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Recognition ~~~ JULY 2010

LOOK for us in the September issue of SEVENTEEN Magazine and KIWI Magazine!! 

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  • OVER 55,000 POUNDS OF UNWANTED CRAYONS COLLECTED FOR RECYCLING.  Looking at the big picture, that's only "a drop in a bucket"!
  • NEW ~~ ECO STAR CRAYONS ~ 100 Points of color!  July 1, 2009
  • NEW ~~ EARTH WORMS, "OPEN THIS CAN OF WORMS!" August 1, 2010
  • TIME FOR KIDS Magazine, April 23 Issue, gave wonderful recognition to the NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS for participating in the CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM and recycling MORE THAN 19,000 POUNDS of crayons in the past 8 years!  They are the National Grand Champions of crayon recycling.
  • Look for the Eco Stars in the Time Out New York Gift Guide (2009). 
  • The May, 2009 issue of National Geographic has the Crayon Recycle Program first on their list in the their "Green Guide" pull-out!! 
  • Washington Times, March 26, 2009, the Going Green section published a story that LuAnn wrote about the Crayon Recycle Program. 
  • Many national magazines including "American Girl"(3/99), Waste News Magazine (6/08), Northwoods Commerce Magazine (4/08), Everyday with Rachael Ray (9/08), Real Simple Magazine (9/08), Woman's Day (2/09), Ranger Rick Magazine (2/09), Post-Bulletin in Rochester, MN (3/09)  and Small Business Opportunities (5/98) have given LuAnn's CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM and Crazy Crayons an honorable mention.
  • For the months of March and April 2008,  Crazy Crayons were given with the kids' meals at the thirty-nine Burgerville restaurants in Oregon and Washington.  (Stars, Suns, Burgers and Hearts)
  • Cartoon Network ordered 500 sets of ten custom molded crayons. Three hundred of the sets, the network's ten most popular cartoon characters, were presented to Cartoon Network artists as Christmas gifts in 2007.  
  • Crazy Crayons has "crayonized" the Statue of Liberty and people can visit the Gift Shop on Ellis Island in New York and purchase a Crazy Crayon of "Lady Liberty"!!  Such a great honor!
  • You can find custom Crazy Crayons at The Georgia O'Keefe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, The Jewish Museum in New York, NY as well as many other Museums, Art Galleries, Zoos, National Park Gift Shops and "Green" Stores all across this country and Canada. COOL!
  • During her 16 years of business, LuAnn Foty, founder of CRAZY CRAYONS and the CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM, has been on numerous news programs in Portland, OR and Minneapolis, MN, including a six minute live segment on K.A.R.E. 11's "Twin Cities Today" Program.                            She has also been featured on CNN.
  • "EARTHLING", the Mascot, (LuAnn wore the costume, western style) pulled a wagon full of crayons, joined by Chaz (her son) on his bicycle to promote the Crayon Recycle Program, won a 3rd place ribbon in the Marchers Category in the Sandy Mountain Parade in Sandy, Oregon.   
  • Green Gadgets, a Discovery Channel short film for cell phone and Airplane entertainment did a nice quick clip about Crazy Crayons. 
  • CRAZY CRAYONS and the CRAYON RECYCLE PROGRAM have been mentioned numerous times in newspaper and magazine articles.
  • LuAnn was featured on E-Town, a National Public Radio program, and has given an award for her recycling efforts.
  • West Point Military Academy in New York sponsored LuAnn to visit and give her CRAYON RECYCLING PROGRAM presentation to 23 classrooms at their elementary school on campus.
  • GOOGLE---LuAnn Foty---it's just amazing all the things that come up!!