b'RECYCLINGREDSfor A Marianist school in California launched a recycling programto raise money for a ministry in India, teaching students important lessons about social and environmental justiceand a whole lot more.By Kevin ConwayBelow: Children rest after I India called REDS, a collection of intervention programspicking through trash on the ts dirty and smelly, but totally worth it, saysstreets in Ranchi, India, one of Drew Duncan, a seventh-grader at Chaminade that partner with families and children to offer edu-the cities where the Marianists College Preparatory, a Marianist-sponsored school cation and skills training as a pathway out of poverty.operate REDS. in Los Angeles, describing a new recycling initiative But theres more to this story. Among the children inOpposite page:Seventh-grade at the school. But unlike most recycling efforts that are REDS programs, some have been found scroungingstudents Drew Duncan, left, and aimed at sustaining the environment, this program has through trash on city streets, searching for anythingAdler Dillman, are proud to be a a larger purpose. Money earned from recycling glass recyclable to sell in order to survive. The irony isntpart of the recycling efforts atChaminade College Preparatory bottles and aluminum cans at the middle and high lost on the Chaminade students who are motivated toin Los Angeles. school campuses will be sent to a Marianist ministry in sort through trash at their school so that kids a half a world away can have a better life.PHOTO: RICH DAVISIve heard students who, right in the middle ofsorting the recyclingand believe me, its a nastyprocessremind each other, but its for the kids inIndia. Lets keep going, says Joseph Norton, middleschool dean of students. They realize that other kidstheir age are going to benefit. Genesis of the programStarted last fall, the recycling program got a jump-start with the help of Father Josephraj Rymond, aMarianist who was born and raised in India, andMarianist Brother Tom Oles, who served for severalyears in Southeast Asia.Father Joseph says the idea for Chaminades pro-gram came from a couple of sources: his experienceworking with REDS, the acronym for Ragpickers Education and Development Scheme, and Pope18 Call 1.800.348.4732'