The Dover Millionaires would like to remind everyone the Tyrone Elementary School children are continuing to collect can tabs through next Friday for the Ronald McDonald House in Pittsburgh.
\nArea residents are asked to help by saving tabs for children to take to school.
\nThe Dover Millionaires have been collecting the tabs off of aluminum cans for about nine years now, averaging around 2,500 pounds of tabs each year.
\nThese tabs help defray the costs of housing family members of patients at the Children\u2019s Hospital.
\nDover Millionaires President, Don Miller, said the group got the idea to collect tabs from a group of race fans from Towanda, Pa.
\n\u201cThey brought us tabs while we were in Dover,\u201d said Miller.
\nAfter that, the group began organizing their own tab collection here in Tyrone.
\nA few years ago the group decided to enlist some help for the project and asked Tyrone Area Elementary students and teachers to participate in the collection.
\nStudents were asked to save can tabs and bring them to school where five-gallon water jugs have been set up in each homeroom for students to deposit their tabs.
\nTogether, the school helped collect a total of 1,019.7 pounds of can tabs last year for the Ronald McDonald House.
\nOnce collected, the tabs are turned in for scrap weight and the money is forwarded directly to the Ronald McDonald House. Miller explained this amounts to about $500.
\nHe said, \u201cWe appreciate the help from the teachers and administration for letting us do this.\u201d
\nHe added that collecting that many tabs really adds up. There are approximately 1,263 tabs in one pound. The 1,000 pounds collected at the school last year contained just shy of 1,400,000 tabs.
\nThis is the fourth year the group has included the school in the collection process and Miller said they hope to continue working with them every year.
\nAs an added incentive for the students, the Dover Millionaires offer a pizza party for the homeroom that collects the most tabs in each grade.
\nLast year, the overall winning class was Mrs. Hanzely\u2019s kindergarten with a collection record
\n\u201cWe would like to say thank you for all of your help,\u201d Miller said of everyone who has helped collect tabs over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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