stuff off the crayon with one of the pull off thingys 

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Pulling stuff off the crayon with one of the pull off thingys 

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Finished first batch after being shaped and de-molded.

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Pulling stuff off the bottom of the crayon

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Pulling stuff off the bottom of the crayon

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picture of crayons

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After grade 2 peeled dry labels off crayons, they decided to try a new approach. Students submerged crayons in water, to soften the paper label. IT WORKED!!!

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After baking the crayon wax for 10 minutes at 225 degrees we took them out and they were really thin so we put a second layer of broken crayons on top to make a thicker crayon. We then baked that for an additional 10 or so minutes. This process worked very well and made crayons that actually filled out the mold.

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The 2nd graders list of crayons and color combinations. ACA students use this as a guide in making the new crayons.

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Miss Donovan's class is working hard by peeling crayons.
May 3rd

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Ava, Lucia and Lexi love peeling crayons.   "We are excited to see them being made into other crayons." - Ava, Lucia and Lexi
May 3rd

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"I am using a shaping tool to smooth the edges of the heart-shaped crayons." - Beau

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We tested out our first label on a tie-dye crayon.

The label is 2.5 in x 3 in

The labels were designed by grade 4 students of PDS.

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Some of the kids with the heart crayons.

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The grade 2 students developed types of crayons and color combinations. We made the crayons at ACA and now they are being tested to see if they fit in the box and will get labels soon!

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Seeing how well the crayons work and how the second graders like them. 

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Grade 3 students realized that soaking the crayons in water helped the paper wrapper come off.

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The second graders reading the third grader suggestions.

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Corey was helping wrap crayons and test the size we needed the paper to be.

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Two christmas crayons and a halloween crayon wrapped and finished.

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More of the crayons wrapped and finished.

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Finished, demolded, and shaped heart crayons. These are the first crayons we made using our new heart molds. 

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Donations! Who can we share our heart crayons with? 

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Donations! Who can we share our heart crayons with? 

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https://www.ynhh.org/about/community/auxiliary/toy-closet-program#:~:text=Donate%20to%20the%20Toy%20Closet%20Program&text=Toy%20donations%20may%20be%20accepted,directly%20to%20the%20Toy%20Closet.

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A hospital stay can be scary and lonely for a child. The goal of the Toy Closet Program is to provide each pediatric patient with an age-appropriate toy or small gift when they are discharged from Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Toys are given out 365 days a year.

The program was started in 1993 by News 8 anchor Ann Nyberg and the Yale New Haven Hospital Auxiliary, led by Marjan Wackers. Since then, the program has proven to be an enduring success. It has wide-ranging support from the hospital staff, civic and service organizations, school and university groups and local businesses and benefits from numerous individual and family donations.

Donate to the Toy Closet Program

This year the Toy Closet Program supplied more than 150,000 toys to locations in our hospitals, Emergency Departments and Pediatric Specialty Centers from Old Saybrook to Greenwich. Your donations help make that possible.

Toy donations may be accepted via in-person drop-offs at the hospital. Call 203-688-5717 to schedule a convenient drop-off time.

You may also purchase toys from this registry. Toys can be ordered from a suggested wish list and will be shipped directly to the Toy Closet.

We also welcome monetary donations to the Toy Closet Program. For information about making a financial contribution, please call 203-688-5717 or send an email to [email protected] .

The success of our program is not just based on the donations we receive, but on the dedication of our volunteers. Click the link to sign up to become a volunteer for this important cause.
Sign up to volunteer

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A hospital stay can be scary and lonely for a child. The goal of the Toy Closet Program is to provide each pediatric patient with an age-appropriate toy or small gift when they are discharged from Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Toys are given out 365 days a year.

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Heart Crayons to Donate to Yale Toy Closet.

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Heart Crayons to Donate to Yale Toy Closet.

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This is where we type our messages.

Draw a picture.

Record with Flip.

Package the crayons and print out cards.

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Students record, Get well messages to children in YNNH. 

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Students record, Get well messages to children in YNNH. 

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Lia and Emrie use the Cool School Crayons to color on their card!

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Lia and Emrie use the Cool School Crayons to color on their card!

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Cards, QR Codes and Crayons gifted wrapped.

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Cards, QR Codes and Crayons gifted wrapped.

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Cards, QR Codes, and Crayons boxed up and ready to go!

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Cards, QR Codes, and Crayons boxed up and ready to go!

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Cam visits students of the ACA and conducts interviews about the "Cool School Crayon" project.

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Mrs. Secondi, myself, in an interview with Cam for his Podcast Season 2, Episode 10!

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Milford Podcast Part 2! Student Interviews!

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Milford Podcast Part 2! Student Interviews!

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Cool School Crayons being used by the creators!

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Cool School Crayons being used by the creators!