Scarlett Skillman's Community Battery Safety Disposal Drop Off Event

Name: Scarlett Skillman's Community Battery Safety Disposal Drop Off Event
Start: 2026-05-28T15:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-28T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Griffin School

Schedule

Thu May 28 2026 at 03:30 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Griffin School | Olympia, WA

My name is Scarlett Skillman and I am a six grader at Griffin. I have gone to Griffin since Kindergarten. I am also a Girl Scout and I am working on my Silver Award. My proposal received approval and they said it was the best they've seen! Yippee!
Batteries in the world today are everywhere. More than we realize in our homes, schools and work. Even on our bodies with gadgets. What happens to those batteries when they need to be replaced? Many people think since batteries are not toxic that they do not need to be recycled and properly disposed of other than putting them in the trash. However, while many types of batteries are not toxic on their own, all batteries can still spark fires and those fires produce toxins when not properly disposed of. My project will address Know Before Your Throw! A Battery Safe Disposal Box: Fire Prevention, Worker Safety and Pollution Reduction.
Thursday, May 28
Community Battery Safety Disposal Drop Off Event
The National Battery Association Team is flying in and driving a giant airstream interactive trailer to our state, and I am the first in the nation to host a school event and I am also inviting the community to drop off batteries and learn about safety. They believe in my project so much that they are donating the battery safety disposal bins too!
Griffin School
3:30 - 6 PM
We need to turn in as many pounds of batteries as possible and get as many people there as we can! Let's show them what our community can do!
Meet Woodsy the owl mascot, go into the interactive education battery trailer and drop off as many batteries as you can collect.
The interactive trailer won best of show in Las Vegas. Adults loved it and can learn too and kids how to safely dispose of batteries to help prevent fires, reduce toxins and keep families and workers safe!
Here is the website - Learn more https://batterysafetynow.org/
Here is a video of the education trailer - You can go in the trailer too! - I need as many batteries as possible turned in - from kids, you, your friends!
Exhibitor: The Best of CES — Safe Battery Disposal https://batterysafetynow.org/campaign-coverage/the-best-of-ces