CLARK COUNTY - Children in Clark County will have an opportunity to create their own Earth Day messages and have them distributed to the community through the Earth Day Groceries Project. 

The Clark County Waste Management District and Keep Clark County Beautiful are working with Kroger to provide paper grocery bags to schools that want to participate in the project.

Teachers or schools can request bags for their classrooms. Each student will get a bag to decorate with an environmentally themed message. The decorated bags will be delivered to Kroger stores, which will hand them out to shoppers the week of Earth Day, April 19-25.

Anyone wanting to participate should request their bags by Feb. 27. Requests for bags may be made by calling Linda Mitchell at 521-2023 or e-mailing at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The grocery bags will be delivered to schools by March 16. Schools will be responsible for getting the bags to the nearest Kroger store in time to be distributed starting April 19.

Hundreds of schools nationwide have been participating in this project for years. Students can be as creative as they want to share their thoughts on how to respect the Earth. Take a look at the Web site www.earthdaybags.org for more information and for ideas on how to decorate the bags.

This activity is also open to organizations other than schools. Cub Scout packs, environmental camps, after school programs, and many others have joined in before.  All are welcome!