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改善學校午餐 ࣏ᗍɓԬΏᇌഗ৵Ԣᚆψႆࡩ ӻʕપਗவԬᜊࠧd˸ᆽڭ༈

຅್d࠮يई൬ʔස೯͛ί࢕ ৵лয় (Montgomery) ٙ఻ה ࠇ೥ঐ੄ί༈ψڗɮੂБf˼
ʕdՑஈே̙ঐ೯͛dೌሞ݊ ኪࣧfཞϋd༈ኪਜމ̤̮ 80 Ⴍj˜ӊϋҢே੻੽ཧක֐d
ί᎛ᝂeҧቃึᙄdᒔ݊ኪࣧf הኪࣧᒅ൯əΏᇌf˰ޢІ್ Ңࡁʦϋᒔࠅᘱᚃਂவ΁ԫ
˜ʹ᎛ʔආչѫఙ™ࠇ೥ ਿږึ (Word Wildlife Fund) ౤ ෗kҢࡁঐᓒ࢝வࡈࠇ೥෗k™
(Lunch Out of Landfills) ם෍ϋ Զəɓഅ༟ږdԸ˕ܵɓ໊Ը ɓ໊ҧቃˇϋ؂ਕྠྠࡰ
ჀɛԸ੭ჯኪࣧ᎛ᝂٙ࠮يܻ ІʔΝ৷ʕٙኪ͛ᓒɽவࡈࠇ ʿՉ˼ኪ͍͛ၾҧቃٟࡰɓৎ
હࠇ೥dԨІᗴᏍпΝኪਗ਼͊ ೥dՉʕܼ̍ҧˇྠϓࡰf ዄ ΂ ࡇ ኬ ٙ ԉ Ѝf2022 ϋd
ක܆ٙˬ̲ʿՉ˼̙࠮ٙ͜࠮ ˼ࡁଡ଼ϓə˜ኪࣧչѫࠠ෧ ଣݟಌʿԸІ˜ኪࣧչѫࠠ෧
ᑌຑ™ (Coalition to Re-Imagine ᑌຑ™ٙኪ༷͛Ⴍψִ݁˕ܵ
يᔷ୅ՑΏᇌאʱԮࣲɪdԶ School Waste)d͟ଣݟಌܸ ɓධجࣩdҎૐܔͭɓࡈ໾п
Ϟცࠅٙኪ͛՟͜fɽ௅ʱࡡ
͉ࠅ஗ͯ૝ٙ࠮يேᐏ੻Ϟࣖ ኬf˼ڌͪdڝڐٙНཤᅃԢ ࠇ೥dᜫ৵Ԣᚆψٙኪࣧ͡ሗ
дয় (Frederick County) ٙ؍ٵ ༟ږක፬ᗳטʹ᎛ʔආչѫ
л͜dϾ௵ቱٙᄼቱۆ׳Ց૗ (Lincoln) ʃኪӊϋΫϗߒ 1 ຬ ఙ™ٙࠇ೥fމəن՟˕ܵd
ɿd͟ਠ਼ุ٭ਠࠋபϗ՟f 1,000 ଧˬ̲f ኪ͛ࡁΣψᙄࡰࡁ჈ʹ 6,000 ੵ
৵Ԣᚆψٙҧቃٟࡰଣ ፋ˓ᄳٙ׼ڦ˪fجࣩᒱ್ஷ
˜ʹ᎛ʔආչѫఙ™ࠇ
ݟಌீཀ˼ٙڢᐄлଡ଼ᔌ˜ʆ ೥˸Չ׸׵ልႡٙᅼόdϓމ ཀədШ༈ࠇ೥຅ࣛԨ͊ᐏ੻
ᘇ઺ԃၾ೯࢝™(Mountainside ᐑྤ͑ᚃҧቃБਗྠ᜗ᗫ׵ԣ ༟ږ˕ܵfϣϋd˼ࡁΎϣ೯
Education and Enrichment)d׵ ˟࠮يई൬ٙ˴ࠅࠇ೥f௰ڋ ৎ༶ਗd՘пن՟Ց 25 ຬߕʩ
2018 ϋ௴፬வධࠇ೥f˼ீ ස݊З׵ଣݟಌٙҧቃٟהί ٙ໾пf್Ͼdψִ݁ᅡಛ೻
ཀҧቃˇϋ؂ਕྠʿᐑڭٟྠ ήٙʽˋॶ৷ʕٙɓධ਼٭ࠇ ҏཀ׵ᇠ࿔dኬߧ༈ಯˇ࠮ي
Richardson is in the thick of navigating
ם෍ኪ͛қʈdᜫһεϋჀɛ ೥dତίʊ຾ᓒ࢝Ї৵Ԣᚆψ ई൬ࠇ೥ٜՑ 2023-24 ኪϋܓක to a few schools in 2022 in Montgomery bureaucracy to achieve change that sticks
County through his nonprofit and his
ਞၾҧቃݺਗdԨ˸˼ࡁᗫː company, which runs summer camps in his state. “Every year I’m back to square
ٙᅰɤהኪࣧdԨᐏ੻ҧቃٟ and before- and after-school programs. one,” he says. “Are we going to do this this
ٙᐑڭᙄᕚԸіˏ͊Ըٙᆑί ༟ږٙ˕ܵfί༈Бਗྠ᜗ٙ The next year, that county district bought year? Can we expand the program?”
A legion of Interactors and other stu-
ึࡰf˼ሔՑ˼Ԓމ 7620 ή ˕ܵɨdଣݟಌ՘пҧቃٟ refrigerators for 80 more schools. The dents is taking a lead role in advocating
World Wildlife Fund provided a grant to
ਜ€ശସ཭तਜၾ৵Ԣᚆψʕ ࡰίฌ༺ஃψձࢀ۾ζψٙኪ support expansion by a group of students, alongside Rotary members. In 2022, Rich-
including Interactors, from different high
ardson and students from the Coalition
௅ҧˇྠ˴։ࣛႭj˜Ңٙ ࣧආБྼ᜕dɰၾɓЗ೯ৎᗳ schools, called the Coalition to Re-Imagine to Re-Imagine School Waste lobbied for
School Waste, which Richardson advises. a state bill seeking to establish a grant
ͦᅺɓٜ݊ᜫҧˇྠၾኪࣧٙ Чࠇ೥ٙอӼ̺ࢀψҧቃٟࡰ Lincoln Elementary in neighboring Freder- program to start initiatives like Lunch
ick County recovers 11,000 cartons of milk Out of Landfills in Maryland schools
ၠЍБਗʃଡ଼ΥЪf™ ΥЪf༈Бਗྠ᜗ٙ࠮يई൬ every year, he says. that applied. To rally support, the group
Lunch Out of Landfills, with its easy-to-
ଣݟಌϘಂఱءจՑdኪ तйʈЪʃଡ଼ݼ̈ࡇᙄ٫dོ ˜ኪࣧ᎛ᝂٙ duplicate model for Rotary clubs, has be- delivered 6,000 handwritten postcards
from students to their state legislators.
͛ई൬ˬ̲ٙઋر޴຅ᘌࠠf Ꮈҧቃٟ˕ܵ˜ʹ᎛ʔආչѫ չѫɽߒϞ come a top food waste prevention project The bill passed but the program wasn’t
for the Environmental Sustainability Rotary funded. The next year, they led another
˼Ⴍj˜ኪࣧ᎛ᝂٙչѫɽߒ ఙ™ࠇ೥f 25% Action Group. What started as a single com- campaign that helped secure $250,000.
posting program at Urbana High School, in But the state’s process of awarding the
Ϟ 25% ே݊૰᜗dՉʕɽ௅ ଣݟಌͦۃၾ˰ޢІ್ਿږ the area of Richardson’s club, has expanded money was so slow that the food waste
programs didn’t begin until six months
to dozens of schools in Maryland so far, sup-
ʱ݊ఀəɓ̒אҁΌӚఀٙ ึΥЪd˸ҷආʿʱԮνОልႡ ே݊૰᜗d ported by Rotary club funding. With the ac- into the 2023-24 school year. With the late
ˬ̲fவʔ̥݊৵Ԣᚆψٙਪ வࡈ࿴ซٙ޴ᗫ༟ࣘf್Ͼdࠅ Չʕɽ௅ʱ tion group’s backing, Richardson has helped start, they had little results to show, and
Rotary members experiment with programs the state budget did not include additional
ᕚdϾ݊Όߕ਷ٙஷषf™ ྼତڗɮٙҷᜊd̀඲Փ֛อ݁ ݊ఀəɓ̒א at schools in Idaho and Hawaii, and he col- funding for the current school year.
“We’re going back with a different bill
laborates with a Rotarian who started a sim-
ҁΌӚఀٙ
ଣݟಌࠅӋኪࣧᄣண௵࠮ ഄdᜫਠ਼ุ٭ʿ࠮ي΍ԮΏᇌ ˬ̲f™ ilar initiative in New Hampshire. The action that’s going to make sure that funding is
group’s Food Waste Task Force dispatches being transformed into actual change,”
ΏᇌdԨ׵ 2022 ϋீཀ˼ٙ ϓމո֛ண௪dϾʔ݊ཫၑʕ̙ advocates to encourage Rotary clubs to sup- says Alessia Cuba, an Urbana High School
junior who volunteers with Lunch Out of
port Lunch Out of Landfills programs.
ڢᐄлଡ଼ᔌ˸ʿ˼຾ᐄࢀ˿ᐄ Ⴠ׸஗мৰٙධͦf ―― 喬h理查森 Richardson is working with the World Landfills and the student coalition. “We re-
˸ʿሙܝʿሙۃݺਗٙʮ̡d ଣݟಌ͍ኧɢί֜ྃ᜗ Wildlife Fund to improve and share mate- cently met with a delegate specifically on
rials on how to replicate the idea. But last-
the wording that we were wishing to see.”
ing change requires new policies that make Cuba is committed to tackling food waste
commercial composting and refrigerators through legislative action. “Policy isn’t really
for food sharing permanent fixtures rather an overnight change,” she says, “but rather
16 臺灣扶輪 2025.4 than line items easily struck from budgets. taking smaller steps in the right direction.”

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