Innovation Achievement Award Recipients
Funded by the Martin D. Levine Endowment
Red Deer College Bookstore wins 2010 Innovation Achievement Award
An innovative “go green” initiative launched by Red Deer College Bookstore won the NACS Foundation Innovation Achievement Award.
Bookstore Manager Terri Bateman, was presented the award at a ceremony March 12 during CAMEX 2010 in Orlando, FL. Produced by the National Association of College Stores, CAMEX is the largest education and trade show event in the collegiate retailing industry.
Serving the campus of Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, the store was selected for the innovative way it chose to promote environmental responsibility while marrying that positive initiative to supporting the store’s scholarship program. Under “The Scholarship’s in the Bag,” customized reusable bags were brought into the store to replace traditional plastic bags. The reusable bags are sold at the bookstore and library. Other on-campus partners purchase the bag to use in their departments. Fifty cents from each bag sold is then contributed to the RDC Bookstore Scholarship Fund.
The result was a successful campus-wide collaboration on reusable bags and a 225% increase in the value of the scholarship fund.
“We’re very excited and proud to receive this honor,” Bateman said. “We feel it validates our efforts to promote sustainability on campus while making a college education more affordable.”
Honorable Mentions
Earning honorable mention is Wake Forest University Stores