Saving Turtles, One Less Plastic Straw at a Time...
My name is Nicolina Pappas and I am a seventh grader based in Illinois. I founded Nicolina's Turtle Co. when I was just eight years old. We started out just sewing fun colored metal straw holders with metal straws but have since expanded to striving for conservation education in schools and community plastic reductio
Straw Pouches for Re-usable Straws
Nicolina’s Turtle Co. is getting reusable straws out there while raising money for conservation efforts. We sew fun, lined straw pouches to keep your reusable straws protected on the go, and include a metal straw. All profits are donated ($8,000+ USD) for conservation programs, emphasizing education.
Reducing
Schools and restaurants will stop using plastic straws - all you have to do is ask! I have created a flyer to convince schools (my old elementary agreed to go straw-free 1/2020!) and a flyer to convince restaurants to go straw-free. Ask me for a copy and make a difference!
About Us
How We're Helping
Nicolina is a seventh grader on a mission to make a change, one less plastic straw at a time.
After reading alarming facts about the harmful plastics in the environment, she knew she had to do something to make a difference.
She saw re-usable straws being thrown into bags and backpacks, and decided that straw pouches would be a way to encourage people to use re-usable straws, while earning money to donate to conservation efforts. Nicolina asked her mom to teach her to sew and help her design lined straw pouches with colorful snaps. She sells the pouches with a metal straw for $10, and with a straw and straw cleaner for $13. The designs are fun and functional, and all profits are donated! Donations (over $8k to-date!) have already been made to Living Lands & Waters, Niabi Zoo, Nahant Marsh and Quad Cities Botanical Center. Contact us to place an order of straw pouches and reusable metal straws.
Nicolina’s next mission was to approach school and restaurants, to convince them to stop using plastic straws. She made flyers with relevant facts, and has already convinced her school to go straw free and restaurants to only give straws upon request. She estimates her school alone was using 57,000 plastic straws each year. Contact her if you’d like to see her flyers to convince schools and restaurants around you to stop serving plastic straws.
We have many orders, and are sewing our hearts out. Mom is about as talented as Nicolina, so we are slow but steady (like a turtle.). If you sew, have time on your hands and fun fabric scraps on hand, please consider volunteering to help sew pouches for Nicolina’s Turtle Co.
Get Involved
Are you passionate about what we're doing? Let Nicolina know! Drop a note, purchase a pouch, request a straw-free flyer, volunteer to sew with your scrap fabrics, and SKIP THE PLASTIC STRAW!
Thank You
Whether you help by skipping straws, convincing others to skip the plastic straw, purchasing a pouch with a reusable straw, volunteering sewing talents or just dropping a word of encouragement for a child on a mission, we appreciate your support.
Not looking to purchase our pouches? Please consider making a donation now, which will be passed along to conservation efforts! Thank you!
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