Larry Klein (on the left) sales representative from MWM Environmental presents president Del Stevenson and Curtis Evenson of the Morris Area Foundation Inc. a cheque for $312.85 which represents a contribution of 5 cents for each of the 62570 recycling “container tips” in the Town of Morris in 2018.
This is the 3rd year MWM Environmental has given back to Morris through their recycling program. MWM Environmental operates a similar “Giving back” in the other communities they serve in this area- Morden and Miami. The recycled products are further sorted at Blue Sky Opportunities in Altona before they are moved to their final reuse. Larry Klein mentioned that “MWM Environmental operates many such innovative recycling programs in other areas of the province”. The Morris Area Foundation Inc. partners with donors such as MWM Environmental to build permanent endowment funding from which projects of the entire Rural Municipality of Morris are supported.
Larry, on behalf of the Morris & District Centennial Museum, with the assistance of a small grant to the Museum from the Morris Area Foundation and Canada 150, has completed a project on Alexander Morris. The town of Morris is named after Alexander Morris who played a significant role in the development of Morris and the entire country. Alexander Morris’s work in negotiating Treaties 3, 4, 5 and 6 as well as redoing Treaties 1 and 2 with Indigenous people of the area has greatly influenced our development as a province and a country. Larry has spoken at local gatherings on the role Alexander Morris has played in our history.
